Wikimedia Design Blog

This internship was way beyond my comfort zone and absolutely worth it!
You have just graduated and are now on the hunt for entry-level jobs. In the process, you stumble upon an internship opportunity. What would you do? Would you take the internship?

Improving search on Wikipedia
A journey of arriving at the search improvements for Wikipedia

Applying design thinking to planning an offsite
With a design team of 26 people spread out through 5 continents, 14 countries, and 9 time zones, it's a high but worthwhile investment to meet in person every so often, here is how we used design thinking to plan our first team offsite in three years.

Designing a single grid system for all Wikimedia projects
How we designed the grid and scaled it to use in any new Wikimedia design project

Solving gendered-harassment: a feminist framework for creating safety on Wikipedia
The Trust and Safety Tools team is designing a harassment reporting system for Wikipedia. I propose that we prioritize the needs of women, non-binary, trans, and queer users who experience gendered-harassment on the platform so that we retain gender diversity among our editors and make progress towards our mission of knowledge equity.