Reposted by Patrick GildersleveBen Phillips @benphillips1989.bsky.social · 23/06/2026A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide. 16231273
Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · 22/01/2026We had a blast hosting Sarah @craicexeter.bsky.social . We should be having more of these much needed discussions as scholars - Sarah’s talk featured a great mix of critical edge and openness to dialogue 031
Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · 15/01/2026Happy 25th birthday to Wikipedia! 🥳 A fitting moment to share 1. Their great site to mark the occasion: wikipedia25.org 2. A paper in Big Data & Society, published over the winter break, where we develop Wikipedia as a “Refractive Dataset”, led by @beeeeeers.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1177/2053... 072
Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · 09/12/2025I’m chuffed to share that I’ve been awarded this grant with @ftripodi.bsky.social and Brett Zehner 🥳 We’ll be studying how AI systems may reproduce or reinforce biases in Wikipedia, whether by extracting knowledge from the platform or by contributing content back to it. Excited to get started! 2122
Reposted by Patrick Gildersleve LSE Impact @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 24/11/2025👀ICYMI: "It matters less that Grokipedia succeeds than whether it helps to delegitimise Wikipedia." @gildersleve.uk #Grok #Wikipedia #Knowledgeblogs.lse.ac.ukGrokipedia falls flat, but AI is already rewriting Wikipedia’s future - Impact of Social SciencesLaunched as a competitor to Wikipedia, Grokipedia is one of the first LLM based encyclopaedias, but how does it compare to the last best place on the internet? 066
Reposted by Patrick GildersleveLSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Launched as a competitor to Wikipedia, Elon Musk's #Grokipedia is one of the first LLM-based attempts to create an encyclopaedia. @gildersleve.uk finds it compares poorly to Wikipedia, but the latter faces challenges as AI tools cannibalise its content and audiences. @lseimpactblog.bsky.socialblogs.lse.ac.ukGrokipedia falls flat, but AI is already rewriting Wikipedia’s future - Impact of Social SciencesLaunched as a competitor to Wikipedia, Grokipedia is one of the first LLM based encyclopaedias, but how does it compare to the last best place on the internet? 043
Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · 17/11/2025I enjoyed writing this piece for the LSE Impact Blog on Musk's latest swing at Wikipedia, and its future in a hostile AI-skewed political landscape 👇 095
Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · 10/10/2025It was a great experience organising this workshop with colleagues - looking forward to more good CrAIC! 030
Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · 25/09/2025Super excited for the launch workshop for our research centre. Sign up below for the public roundtable! 020
Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · 04/09/2025A really great read overall on how Wikipedia has survived the Internet, and the challenges it still faces. Going straight on my students' reading lists! 05310
Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · 03/09/2025A depressing juxtaposition of news stories, there is such a disconnect in the national conversation. A public figure directly calling for violence against trans people is met with police sympathy and instead we get phone ban campaigns to tackle online harms 🙃. 170
Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · 11/08/2025Troubling news as Wikimedia's claim against the OSA is dismissed. This opens the door for onerous new requirements such as ID verification and stricter content moderation. These measures run antithetical to Wikipedia's practical operation and core principles as the encyclopaedia anyone can edit.reuters.comWikipedia operator loses court challenge to UK Online Safety Act regulationsThe operator of Wikipedia on Monday lost a legal challenge to parts of Britain's Online Safety Act, which sets tough new requirements for online platforms and has been criticised for potentially curtailing free speech. 161
Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · 22/07/2025For even more WikiResearch at #IC2S2, I'm presenting our work on WikiReddit on Wednesday 14:30 in 'Social Media II' 🧑💻 I'll explain how these complementary platforms are powered by the magic of ✨𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲✨, and how our dataset can be used to study cross-platform flows of information and attention 🔀 060
Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · 22/07/2025Great session on Wikipedia at #IC2S2 with some very cool research. Strong themes of multilingual analysis and coordination dynamics @smfsamir.bsky.social @feloe.bsky.social 1100
Reposted by Patrick GildersleveSteve Jankowski @textaural.bsky.social · 08/07/2025I am pleased to announce the launch of the Manifesto for Wikimedia Research manifesto.wiki. As my co-authored Big Data & Society commentary explains, the manifesto is dedicated to a humanist and critical tradition of taking Wikipedia's importance seriously. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...manifesto.wikiA manifesto for Wikimedia research: Critically studying Wikimedia as infrastructure 1105
Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · 26/06/2025Had a great time meeting everyone and seeing all the interesting work @icwsm.bsky.social. I presented our study on the Wikireddit dataset - exploring Wikipedia’s role in fact-checking, discussion, and cross-platform attention on the web. Thank you to the organisers! 📄: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC... 083
Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · 24/06/2025Important starter pack research in action! I received lots of follow notifications during this talk - hopefully this work prompts more ICWSM activity here! 050
Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · 24/06/2025Very cool work at #ICWSM tracking information manipulation in response to national regulation on the Russian Wikipedia fork From Mykola Trokhymovych, @elaragon.bsky.social, @e-migrante.bsky.social & others 031
Reposted by Patrick GildersleveLeo Balduf @leobalduf.bsky.social · 21/06/2025I'll be at #ICWSM 2025 next week to present our paper about Bluesky Starter Packs. For the occasion, I've created a Starter Pack with all the organizers, speakers, and authors of this year I could find on Bluesky! Link: go.bsky.app/GDkQ3y7 Let me know if I missed anyone! 63013
Reposted by Patrick GildersleveLSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 23/05/2025You can still sign up for our My580 Methods Short Course 👉 Modern Text Analysis and NLP with Python, by @gildersleve.uk 📆 Tuesday 27 May, from 10am - 3pm 🖱️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/modern-tex...eventbrite.co.ukModern Text Analysis and NLP with PythonTraining for PhD and MSc students in the design of social research, quantitative and qualitative analysis. 063
Reposted by Patrick GildersleveLSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Next up on our My580 Methods Short Courses 👉 Modern Text Analysis and NLP with Python, by @gildersleve.uk 📆 Tuesday 27 May, from 10am - 3pm 🖱️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/modern-tex...eventbrite.co.ukModern Text Analysis and NLP with PythonTraining for PhD and MSc students in the design of social research, quantitative and qualitative analysis. 021
Reposted by Patrick GildersleveWikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 08/05/2025We are challenging the lawfulness of the UK’s Online Safety Act Categorisation Regulations, which determine our obligations under UK laws. These rules create unacceptable risks for Wikipedia’s volunteer users, such as disempowering those who wish to keep their identity private. Read ➡️ w.wiki/E3XD 16633
Reposted by Patrick GildersleveMilena Tsvetkova @mtsvetkova.bsky.social · 02/04/2025I have two postdoc positions for a computer scientist and a social scientist to work on my ERC-funded project HUMANET Human-Machine Social Systems at LSE. Please read more and apply at jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/.... More information about the project is available at humanet.science.jobs.lse.ac.ukResearch Officer in Computational Social Science (2 Posts)Research Officer in Computational Social Science (2 Posts), , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p> ... 0147
Reposted by Patrick GildersleveLSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 19/03/2025📣Call for papers! 1️⃣ week left to send your 250-word abstract for @audreyalejandro.bsky.social and @dandekadt.bsky.social's two-day workshop on "Computational Social Science meets Qualitative Research" Learn more➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/... @lsedatascience.bsky.social 065
Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · 10/02/2025📄 Excited to share a new dataset preprint! WikiReddit: Tracing Information and Attention Flows Between Online Platforms A collaboration with @beeeeeers.bsky.social, Viviane Ito, Agustin Orozco, and @ftripodi.bsky.social at @citap.bsky.social . 1176
Reposted by Patrick GildersleveLSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 07/02/2025📣Call for papers! Dr Daniel de Kadt and @audreyalejandro.bsky.social are hosting a two-day workshop on "Computational Social Science meets Qualitative Research" Learn more➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/... @lsedatascience.bsky.social 11712
Reposted by Patrick GildersleveStephen Harrison @stephenharrison.com · 05/02/2025I wrote for Slate about how a conservative think tank plans to "identify and target" Wikipedia editors who it claims are abusing their position—a dangerous escalation that shifts the fight from debating edits to going after the editors themselves. slate.com/technology/2...slate.comA Powerful Conservative Think Tank Is Targeting One of the Last Good Things on the InternetThe Heritage Foundation plans to “identify and target” Wikipedia editors it accuses of antisemitism. 341770831
Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · 14/08/2024🚨New preprint! 📰The News Comment Gap and Algorithmic Agenda Setting in Online Forums w/ Flora Böwing We study: 1) The differences in comment preferences between journalists and readers 2) How comment ranking algorithms prioritise different kinds of comments to display to users 🧵 262
Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · 18/07/2024Excited to be at #IC2S2 2024! I’ll be presenting “The News Comment Gap and Algorithmic Agenda Setting in Online Forums” in session 3C, Friday 11am. Say hi if you want to connect👋 120
Reposted by Patrick GildersleveEleanor Power @eapower.bsky.social · 11/06/2024Milena Tsvetkova, @gildersleve.uk and I are teaching an LSE summer school course on social #network analysis in July/August! Send interested students our way! www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...lse.ac.ukShort course: Social Network AnalysisThis course covers the fundamentals of network structures, network data structures, and the analysis and presentation of network data. 031
Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · 06/06/2024Delighted to share that I will be starting as Lecturer (≈ TT Asst Prof) in Communications and Artificial Intelligence at @uniofexeter.bsky.social this September. Looking forward to this new chapter! 🥳 x.com/ExeterComms/...x.comx.com 120
Reposted by Patrick GildersleveJosh Cowls @joshcowls.bsky.social · 24/04/2024New from me: the ultimatum game facing TikTok on both sides of the Atlanticplusminus.substack.comTikTok faces the music on both sides of the Atlantic, but the US and EU are playing different tunesThe US and EU have taken wildly different approaches to platform regulation, and TikTok is feeling the effects of both this week 041
Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · 20/12/2023Super proud of my MSc supervisees who graduated from LSE last week. All achieved distinctions in their dissertations and degrees, including the top MSc project award! 🎉 120
Patrick Gildersleve @gildersleve.uk · 31/10/2023I've penned a blog post on my shiny new website: "Elon Musk is right about Wikipedia". Elon has taken to Twitter to criticise the last best place on the Internet. Does the man destroying his own social network have a point? gildersleve.uk/Elon-Musk-is...gildersleve.ukElon Musk is right about WikipediaElon has taken to Twitter to criticise the last best place on the Internet. Does the man destroying his own social network have a point? 130