Episode 200: Liam Wyatt
From Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast by Yaron Koren
January 27, 2026 · 1h 14m · Season 1 · Episode 200
About this episode
In this special 200th episode, Liam Wyatt discusses the past, present, and future of Wikipedia in celebration of its 25th anniversary.
🕑 1 hour 14 minutes It's the (belated) 25th anniversary of the founding of Wikipedia - and the 200th episode! For this special episode, we have the return of Liam Wyatt (username Wittylama), a longtime Wikipedia volunteer and commentator, the first-ever Wikipedian-in-residence, and now a Senior Technical Partnerships Manager at the Wikimedia Foundation, to talk about Wikipedia's past, present and future. Links for some of the topics discussed: Wikipedia Weekly podcast archive at Internet Archive Wikipedia 25 virtual birthday party (video) "Wikimedia Enterprise Financial Report: Fiscal Year 2024 – 2025" (November 2025 Diff blog post) "Announcing New Wikimedia Enterprise Partners for Wikipedia's 25th Birthday" (January 2026 blog post) "Nominating Wikipedia for UNESCO Memory of the World: The never before told story" (November 2025 GLAM-Wiki talk by Liam) "Dealing with AI web crawlers at the WMF" (May 2025 presentation by Giuseppe Lavagetto) "Wikipedia at 25: A Wake-Up Call" (January 2026 essay by Christophe Henner)
People in this episode
Host: Yaron Koren
Guest: Liam Wyatt
Topics covered
- Wikipedia history
- Wikipedia future
- Wikimedia Foundation
- 25th anniversary
- volunteer contributions
- AI and Wikipedia
Keywords
- Wikipedia
- Liam Wyatt
- Wikimedia Foundation
- 25th anniversary
- volunteer
- AI web crawlers
- UNESCO
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia, Wikipedia Weekly
Books & works: Wikimedia Enterprise Financial Report: Fiscal Year 2024 – 2025, Announcing New Wikimedia Enterprise Partners for Wikipedia's 25th Birthday, Nominating Wikipedia for UNESCO Memory of the World: The never before told story, Dealing with AI web crawlers at the WMF, Wikipedia at 25: A Wake-Up Call
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