<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #34495e;"&gt;&lt;img style= "padding: 5px; float: right;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/115190/Stephen-Harrison-BTB.png" alt="Stephen Harrison" width="140" height="140" /&gt;🕑 1 hour 37 minutes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Stephen Harrison is a tech lawyer and journalist who has been writing about Wikipedia since 2018, including for &lt;em&gt;Slate&lt;/em&gt; and The New York Times. He joins us to talk about all the Wikimedia-related events of the crazy month of October 2025, including the release of Jimmy Wales' book, Larry Sanger's "nine theses", some near-violence in New York City, and the launch of the site Grokipedia.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Links for some of the topics discussed:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://larrysanger.org/nine-theses/"&gt;Nine Theses on Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; by Larry Sanger&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.thewikipedian.net/p/2025-wikimedia-board-election-controversy"&gt; "October Surprise: The 2025 Wikimedia Elections Fall into a Transparency Trap"&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;em&gt;The Wikipedian&lt;/em&gt; blog post)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2025/Main_Page"&gt;WikiConference North America&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://slate.com/technology/2025/10/wikipedia-editors-conference-gunman-culture-war.html?pay=1764715230833&amp;support_journalism=please"&gt; "Why Editing Wikipedia Is Becoming More Dangerous"&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;em&gt;Slate&lt;/em&gt; article by Stephen Harrison, October 2025)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://grokipedia.com/"&gt;Grokipedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Yaron's &lt;a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7394058324842913792/"&gt; LinkedIn post&lt;/a&gt; about Grokipedia&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://sites.prh.com/the-seven-rules-of-trust"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Seven Rules of Trust&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; by Jimmy Wales&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://nypost.com/2025/11/03/business/wikipedia-co-founder-blocks-editing-of-gaza-genocide-page-over-egregious-anti-israel-claims/"&gt; "Wikipedia co-founder slams 'Gaza genocide' page over 'egregious' anti-Israel claims"&lt;/a&gt; (New York Post article, November 2025)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uswRbWyt_pg"&gt;Jimmy Wales interview on &lt;em&gt;Jung &amp; Naiv&lt;/em&gt; podcast&lt;/a&gt;, November 2025&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description>

Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast

Yaron Koren

Episode 196: Stephen Harrison

DEC 2, 202596 MIN
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast

Episode 196: Stephen Harrison

DEC 2, 202596 MIN

Description

🕑 1 hour 37 minutes Stephen Harrison is a tech lawyer and journalist who has been writing about Wikipedia since 2018, including for Slate and The New York Times. He joins us to talk about all the Wikimedia-related events of the crazy month of October 2025, including the release of Jimmy Wales' book, Larry Sanger's "nine theses", some near-violence in New York City, and the launch of the site Grokipedia. Links for some of the topics discussed: Nine Theses on Wikipedia by Larry Sanger "October Surprise: The 2025 Wikimedia Elections Fall into a Transparency Trap" (The Wikipedian blog post) WikiConference North America "Why Editing Wikipedia Is Becoming More Dangerous" (Slate article by Stephen Harrison, October 2025) Grokipedia Yaron's LinkedIn post about Grokipedia The Seven Rules of Trust by Jimmy Wales "Wikipedia co-founder slams 'Gaza genocide' page over 'egregious' anti-Israel claims" (New York Post article, November 2025) Jimmy Wales interview on Jung & Naiv podcast, November 2025