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The Wikimedia Foundation has been testing new ways of making human knowledge even more accessible. Known as experiments, these short, time-bound projects help us better understand how Wikipedia can reach new audiences, respond to global trends, and meet the evolving needs of internet users. (Keep checking back for updates.)
A speedrunning game
Race from one article to another,
as fast as humanly possible.
Platform: Roblox
Language: English
Enter the maze
Short social content
Discover something new where AI-assisted videos and Wikipedia meet.
Platform: TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels, and YouTube Shorts
Language: English
Press play
An order-of-events game
Quiz yourself every day on which event happened first, on the same date.
Platform: Android
Language: German, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Turkish
Engage your brain
Explore our past experiments
Ask a chatbot for answers and trivia that is straight from, you guessed it, Wikipedia.
Platform: Discord
Language: English
Test your smarts with daily speed challenges, where you whiz from point A to B.
Platform: Online
Language: English
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