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Author: Leila Zia

Director and Head of Research at the Wikimedia Foundation

Our new AI strategy puts Wikipedia’s humans first

30 April 202530 April 2025 by Chris Albonand Leila Zia

Announcing the 2022 Research Fund Grantees!

23 November 20222 December 2022 by Emily Lescak, Benjamin Mako Hill, Leila Zia, Kassia Echavarri-Queenand Marti Johnson

Launch of the Wikimedia Research Fund

3 November 20213 November 2021 by Kassia Echavarri-Queenand Leila Zia

Thanks for the thanks! Examining the efficacy of Wikipedia’s thanks feature

25 September 2019 by Swati Goel, Ashton Andersonand Leila Zia

Why the world reads Wikipedia: What we learned about reader motivation from a recent research study

15 March 2018 by Florian Lemmerich, Bob Westand Leila Zia

Find, Prioritize, and Recommend: An article recommendation system to fill knowledge gaps across Wikipedia

27 April 2016 by Leila Ziaand Dario Taraborelli

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