Wikimedia is adding features to make editing Wikipedia more fun

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Wikipedia is one of the sturdiest survivors of the old web, as well as one of the most clearly human-powered ones, thanks to a multitude of editors making changes across the globe. But after celebrating the site's 20th birthday last year, the Wikimedia Foundation is turning to new - and more heavily automated - tools in search of its next wave of contributors. It's adding features designed to ease users into making their own edits, including suggestions for easy first steps like cross-linking different articles. It's doing so while trying not to weaken the bonds of its individual communities - and, the Wikimedia team hopes, possibly even making them stronger.

Wikimedia has been testing extra features for newcomers since 2019, and it's...

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