HeyJaredBetween the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast
A podcast about the people and ideas behind the MediaWiki software. Interviews with developers and users of MediaWiki, both for Wikimedia sites (Wikipedia, Wikidata, etc.) and the many uses of MediaWiki in companies, organizations, government agencies, etc.
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 4
- Latest publication
- Sep 9, 2026
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- Jul 14, 2026
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Episode 214: BTB Digest 34 (opens the original)
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🕑 25 minutes Highlights from five recent episodes! Sandra Fauconnier notes the irony of centralization in the Semantic Web, Ad Strack van Schijndel discusses the workings of Juggel, Daniel Dobriy extols wikis for AI, Cory Massaro praises the translation abilities of Abstract Wikipedia, Shani Evenstein Sigalov discusses the role of nonprofits in AI, and more!
Episode 213: Waldir Pimenta (opens the original)
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🕑 1 hour 32 minutes Waldir Pimenta returns to talk about the recent Wikimania, the hackathon-to-development pipeline, unionization and other topics. Links for some of the topics discussed: Wikimania 2026 team challenges Map the Gap (Wikimania hackathon team project) Wikinewsie WISE (semantic image search for Commons) Wiki Fringe at Wikimania 2026 Requests for comment: The future of Abstract Wikipedia Useful functions for article composition at Abstract Wikipedia Wiki Workers United "Wikipedia:WM
Episode 212: Matthew Shell (opens the original)
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🕑 1 hour 1 minute Matthew Shell is an IT project manager who is the creator of the MediaWiki-based wiki farm GoalStriving. GoalStriving is intended for personal, private wikis; it is ad-free and pledges to never sell or share any user information. Links for some of the topics discussed: GoalStriving List of personal wiki software on Wikipedia Page Exchange MediaWiki extension You can also see a video of this interview on YouTube.
Episode 211: Shani Evenstein Sigalov (opens the original)
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🕑 1 hour 34 minutes Dr. Shani Evenstein Sigalov is an educator, researcher, and long-standing Open Knowledge advocate, working at the intersection of education, technology, innovation and openness. She is the founder of the AI Bridges project at the Digital Humanities Research Hub at the University of London. She is also a former member and vice chair of the Board of Trustees at the Wikimedia Foundation. Links for some of the topics discussed: Digital Humanities Research Hub AI-BRIDGES "World mo
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