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Scientists should join collaborative online editing communities for biodiversity

www.nature.com·von Mering, Sabine·6 months ago
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CORRESPONDENCE 24 March 2026 By Heidi M. Meudt Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand. Siobhan Leachman Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand. Tiago Lubiana Wikimedia Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil. Sabine von Mering Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany. As biodiversity scientists and active volunteer Wikipedians, we applaud Nature articles calling for researchers to edit Wikipedia (see, for example, Nature 649 , 1079–1080; 2026 ). Other platforms provided by Wikipedia’s host, the Wikimedia Foundation, also allow scientists to contribute to the quality and accessibility of biodiversity information. Nature 651 , 1124 (2026) doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00940-y Competing Interests H.M.M. and S.L. are volunteer members of Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand. T.L. is a volunteer member of Wikimedia Brazil. S.v.M. is a volunteer member of Wikimedia Deutschland.…

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