Knowledge is human #wikipedia25
I’ve been thinking about Wikipedia lately after seeing that it turns 25 in January. Not because it’s perfect, but because it’s weirdly beautiful in its imperfection. It’s this massive public thing, built not by corporations or slick marketing, but by people like you and me: flawed, curious, and hopeful.
When I open a Wikipedia article, I don’t just see text. I see the collective work of volunteers who decided, at some point, that something was worth clarifying, sourcing, or rewriting. Every edit, every tiny correction, every half-forgotten discussion buried in the history tab is proof that humans care enough to shape knowledge. People pour time into things they’ll never be credited for, things most readers will never even notice. And yet, they do it anyway.
That’s the thing: knowledge isn’t something static locked in books. Knowledge is a movement. And #Wikipedia25 isn’t just celebrating an anniversary. It’s a reminder that this movement belongs to all of us.
I’ve contributed to Wikipedia myself, and I’m calling you to action to do the same. If you add something, it might help someone you’ll never meet. You might fix a single sentence or overhaul a whole page. Either way, you’re shaping something bigger than yourself. You don’t need credentials. You don’t need approval. You just need the willingness to make something slightly more accurate than it was yesterday ;]
Wikipedia is still messy. There are biases, gaps where whole histories or voices don’t exist yet. Pages that need someone to show up and fix something or start something new. That’s the invitation of #Wikipedia25
Not to celebrate only what exists, but to build what could exist.
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