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As Wikipedia turns 25, what do we learn from this extraordinary endeavor about our potential to organize for the common good?

Yesterday @sarahgilbert & I gave a main stage talk at Wikipedia’s 25th birthday in NYC with four lessons from the science of Wikipedia for anyone organizing public goods.

https://citizensandtech.org/2026/03/discovering-our-collective-potential-with-the-science-of-wikipedia/

Citizens and Technology Lab

Discovering our Collective Potential with the Science of Wikipedia

Wikipedia demonstrates the power of about focusing on unique perspectives, managing conflict, leadership through care, and the power of gratitude.

J. Nathan Matias 🦣

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Afterward, multiple people reached out to ask about our charts - we used Tamara Broderick’s “Distrosaurs” to illustrate statistical distributions. I’m delighted to share that the distrosaurs are available under a CC license:

https://tamarabroderick.com/misc.html#

Dinosaurs are used to illustrate five statistical distributions:
- Stegonormalus - normal
- Paretodactyl - pareto
- Poissonodon - poisson
- Student’s t rex: student’s t
- X2atops: X2
- Diraclosaurus: Dirac — Dinosaurs are used to illustrate five statistical distributions: - Stegonormalus - normal - Paretodactyl - pareto - Poissonodon - poisson - Student’s t rex: student’s t - X2atops: X2 - Diraclosaurus: Dirac

Tamara Broderick