WikiConference 2025 New York City was held in Civic Hall at Union Square October 16–19, 2025, but The Signpost is publishing these video statements from attendees now, for the first time. Along with this video collection, see the WikiConference report for context on the conference and its place in the Wikimedia Movement.

All conference attendees were invited to share any brief video message about Wikimedia projects. See them and hear their own words.

Governance and Advocacy

• Captain Eek – serious fun in Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee
• Jiaxu Zhao – Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee
• Carwil Bjork-James – Wikipedia preserves human rights stories
• Annie Rauwerda – heroic volunteers risking danger to edit Wikipedia
• Maryana Iskander – Wikipedia editors are heroes

Language and Translation

• Andres Cruz y Corro – translation between English and Spanish Wikipedia
• Jonathan Jiménez – Wikipedia in indigenous languages
• Spanish language wiki editor panel
• Fabian Garcia – better representation for Spanish language editors
• Varun Punnam – editing legal and medical topics for general audiences
• Nirvana Garcia – documentation proves reality

Community and Identity

• Danielle Campbell – WikiPortraits photos with AfroCROWD
• Gabriel Abdul-Brooks – WikiPortraits photos with AfroCROWD
• Juno Maldonado & Oscar Costero – WikiLatinos
• Ian Ramjohn – Wikipedia editing about LGBT people in Trinidad
• Stephen Harrison – who are the Wikipedia editors?

Technology and Research

• Maximilian Doerr – InternetArchiveBot protects Wikipedia links
• Max Wang – researchers track AI content in Wikipedia
• Brenda Wahler – Wikipedia as the starting point of research
• Patrick McGee – sharing history of a university
• Ann Matsuuchi – students have good experiences editing Wikipedia
• Cliff Anderson - Women in Religion project uses AI in Wikipedia

Organizing and Events

• Molly Stark Dean – so few Wikipedia organizers
• Dorothy Howard – neuro-inclusive design at events
• Ferfive - university students make good editors
• Pacita Rudder – organizing the WikiConference
• Lane Rasberry – Wikipedia editors tell stories

I can only rally Wikipedians to speak on video with the help of video journalists. Thank you Rabbit Hole Productions, LLC, for recording, editing, and sharing these videos. All these videos were recorded at WikiConference NYC in the context of their producing Rabbit Hole, a documentary on the Wikimedia community's adventures in the wiki rabbit hole.