Episode 206: Sandra Fauconnier
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast
🕑 1 hour 3 minutes Sandra Fauconnier is an art historian by training who works on digital projects in the cultural sector. She has worked at different times for Wikimedia Nederland, the Wikimedia Foundation, and Wikimedia Sverige. Links for some of the topics discussed: on Meta-Wiki on Wikidata on MediaWiki Commons
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Episode 205: Wandji Collins
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast
🕑 52 minutes Wandji Collins is a software engineer and engineering manager at Tech Chantier, as well as a volunteer MediaWiki developer. Links for some of the topics discussed: MediaWiki extension
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Episode 204: Noam Cohen
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast
🕑 1 hour 15 minutes Noam Cohen is a journalist and writer who has written extensively about Wikipedia since 2007 for publications including The New York Times and Wired. He is the author of the 2017 book The Know-It-Alls: The Rise of Silicon Valley as a Political Powerhouse and Social Wrecking Ball, which was just released in paperback form with a new introduction by the author. You can also see this interview , on YouTube. Links for some of the topics discussed: website page (includes links to Noam's articles about Wikipedia)
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Episode 203: Paul Vodrazka
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast
🕑 1 hour 11 minutes Paul Vodrazka is a shift leader in the CNC (computer numerical control) department at the Winnipeg-based company Custom Castings. He manages the internal wikis for Custom Castings, and is also the author of the MediaWiki extension Layers. Links for some of the topics discussed: "" Wikipedia article MediaWiki extension on GitHub "" Wikipedia article "" Wikipedia article
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Episode 202: BTB Digest 32
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast
🕑 23 minutes It's another BTB Digest! Hear clips from five recent episodes. Cormac Parle notes the challenges in structured data in Wikimedia Commons, Vera de Kok reminisces about her early years as a Wikimedia photographer; Stephen Harrison cautions against dismissing AI encyclopedias; Brian Wolff summarizes the philosophy of JavaScript gadgets, Shlomit Lir points out the tension between equity and neutrality, and more!
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Episode 201: Steve Shattuck
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast
🕑 58 minutes Steve Shattuck is a retired research assistant who created and runs the wiki AntWiki. Links for some of the topics discussed: category on AntWiki (1999 book by Steve Shattuck)
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Episode 200: Liam Wyatt
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast
🕑 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: at Internet Archive (video) (November 2025 Diff blog post) (January 2026 blog post) (November 2025 GLAM-Wiki talk by Liam) (May 2025...
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Episode 199: Shlomit Lir
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast
🕑 1 hour 11 minutes Shlomit Lir is a writer, editor, and researcher at the University of Haifa, specializing in the politics of knowledge. Since 2024, she has been a public critic of Wikipedia, especially relating to its coverage of Israel. Links for some of the topics discussed: (2024 report for the World Jewish Congress) " (response post by several Wikimedians) (2024 Pirate Wires article by Ashley Rindsberg) (2025 document for the World Jewish Congress)
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Episode 198: Brian Wolff
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast
🕑 1 hour 35 minutes Brian Wolff is a longtime MediaWiki and Wikimedia developer. He returns to the podcast for (maybe) one last in-person discussion before his move to Calgary, Alberta. We talk about political goings-on at the Wikimedia Foundation, developments in the software world, and random thoughts on classic sci-fi. Links for some of the topics discussed: (Wikimedia Foundation press release, December 2025) (March 2006 article in El Tiempo about Bernadette's brief kidnapping) , October 2025 project Wikipedia article Wikipedia article
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Episode 197: Between the Brackets 2025 Holiday Special
Between the Brackets: a MediaWiki Podcast
🕑 58 minutes It's the holiday special! Special guests, a musical performance (all from the MediaWiki world), and a tale of a life-changing encounter.
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🕑 1 hour 35 minutes
Brian Wolff is a longtime MediaWiki and Wikimedia developer. He returns to the podcast for (maybe) one last in-person discussion before his move to Calgary, Alberta. We talk about political goings-on at the Wikimedia Foundation, developments in the software world, and random thoughts on classic sci-fi.
Links for some of the topics discussed:
- "Wikimedia Foundation appoints Bernadette Meehan as Chief Executive Officer" (Wikimedia Foundation press release, December 2025)
- "Cárcel a dos hombres por 'paseo millonario' a vicecónsul de E.U." (March 2006 article in El Tiempo about Bernadette's brief kidnapping)
- Commons Play Listener
- Victoria Doronina email about WMF board of trustees candidate removals, October 2025
- Temporary accounts for unregistered editors project
- "Encyclopedia Galactica" Wikipedia article
- "Stranger in a Strange Land" Wikipedia article