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=== Can I trust Wikipedia? ===
[[File:Tamsin's interactive display on trusting Wikipedia.jpg|thumb|An interactive display titled 'Can I trust Wikipedia?, developed for students by Otago University Wikimedian-in-Residence Tamsin Braisher.]]

Many of us will have encountered the view that information on Wikipedia can’t be trusted, because anyone can edit it. As Wikimedians, we know that the fact anyone can edit it is what makes Wikipedia trustworthy, thanks to thousands of dedicated volunteers. We also know that not all Wikipedia articles are created equal, but to readers, the features of an article that either increase or decrease trust are not as well known.

After repeatedly coming across this view in her work, Dr. Tamsin Braisher, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Otago in Aotearoa New Zealand, developed a hands-on learning tool called 'Can I trust Wikipedia?'

Tamsin’s role as a Wikimedian in Residence acts as a bridge between academic researchers, staff, students, and the wider open-knowledge community. Through engaging with university students, Tamsin noticed a common misconception that many had heard from their school teachers: because anyone can edit Wikipedia, it cannot be trusted at all.

The set of cards is designed with the aim of shifting this view that &quot;anyone can edit Wikipedia so I can't trust it&quot; to &quot;anyone can edit Wikipedia but I can still trust it.&quot; Through a card-sorting activity, players look at various features of Wikipedia articles—such as the sources of citations, edit histories, or grammatical errors—and sort them based on whether they increase or decrease their trust in the content.

There’s no way to win or lose the game. Instead, the goal is for it to serve as a prompt for discussion and critical thinking. For many features, whether or not they increase trust depends on context. For example, a small typo might suggest a page lacks recent peer review, or it might indicate that a human wrote it rather than an AI generator. If that increases or decreases trust is up to the evaluation of the player.

Originally created as a physical card sorting game for training sessions, when the global Wikimedia community came together for Wikimania 2027,  Nyo Dekens, an editor from Belgium, helped turn it into an online activity.

* Play online: Test your judgment using the [https://wikimedia.be/trustwikigame/?utm_source=gemini online version].
* Print your own: Download printable game cards in [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Can_I_trust_Wikipedia_game_cards_for_doublesided_printing.pdf English], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GERMAN_Can_I_trust_Wikipedia_game_cards_for_physical_printing.pdf German] or [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:French_Can_I_trust_Wikipedia_card-based_activity French] via Wikimedia Commons.
* Translate: Tamsin can help you create cards [[:en:Wikipedia:GLAM/OU/Can I trust Wikipedia game|in your own language]].

=== Books of Mana ===


=== Auckland War Memorial Museum Update ===

Auckland War Memorial Museum welcomes their second full-time Wikimedian in Residence. This role is supported and funded by the Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand (WANZ) chapter, focusing on community engagement, enriching local histories content and continuing the relationship between Wiki and GLAMs.  

[[User:SydneyBridgeUpsideDown|SydneyBridgeUpsideDown]] participated in the 2025–2026 Museum Wikipedia Summer Students Programme, supervised by previous WiR [[User:Winnieswikiworld|Winnieswikiworld]]. During this role, she was partially based in the New Zealand Maritime Museum and also spent some time. She is currently preparing to welcome the next group of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Auckland_Museum/Summer_Students|Wikipedia summer students].  

=== Biodiversity Data Standards TDWG 2026 Conference===
Siobhan Leachman (User:Ambrosia10) was funded by Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand to attend and present at the [https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2026/ Biodiversity Data Standards TDWG 2026 conference] held in Oslo, Norway from 20-25 September.&lt;br&gt; 

The purpose of her attendance was to the raise awareness of and encourage the continued engagement by the international biodiversity standards community with Wikidata as well as the use of Wikidata as a vital data-reconciliation bridge and identifier registry within the wider natural sciences community.&lt;br&gt; 

Siobhan co-organised and moderated a three module conference session titled ''Responsible AI, Open Digital Curation, and Round-Tripping for Biodiversity Data''. She also presented conference papers ''[https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22239550 Type specimens in Wikidata - creating a data bridge]'' and ''[https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22555596 Bionomia, Scholia, Wikidata and Zenodo: broadcasting biodiversity contributions]''. Siobhan also co-authored a paper presented by fellow Wikimedian Dr. Sabine von Mering ''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/195ouWigCVQKUawtQ8896ffN4lH24r4Bg/view?usp=sharing Here, There, and Everywhere: Modelling Research Expeditions in Wikidata]''.&lt;br&gt;

Finally Siobhan proposed and had accepted an Unconference topic on Wikidata where approximately 20 in person attendees discussed the use of Wikidata by natural history institutions and the wider biodiversity data community. Siobhan's conference report can be found [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23145157 here]. 

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=== Can I trust Wikipedia? ===
[[File:Tamsin's interactive display on trusting Wikipedia.jpg|thumb|An interactive display titled 'Can I trust Wikipedia?, developed for students by Otago University Wikimedian-in-Residence Tamsin Braisher.]]

Many of us will have encountered the view that information on Wikipedia can’t be trusted, because anyone can edit it. As Wikimedians, we know that the fact anyone can edit it is what makes Wikipedia trustworthy, thanks to thousands of dedicated volunteers. We also know that not all Wikipedia articles are created equal, but to readers, the features of an article that either increase or decrease trust are not as well known.

After repeatedly coming across this view in her work, Dr. Tamsin Braisher, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Otago in Aotearoa New Zealand, developed a hands-on learning tool called 'Can I trust Wikipedia?'

Tamsin’s role as a Wikimedian in Residence acts as a bridge between academic researchers, staff, students, and the wider open-knowledge community. Through engaging with university students, Tamsin noticed a common misconception that many had heard from their school teachers: because anyone can edit Wikipedia, it cannot be trusted at all.

The set of cards is designed with the aim of shifting this view that &quot;anyone can edit Wikipedia so I can't trust it&quot; to &quot;anyone can edit Wikipedia but I can still trust it.&quot; Through a card-sorting activity, players look at various features of Wikipedia articles—such as the sources of citations, edit histories, or grammatical errors—and sort them based on whether they increase or decrease their trust in the content.

There’s no way to win or lose the game. Instead, the goal is for it to serve as a prompt for discussion and critical thinking. For many features, whether or not they increase trust depends on context. For example, a small typo might suggest a page lacks recent peer review, or it might indicate that a human wrote it rather than an AI generator. If that increases or decreases trust is up to the evaluation of the player.

Originally created as a physical card sorting game for training sessions, when the global Wikimedia community came together for Wikimania 2027,  Nyo Dekens, an editor from Belgium, helped turn it into an online activity.

* Play online: Test your judgment using the [https://wikimedia.be/trustwikigame/?utm_source=gemini online version].
* Print your own: Download printable game cards in [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Can_I_trust_Wikipedia_game_cards_for_doublesided_printing.pdf English], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GERMAN_Can_I_trust_Wikipedia_game_cards_for_physical_printing.pdf German] or [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:French_Can_I_trust_Wikipedia_card-based_activity French] via Wikimedia Commons.
* Translate: Tamsin can help you create cards [[:en:Wikipedia:GLAM/OU/Can I trust Wikipedia game|in your own language]].

=== Books of Mana ===

In 2025, three academics published a list of the 180 most important Māori-authored non-fiction books, in a work called ''Books of Mana''. [[User:DrThneed|DrThneed]] compared this list to Wikidata, to discover that only 19 of the books had a work-level item, and 28 had an edition already in Wikidata. Although 105 of the 230 unique authors and editors had Wikipedia articles, only two of these important books did. After creating all the missing Wikidata items, [[User:DrThneed|DrThneed]] created a WikiProject, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/OU/Division_of_Humanities/Books_of_Mana|WikiProject Books of Mana], to encourage other editors to help fill this significant gap in Wikipedia coverage. 


=== Auckland War Memorial Museum Update ===

Auckland War Memorial Museum welcomes their second full-time Wikimedian in Residence. This role is supported and funded by the Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand (WANZ) chapter, focusing on community engagement, enriching local histories content and continuing the relationship between Wiki and GLAMs.  

[[User:SydneyBridgeUpsideDown|SydneyBridgeUpsideDown]] participated in the 2025–2026 Museum Wikipedia Summer Students Programme, supervised by previous WiR [[User:Winnieswikiworld|Winnieswikiworld]]. During this role, she was partially based in the New Zealand Maritime Museum and also spent some time. She is currently preparing to welcome the next group of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Auckland_Museum/Summer_Students|Wikipedia summer students].  

=== Biodiversity Data Standards TDWG 2026 Conference===
Siobhan Leachman (User:Ambrosia10) was funded by Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand to attend and present at the [https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2026/ Biodiversity Data Standards TDWG 2026 conference] held in Oslo, Norway from 20-25 September.&lt;br&gt; 

The purpose of her attendance was to the raise awareness of and encourage the continued engagement by the international biodiversity standards community with Wikidata as well as the use of Wikidata as a vital data-reconciliation bridge and identifier registry within the wider natural sciences community.&lt;br&gt; 

Siobhan co-organised and moderated a three module conference session titled ''Responsible AI, Open Digital Curation, and Round-Tripping for Biodiversity Data''. She also presented conference papers ''[https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22239550 Type specimens in Wikidata - creating a data bridge]'' and ''[https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22555596 Bionomia, Scholia, Wikidata and Zenodo: broadcasting biodiversity contributions]''. Siobhan also co-authored a paper presented by fellow Wikimedian Dr. Sabine von Mering ''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/195ouWigCVQKUawtQ8896ffN4lH24r4Bg/view?usp=sharing Here, There, and Everywhere: Modelling Research Expeditions in Wikidata]''.&lt;br&gt;

Finally Siobhan proposed and had accepted an Unconference topic on Wikidata where approximately 20 in person attendees discussed the use of Wikidata by natural history institutions and the wider biodiversity data community. Siobhan's conference report can be found [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23145157 here]. 

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=== Can I trust Wikipedia? ===
[[File:Tamsin's interactive display on trusting Wikipedia.jpg|thumb|An interactive display titled 'Can I trust Wikipedia?, developed for students by Otago University Wikimedian-in-Residence Tamsin Braisher.]]

Many of us will have encountered the view that information on Wikipedia can’t be trusted, because anyone can edit it. As Wikimedians, we know that the fact anyone can edit it is what makes Wikipedia trustworthy, thanks to thousands of dedicated volunteers. We also know that not all Wikipedia articles are created equal, but to readers, the features of an article that either increase or decrease trust are not as well known.

After repeatedly coming across this view in her work, Dr. Tamsin Braisher, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Otago in Aotearoa New Zealand, developed a hands-on learning tool called 'Can I trust Wikipedia?'

Tamsin’s role as a Wikimedian in Residence acts as a bridge between academic researchers, staff, students, and the wider open-knowledge community. Through engaging with university students, Tamsin noticed a common misconception that many had heard from their school teachers: because anyone can edit Wikipedia, it cannot be trusted at all.

The set of cards is designed with the aim of shifting this view that &quot;anyone can edit Wikipedia so I can't trust it&quot; to &quot;anyone can edit Wikipedia but I can still trust it.&quot; Through a card-sorting activity, players look at various features of Wikipedia articles—such as the sources of citations, edit histories, or grammatical errors—and sort them based on whether they increase or decrease their trust in the content.

There’s no way to win or lose the game. Instead, the goal is for it to serve as a prompt for discussion and critical thinking. For many features, whether or not they increase trust depends on context. For example, a small typo might suggest a page lacks recent peer review, or it might indicate that a human wrote it rather than an AI generator. If that increases or decreases trust is up to the evaluation of the player.

Originally created as a physical card sorting game for training sessions, when the global Wikimedia community came together for Wikimania 2027,  Nyo Dekens, an editor from Belgium, helped turn it into an online activity.

* Play online: Test your judgment using the [https://wikimedia.be/trustwikigame/?utm_source=gemini online version].
* Print your own: Download printable game cards in [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Can_I_trust_Wikipedia_game_cards_for_doublesided_printing.pdf English], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GERMAN_Can_I_trust_Wikipedia_game_cards_for_physical_printing.pdf German] or [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:French_Can_I_trust_Wikipedia_card-based_activity French] via Wikimedia Commons.
* Translate: Tamsin can help you create cards [[:en:Wikipedia:GLAM/OU/Can I trust Wikipedia game|in your own language]].

=== Books of Mana ===

[[File:Te Takarangi library display.jpg ⋅|thumb|Library display of the covers of the 180 most important Māori-authored works of non-fiction]]
In 2025, three academics published a list of the 180 most important Māori-authored non-fiction books, in a work called ''Books of Mana''. [[User:DrThneed|DrThneed]] compared this list to Wikidata, to discover that only 19 of the books had a work-level item, and 28 had an edition already in Wikidata. Although 105 of the 230 unique authors and editors had Wikipedia articles, only two of these important books did. After creating all the missing Wikidata items, [[User:DrThneed|DrThneed]] created a WikiProject, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/OU/Division_of_Humanities/Books_of_Mana|WikiProject Books of Mana], to encourage other editors to help fill this significant gap in Wikipedia coverage. 


=== Auckland War Memorial Museum Update ===

Auckland War Memorial Museum welcomes their second full-time Wikimedian in Residence. This role is supported and funded by the Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand (WANZ) chapter, focusing on community engagement, enriching local histories content and continuing the relationship between Wiki and GLAMs.  

[[User:SydneyBridgeUpsideDown|SydneyBridgeUpsideDown]] participated in the 2025–2026 Museum Wikipedia Summer Students Programme, supervised by previous WiR [[User:Winnieswikiworld|Winnieswikiworld]]. During this role, she was partially based in the New Zealand Maritime Museum and also spent some time. She is currently preparing to welcome the next group of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Auckland_Museum/Summer_Students|Wikipedia summer students].  

=== Biodiversity Data Standards TDWG 2026 Conference===
Siobhan Leachman (User:Ambrosia10) was funded by Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand to attend and present at the [https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2026/ Biodiversity Data Standards TDWG 2026 conference] held in Oslo, Norway from 20-25 September.&lt;br&gt; 

The purpose of her attendance was to the raise awareness of and encourage the continued engagement by the international biodiversity standards community with Wikidata as well as the use of Wikidata as a vital data-reconciliation bridge and identifier registry within the wider natural sciences community.&lt;br&gt; 

Siobhan co-organised and moderated a three module conference session titled ''Responsible AI, Open Digital Curation, and Round-Tripping for Biodiversity Data''. She also presented conference papers ''[https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22239550 Type specimens in Wikidata - creating a data bridge]'' and ''[https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22555596 Bionomia, Scholia, Wikidata and Zenodo: broadcasting biodiversity contributions]''. Siobhan also co-authored a paper presented by fellow Wikimedian Dr. Sabine von Mering ''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/195ouWigCVQKUawtQ8896ffN4lH24r4Bg/view?usp=sharing Here, There, and Everywhere: Modelling Research Expeditions in Wikidata]''.&lt;br&gt;

Finally Siobhan proposed and had accepted an Unconference topic on Wikidata where approximately 20 in person attendees discussed the use of Wikidata by natural history institutions and the wider biodiversity data community. Siobhan's conference report can be found [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23145157 here]. 

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=== Can I trust Wikipedia? ===
[[File:Tamsin's interactive display on trusting Wikipedia.jpg|thumb|An interactive display titled 'Can I trust Wikipedia?, developed for students by Otago University Wikimedian-in-Residence Tamsin Braisher.]]

Many of us will have encountered the view that information on Wikipedia can’t be trusted, because anyone can edit it. As Wikimedians, we know that the fact anyone can edit it is what makes Wikipedia trustworthy, thanks to thousands of dedicated volunteers. We also know that not all Wikipedia articles are created equal, but to readers, the features of an article that either increase or decrease trust are not as well known.

After repeatedly coming across this view in her work, Dr. Tamsin Braisher, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Otago in Aotearoa New Zealand, developed a hands-on learning tool called 'Can I trust Wikipedia?'

Tamsin’s role as a Wikimedian in Residence acts as a bridge between academic researchers, staff, students, and the wider open-knowledge community. Through engaging with university students, Tamsin noticed a common misconception that many had heard from their school teachers: because anyone can edit Wikipedia, it cannot be trusted at all.

The set of cards is designed with the aim of shifting this view that &quot;anyone can edit Wikipedia so I can't trust it&quot; to &quot;anyone can edit Wikipedia but I can still trust it.&quot; Through a card-sorting activity, players look at various features of Wikipedia articles—such as the sources of citations, edit histories, or grammatical errors—and sort them based on whether they increase or decrease their trust in the content.

There’s no way to win or lose the game. Instead, the goal is for it to serve as a prompt for discussion and critical thinking. For many features, whether or not they increase trust depends on context. For example, a small typo might suggest a page lacks recent peer review, or it might indicate that a human wrote it rather than an AI generator. If that increases or decreases trust is up to the evaluation of the player.

Originally created as a physical card sorting game for training sessions, when the global Wikimedia community came together for Wikimania 2027,  Nyo Dekens, an editor from Belgium, helped turn it into an online activity.

* Play online: Test your judgment using the [https://wikimedia.be/trustwikigame/?utm_source=gemini online version].
* Print your own: Download printable game cards in [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Can_I_trust_Wikipedia_game_cards_for_doublesided_printing.pdf English], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GERMAN_Can_I_trust_Wikipedia_game_cards_for_physical_printing.pdf German] or [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:French_Can_I_trust_Wikipedia_card-based_activity French] via Wikimedia Commons.
* Translate: Tamsin can help you create cards [[:en:Wikipedia:GLAM/OU/Can I trust Wikipedia game|in your own language]].

=== Books of Mana ===

[[File:Te Takarangi library display.jpg|thumb|Library display of the covers of the 180 most important Māori-authored works of non-fiction]]
In 2025, three academics published a list of the 180 most important Māori-authored non-fiction books, in a work called ''Books of Mana''. [[User:DrThneed|DrThneed]] compared this list to Wikidata, to discover that only 19 of the books had a work-level item, and 28 had an edition already in Wikidata. Although 105 of the 230 unique authors and editors had Wikipedia articles, only two of these important books did. After creating all the missing Wikidata items, [[User:DrThneed|DrThneed]] created a WikiProject, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/OU/Division_of_Humanities/Books_of_Mana|WikiProject Books of Mana], to encourage other editors to help fill this significant gap in Wikipedia coverage. 


=== Auckland War Memorial Museum Update ===

Auckland War Memorial Museum welcomes their second full-time Wikimedian in Residence. This role is supported and funded by the Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand (WANZ) chapter, focusing on community engagement, enriching local histories content and continuing the relationship between Wiki and GLAMs.  

[[User:SydneyBridgeUpsideDown|SydneyBridgeUpsideDown]] participated in the 2025–2026 Museum Wikipedia Summer Students Programme, supervised by previous WiR [[User:Winnieswikiworld|Winnieswikiworld]]. During this role, she was partially based in the New Zealand Maritime Museum and also spent some time. She is currently preparing to welcome the next group of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Auckland_Museum/Summer_Students|Wikipedia summer students].  

=== Biodiversity Data Standards TDWG 2026 Conference===
Siobhan Leachman (User:Ambrosia10) was funded by Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand to attend and present at the [https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2026/ Biodiversity Data Standards TDWG 2026 conference] held in Oslo, Norway from 20-25 September.&lt;br&gt; 

The purpose of her attendance was to the raise awareness of and encourage the continued engagement by the international biodiversity standards community with Wikidata as well as the use of Wikidata as a vital data-reconciliation bridge and identifier registry within the wider natural sciences community.&lt;br&gt; 

Siobhan co-organised and moderated a three module conference session titled ''Responsible AI, Open Digital Curation, and Round-Tripping for Biodiversity Data''. She also presented conference papers ''[https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22239550 Type specimens in Wikidata - creating a data bridge]'' and ''[https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22555596 Bionomia, Scholia, Wikidata and Zenodo: broadcasting biodiversity contributions]''. Siobhan also co-authored a paper presented by fellow Wikimedian Dr. Sabine von Mering ''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/195ouWigCVQKUawtQ8896ffN4lH24r4Bg/view?usp=sharing Here, There, and Everywhere: Modelling Research Expeditions in Wikidata]''.&lt;br&gt;

Finally Siobhan proposed and had accepted an Unconference topic on Wikidata where approximately 20 in person attendees discussed the use of Wikidata by natural history institutions and the wider biodiversity data community. Siobhan's conference report can be found [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23145157 here]. 

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=== Can I trust Wikipedia? ===
[[File:Tamsin's interactive display on trusting Wikipedia.jpg|thumb|An interactive display titled 'Can I trust Wikipedia?, developed for students by Otago University Wikimedian-in-Residence Tamsin Braisher.]]

Many of us will have encountered the view that information on Wikipedia can’t be trusted, because anyone can edit it. As Wikimedians, we know that the fact anyone can edit it is what makes Wikipedia trustworthy, thanks to thousands of dedicated volunteers. We also know that not all Wikipedia articles are created equal, but to readers, the features of an article that either increase or decrease trust are not as well known.

After repeatedly coming across this view in her work, Dr. Tamsin Braisher, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Otago in Aotearoa New Zealand, developed a hands-on learning tool called 'Can I trust Wikipedia?'

Tamsin’s role as a Wikimedian in Residence acts as a bridge between academic researchers, staff, students, and the wider open-knowledge community. Through engaging with university students, Tamsin noticed a common misconception that many had heard from their school teachers: because anyone can edit Wikipedia, it cannot be trusted at all.

The set of cards is designed with the aim of shifting this view that &quot;anyone can edit Wikipedia so I can't trust it&quot; to &quot;anyone can edit Wikipedia but I can still trust it.&quot; Through a card-sorting activity, players look at various features of Wikipedia articles—such as the sources of citations, edit histories, or grammatical errors—and sort them based on whether they increase or decrease their trust in the content.

There’s no way to win or lose the game. Instead, the goal is for it to serve as a prompt for discussion and critical thinking. For many features, whether or not they increase trust depends on context. For example, a small typo might suggest a page lacks recent peer review, or it might indicate that a human wrote it rather than an AI generator. If that increases or decreases trust is up to the evaluation of the player.

Originally created as a physical card sorting game for training sessions, when the global Wikimedia community came together for Wikimania 2027,  Nyo Dekens, an editor from Belgium, helped turn it into an online activity.

* Play online: Test your judgment using the [https://wikimedia.be/trustwikigame/?utm_source=gemini online version].
* Print your own: Download printable game cards in [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Can_I_trust_Wikipedia_game_cards_for_doublesided_printing.pdf English], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GERMAN_Can_I_trust_Wikipedia_game_cards_for_physical_printing.pdf German] or [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:French_Can_I_trust_Wikipedia_card-based_activity French] via Wikimedia Commons.
* Translate: Tamsin can help you create cards [[:en:Wikipedia:GLAM/OU/Can I trust Wikipedia game|in your own language]].

=== Books of Mana ===

[[File:Te Takarangi library display.jpg|thumb|Library display of the covers of the 180 most important Māori-authored works of non-fiction]]
In 2025, three academics published a list of the 180 most important Māori-authored non-fiction books, in a work called ''Books of Mana''. [[User:DrThneed|DrThneed]] compared this list to Wikidata, to discover that only 19 of the books had a work-level item, and 28 had an edition already in Wikidata. Although 105 of the 230 unique authors and editors had Wikipedia articles, only two of these important books did. After creating all the missing Wikidata items, [[User:DrThneed|DrThneed]] created a WikiProject, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/OU/Division_of_Humanities/Books_of_Mana|WikiProject Books of Mana], to encourage other editors to help fill this significant gap in Wikipedia coverage. 

So far members of the project have created four new articles and improved a further 53. [[User:DrThneed|DrThneed]] has used the project for training librarians on how to make citations, and [[User:Giantflightlessbirds]] held an editathon in Christchurch.


=== Auckland War Memorial Museum Update ===

Auckland War Memorial Museum welcomes their second full-time Wikimedian in Residence. This role is supported and funded by the Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand (WANZ) chapter, focusing on community engagement, enriching local histories content and continuing the relationship between Wiki and GLAMs.  

[[User:SydneyBridgeUpsideDown|SydneyBridgeUpsideDown]] participated in the 2025–2026 Museum Wikipedia Summer Students Programme, supervised by previous WiR [[User:Winnieswikiworld|Winnieswikiworld]]. During this role, she was partially based in the New Zealand Maritime Museum and also spent some time. She is currently preparing to welcome the next group of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Auckland_Museum/Summer_Students|Wikipedia summer students].  

=== Biodiversity Data Standards TDWG 2026 Conference===
Siobhan Leachman (User:Ambrosia10) was funded by Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand to attend and present at the [https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2026/ Biodiversity Data Standards TDWG 2026 conference] held in Oslo, Norway from 20-25 September.&lt;br&gt; 

The purpose of her attendance was to the raise awareness of and encourage the continued engagement by the international biodiversity standards community with Wikidata as well as the use of Wikidata as a vital data-reconciliation bridge and identifier registry within the wider natural sciences community.&lt;br&gt; 

Siobhan co-organised and moderated a three module conference session titled ''Responsible AI, Open Digital Curation, and Round-Tripping for Biodiversity Data''. She also presented conference papers ''[https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22239550 Type specimens in Wikidata - creating a data bridge]'' and ''[https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22555596 Bionomia, Scholia, Wikidata and Zenodo: broadcasting biodiversity contributions]''. Siobhan also co-authored a paper presented by fellow Wikimedian Dr. Sabine von Mering ''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/195ouWigCVQKUawtQ8896ffN4lH24r4Bg/view?usp=sharing Here, There, and Everywhere: Modelling Research Expeditions in Wikidata]''.&lt;br&gt;

Finally Siobhan proposed and had accepted an Unconference topic on Wikidata where approximately 20 in person attendees discussed the use of Wikidata by natural history institutions and the wider biodiversity data community. Siobhan's conference report can be found [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23145157 here]. 

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=== Can I trust Wikipedia? ===
[[File:Tamsin's interactive display on trusting Wikipedia.jpg|thumb|An interactive display titled 'Can I trust Wikipedia?, developed for students by Otago University Wikimedian-in-Residence Tamsin Braisher.]]

Many of us will have encountered the view that information on Wikipedia can’t be trusted, because anyone can edit it. As Wikimedians, we know that the fact anyone can edit it is what makes Wikipedia trustworthy, thanks to thousands of dedicated volunteers. We also know that not all Wikipedia articles are created equal, but to readers, the features of an article that either increase or decrease trust are not as well known.

After repeatedly coming across this view in her work, Dr. Tamsin Braisher, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Otago in Aotearoa New Zealand, developed a hands-on learning tool called 'Can I trust Wikipedia?'

Tamsin’s role as a Wikimedian in Residence acts as a bridge between academic researchers, staff, students, and the wider open-knowledge community. Through engaging with university students, Tamsin noticed a common misconception that many had heard from their school teachers: because anyone can edit Wikipedia, it cannot be trusted at all.

The set of cards is designed with the aim of shifting this view that &quot;anyone can edit Wikipedia so I can't trust it&quot; to &quot;anyone can edit Wikipedia but I can still trust it.&quot; Through a card-sorting activity, players look at various features of Wikipedia articles—such as the sources of citations, edit histories, or grammatical errors—and sort them based on whether they increase or decrease their trust in the content.

There’s no way to win or lose the game. Instead, the goal is for it to serve as a prompt for discussion and critical thinking. For many features, whether or not they increase trust depends on context. For example, a small typo might suggest a page lacks recent peer review, or it might indicate that a human wrote it rather than an AI generator. If that increases or decreases trust is up to the evaluation of the player.

Originally created as a physical card sorting game for training sessions, when the global Wikimedia community came together for Wikimania 2027,  Nyo Dekens, an editor from Belgium, helped turn it into an online activity.

* Play online: Test your judgment using the [https://wikimedia.be/trustwikigame/?utm_source=gemini online version].
* Print your own: Download printable game cards in [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Can_I_trust_Wikipedia_game_cards_for_doublesided_printing.pdf English], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GERMAN_Can_I_trust_Wikipedia_game_cards_for_physical_printing.pdf German] or [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:French_Can_I_trust_Wikipedia_card-based_activity French] via Wikimedia Commons.
* Translate: Tamsin can help you create cards [[:en:Wikipedia:GLAM/OU/Can I trust Wikipedia game|in your own language]].

=== Books of Mana ===

[[File:Te Takarangi library display.jpg|thumb|Library display of the covers of the 180 most important Māori-authored works of non-fiction]]
In 2025, three academics published a list of the 180 most important Māori-authored non-fiction books, in a work called ''Books of Mana''. [[User:DrThneed|DrThneed]] compared this list to Wikidata, to discover that only 19 of the books had a work-level item, and 28 had an edition already in Wikidata. Although 105 of the 230 unique authors and editors had Wikipedia articles, only two of these important books did. After creating all the missing Wikidata items, [[User:DrThneed|DrThneed]] created a WikiProject, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/OU/Division_of_Humanities/Books_of_Mana|WikiProject Books of Mana], to encourage other editors to help fill this significant gap in Wikipedia coverage. 

So far members of the project have created four new articles (such as ''[[w:Vikings of the Sunrise]]'') and improved a further 53. [[User:DrThneed|DrThneed]] has used the project for training librarians on how to make citations, and [[User:Giantflightlessbirds]] held an editathon in Christchurch.


=== Auckland War Memorial Museum Update ===

Auckland War Memorial Museum welcomes their second full-time Wikimedian in Residence. This role is supported and funded by the Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand (WANZ) chapter, focusing on community engagement, enriching local histories content and continuing the relationship between Wiki and GLAMs.  

[[User:SydneyBridgeUpsideDown|SydneyBridgeUpsideDown]] participated in the 2025–2026 Museum Wikipedia Summer Students Programme, supervised by previous WiR [[User:Winnieswikiworld|Winnieswikiworld]]. During this role, she was partially based in the New Zealand Maritime Museum and also spent some time. She is currently preparing to welcome the next group of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Auckland_Museum/Summer_Students|Wikipedia summer students].  

=== Biodiversity Data Standards TDWG 2026 Conference===
Siobhan Leachman (User:Ambrosia10) was funded by Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand to attend and present at the [https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2026/ Biodiversity Data Standards TDWG 2026 conference] held in Oslo, Norway from 20-25 September.&lt;br&gt; 

The purpose of her attendance was to the raise awareness of and encourage the continued engagement by the international biodiversity standards community with Wikidata as well as the use of Wikidata as a vital data-reconciliation bridge and identifier registry within the wider natural sciences community.&lt;br&gt; 

Siobhan co-organised and moderated a three module conference session titled ''Responsible AI, Open Digital Curation, and Round-Tripping for Biodiversity Data''. She also presented conference papers ''[https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22239550 Type specimens in Wikidata - creating a data bridge]'' and ''[https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22555596 Bionomia, Scholia, Wikidata and Zenodo: broadcasting biodiversity contributions]''. Siobhan also co-authored a paper presented by fellow Wikimedian Dr. Sabine von Mering ''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/195ouWigCVQKUawtQ8896ffN4lH24r4Bg/view?usp=sharing Here, There, and Everywhere: Modelling Research Expeditions in Wikidata]''.&lt;br&gt;

Finally Siobhan proposed and had accepted an Unconference topic on Wikidata where approximately 20 in person attendees discussed the use of Wikidata by natural history institutions and the wider biodiversity data community. Siobhan's conference report can be found [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23145157 here]. 

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=== Can I trust Wikipedia? ===
[[File:Tamsin's interactive display on trusting Wikipedia.jpg|thumb|An interactive display titled 'Can I trust Wikipedia?, developed for students by Otago University Wikimedian-in-Residence Tamsin Braisher.]]

Many of us will have encountered the view that information on Wikipedia can’t be trusted, because anyone can edit it. As Wikimedians, we know that the fact anyone can edit it is what makes Wikipedia trustworthy, thanks to thousands of dedicated volunteers. We also know that not all Wikipedia articles are created equal, but to readers, the features of an article that either increase or decrease trust are not as well known.

After repeatedly coming across this view in her work, Dr. Tamsin Braisher, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Otago in Aotearoa New Zealand, developed a hands-on learning tool called 'Can I trust Wikipedia?'

Tamsin’s role as a Wikimedian in Residence acts as a bridge between academic researchers, staff, students, and the wider open-knowledge community. Through engaging with university students, Tamsin noticed a common misconception that many had heard from their school teachers: because anyone can edit Wikipedia, it cannot be trusted at all.

The set of cards is designed with the aim of shifting this view that &quot;anyone can edit Wikipedia so I can't trust it&quot; to &quot;anyone can edit Wikipedia but I can still trust it.&quot; Through a card-sorting activity, players look at various features of Wikipedia articles—such as the sources of citations, edit histories, or grammatical errors—and sort them based on whether they increase or decrease their trust in the content.

There’s no way to win or lose the game. Instead, the goal is for it to serve as a prompt for discussion and critical thinking. For many features, whether or not they increase trust depends on context. For example, a small typo might suggest a page lacks recent peer review, or it might indicate that a human wrote it rather than an AI generator. If that increases or decreases trust is up to the evaluation of the player.

Originally created as a physical card sorting game for training sessions, when the global Wikimedia community came together for Wikimania 2027,  Nyo Dekens, an editor from Belgium, helped turn it into an online activity.

* Play online: Test your judgment using the [https://wikimedia.be/trustwikigame/?utm_source=gemini online version].
* Print your own: Download printable game cards in [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Can_I_trust_Wikipedia_game_cards_for_doublesided_printing.pdf English], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GERMAN_Can_I_trust_Wikipedia_game_cards_for_physical_printing.pdf German] or [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:French_Can_I_trust_Wikipedia_card-based_activity French] via Wikimedia Commons.
* Translate: Tamsin can help you create cards [[:en:Wikipedia:GLAM/OU/Can I trust Wikipedia game|in your own language]].

=== Books of Mana ===

[[File:Te Takarangi library display.jpg|thumb|Library display of the covers of the 180 most important Māori-authored works of non-fiction]]
In 2025, three academics published a list of the 180 most important Māori-authored non-fiction books, in a work called ''Books of Mana''. [[User:DrThneed|DrThneed]] compared this list to Wikidata, to discover that only 19 of the books had a work-level item, and 28 had an edition already in Wikidata. Although 105 of the 230 unique authors and editors had Wikipedia articles, only two of these important books did. After creating all the missing Wikidata items, [[User:DrThneed|DrThneed]] created a WikiProject, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/OU/Division_of_Humanities/Books_of_Mana|WikiProject Books of Mana], to encourage other editors to help fill this significant gap in Wikipedia coverage. 

So far members of the project have created four new articles (such as ''[[w:Vikings of the Sunrise|Vikings of the Sunrise]]'') and improved a further 53. [[User:DrThneed|DrThneed]] has used the project for training librarians on how to make citations, and [[User:Giantflightlessbirds]] held an editathon in Christchurch.


=== Auckland War Memorial Museum Update ===

Auckland War Memorial Museum welcomes their second full-time Wikimedian in Residence. This role is supported and funded by the Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand (WANZ) chapter, focusing on community engagement, enriching local histories content and continuing the relationship between Wiki and GLAMs.  

[[User:SydneyBridgeUpsideDown|SydneyBridgeUpsideDown]] participated in the 2025–2026 Museum Wikipedia Summer Students Programme, supervised by previous WiR [[User:Winnieswikiworld|Winnieswikiworld]]. During this role, she was partially based in the New Zealand Maritime Museum and also spent some time. She is currently preparing to welcome the next group of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Auckland_Museum/Summer_Students|Wikipedia summer students].  

=== Biodiversity Data Standards TDWG 2026 Conference===
Siobhan Leachman (User:Ambrosia10) was funded by Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand to attend and present at the [https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2026/ Biodiversity Data Standards TDWG 2026 conference] held in Oslo, Norway from 20-25 September.&lt;br&gt; 

The purpose of her attendance was to the raise awareness of and encourage the continued engagement by the international biodiversity standards community with Wikidata as well as the use of Wikidata as a vital data-reconciliation bridge and identifier registry within the wider natural sciences community.&lt;br&gt; 

Siobhan co-organised and moderated a three module conference session titled ''Responsible AI, Open Digital Curation, and Round-Tripping for Biodiversity Data''. She also presented conference papers ''[https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22239550 Type specimens in Wikidata - creating a data bridge]'' and ''[https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22555596 Bionomia, Scholia, Wikidata and Zenodo: broadcasting biodiversity contributions]''. Siobhan also co-authored a paper presented by fellow Wikimedian Dr. Sabine von Mering ''[https://drive.google.com/file/d/195ouWigCVQKUawtQ8896ffN4lH24r4Bg/view?usp=sharing Here, There, and Everywhere: Modelling Research Expeditions in Wikidata]''.&lt;br&gt;

Finally Siobhan proposed and had accepted an Unconference topic on Wikidata where approximately 20 in person attendees discussed the use of Wikidata by natural history institutions and the wider biodiversity data community. Siobhan's conference report can be found [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23145157 here]. 

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