It seems worth listing or crowd-sourcing articles that people should focus on, and attaching that to existing project compilations and resources. (Michael seems to point in this direction in a comment, too.)
Maybe you or someone else can write up a quick list of topics to explore, or a meta strategy for identifying such topics? One thing that springs to mind as a possible starting point is simply checking to see which of the EA Forum Wiki tags/pages don’t have a corresponding Wikipedia page, or have a poor one (and deciding for which that should change).
On that note, I quite like that you list:
There is currently no WikiProject on effective altruism. However, some WikiProjects have within their scope topics of EA relevance (HT Rob Bensinger), including:
X-Risk: How Humanity Discovered Its Own Extinction
To check whether a subject seemed notable, I looked it up on Google News or Google Scholar and tried to see at a glance whether there are multiple independent articles that are about the subject.
I haven’t done a thorough search of EA-related organizations and books so I’m sure I’m missing some topics.
Someone (who is not me) just started a proposal for a WikiProject on Effective Altruism! To be accepted, this proposal will need to be supported by at least 6-12 active Wikipedia editors. If you’re interested in contributing to such a WikiProject, please express “support” for the proposal on the proposal page.
Thanks for this post! I appreciated it.
It seems worth listing or crowd-sourcing articles that people should focus on, and attaching that to existing project compilations and resources. (Michael seems to point in this direction in a comment, too.)
Maybe you or someone else can write up a quick list of topics to explore, or a meta strategy for identifying such topics? One thing that springs to mind as a possible starting point is simply checking to see which of the EA Forum Wiki tags/pages don’t have a corresponding Wikipedia page, or have a poor one (and deciding for which that should change).
On that note, I quite like that you list:
(Apologies if I am repeating something said in the post itself—I read some parts and skimmed others.)
Here are some topics that I noticed don’t have a page and would probably meet Wikipedia’s notability criteria:
The Life You Can Save (organization)
Giving Green
Evidence Action
ALLFED
Animal Equality
Cluelessness (see Google Scholar)
Moral patienthood
Moral uncertainty
Rationalist community
The Alignment Problem
The AI Does Not Hate You
The Scout Mindset
X-Risk: How Humanity Discovered Its Own Extinction
To check whether a subject seemed notable, I looked it up on Google News or Google Scholar and tried to see at a glance whether there are multiple independent articles that are about the subject.
I haven’t done a thorough search of EA-related organizations and books so I’m sure I’m missing some topics.
I’ve created a page in my Wikipedia userspace that lists potentially relevant pages and projects. You’re welcome to edit it!
Someone (who is not me) just started a proposal for a WikiProject on Effective Altruism! To be accepted, this proposal will need to be supported by at least 6-12 active Wikipedia editors. If you’re interested in contributing to such a WikiProject, please express “support” for the proposal on the proposal page.
The proposal passed!! Everyone who’s interested should add themselves as a participant on the official wikiproject! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Effective_Altruism