MisinfoCon Guest ContributorinMisinfoConDe-escalation: Easy in Theory. In Practice? Kinda Hard.How do we, in practice, do the work around de-escalation, such as trying not to judge another’s anger or fear?Feb 26Feb 26
MisinfoCon Guest ContributorinMisinfoConHow Crowds Can Save The Internet from MisinformationThere are billions of social media users. With News Detective, there are billions of potential factcheckers too.Oct 4, 2023Oct 4, 2023
MisinfoCon Guest ContributorinMisinfoConExploring the Weaponization of Open Source in NigeriaIn May 2023, WikiFact-Checkers organized an event where media professionals come together to host a fact-checking event on the…Jun 20, 2023Jun 20, 2023
MisinfoCon Guest ContributorinMisinfoConTraining media professionals to be “WikiFactCheckers”The media is the focal point of any information ecosystem — without the media, there can be no effective information dissemination system.Apr 24, 2023Apr 24, 2023
MisinfoCon Guest ContributorinMisinfoConIntroducing the ‘Body Atlas’ projectImproving information across sexual and reproductive health on Wikipedia and across the internet.Apr 20, 2023Apr 20, 2023
MisinfoCon Guest ContributorinMisinfoConThe Human Body Project: Increasing the credibility of human anatomy and physiology information on…Out of the 6000+ featured articles, only one related to anatomy or physiology has attained featured status so far.Apr 18, 2023Apr 18, 2023
MisinfoCon Guest ContributorinMisinfoConIncreasing research + output of credible information on climate change actionWikiCred collaboration will research and share how people can fight the climate crisisApr 14, 2023Apr 14, 2023
MisinfoCon Guest ContributorinMisinfoConWiki-Cred Boot-Camp: Strengthening the Credibility of the Nigerian Information EcosystemThe sheer availability of information online has led to info overload and an increase misinformation, making it difficult to determine what…Apr 5, 2023Apr 5, 2023
MisinfoCon Guest ContributorinMisinfoConCiteFix: a tool to fix broken referencesThere are at least ten thousand pages on Wikipedia that contain errors caused by auto-populating referencing and citation templates.Apr 4, 2023Apr 4, 2023
MisinfoCon Guest ContributorinMisinfoConThe Africa Open Biodiversity ProjectPromoting the quality, reliability, and credibility of Wikipedia articles about biodiversity in AfricaMar 29, 2023Mar 29, 2023
