Patrick Gildersleve
@gildersleve.uk
Lecturer (Asst Prof) in Communications and AI at the University of Exeter
Prev. LSE Methodology, PhD Oxford Internet Institute
Wikipedia, News, Attention
he/him
🔗🌳 linktr.ee/gildersleve
🌐 https://gildersleve.uk
Prev. LSE Methodology, PhD Oxford Internet Institute
Wikipedia, News, Attention
he/him
🔗🌳 linktr.ee/gildersleve
🌐 https://gildersleve.uk
It was a great experience organising this workshop with colleagues - looking forward to more good CrAIC!
CrAIC Launch Workshop is a success! 🌟
Our two-day event @exeter.ac.uk was packed full of great presentations and conversations. We're really excited to build on the connections made, grow our network, and push forward this research in Critical AI together.
Quick wrap up of the sessions in thread 🧵
Our two-day event @exeter.ac.uk was packed full of great presentations and conversations. We're really excited to build on the connections made, grow our network, and push forward this research in Critical AI together.
Quick wrap up of the sessions in thread 🧵
October 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
It was a great experience organising this workshop with colleagues - looking forward to more good CrAIC!
Super excited for the launch workshop for our research centre. Sign up below for the public roundtable!
👋 What's the CrAIC? Come find out what we have been up to in critical AI studies at our launch event, featuring a lineup of stellar speakers, on Wednesday 8th October (University of Exeter / hybrid). Register at the link!
The Critical AI Centre Launch Roundtable
Join us in person or online for a discussion with leading voices on AI marking the launch of CrAIC
www.eventbrite.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Super excited for the launch workshop for our research centre. Sign up below for the public roundtable!
A really great read overall on how Wikipedia has survived the Internet, and the challenges it still faces. Going straight on my students' reading lists!
The world’s largest encyclopedia became the factual foundation of the web, but now it’s under attack.
Read more from @joshdzieza.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Read more from @joshdzieza.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
September 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A really great read overall on how Wikipedia has survived the Internet, and the challenges it still faces. Going straight on my students' reading lists!
A depressing juxtaposition of news stories, there is such a disconnect in the national conversation.
A public figure directly calling for violence against trans people is met with police sympathy and instead we get phone ban campaigns to tackle online harms 🙃.
A public figure directly calling for violence against trans people is met with police sympathy and instead we get phone ban campaigns to tackle online harms 🙃.
September 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A depressing juxtaposition of news stories, there is such a disconnect in the national conversation.
A public figure directly calling for violence against trans people is met with police sympathy and instead we get phone ban campaigns to tackle online harms 🙃.
A public figure directly calling for violence against trans people is met with police sympathy and instead we get phone ban campaigns to tackle online harms 🙃.
Troubling news as Wikimedia's claim against the OSA is dismissed. This opens the door for onerous new requirements such as ID verification and stricter content moderation. These measures run antithetical to Wikipedia's practical operation and core principles as the encyclopaedia anyone can edit.
Wikipedia operator loses court challenge to UK Online Safety Act regulations
The operator of Wikipedia on Monday lost a legal challenge to parts of Britain's Online Safety Act, which sets tough new requirements for online platforms and has been criticised for potentially curtailing free speech.
www.reuters.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Troubling news as Wikimedia's claim against the OSA is dismissed. This opens the door for onerous new requirements such as ID verification and stricter content moderation. These measures run antithetical to Wikipedia's practical operation and core principles as the encyclopaedia anyone can edit.
For even more WikiResearch at #IC2S2, I'm presenting our work on WikiReddit on Wednesday 14:30 in 'Social Media II' 🧑💻
I'll explain how these complementary platforms are powered by the magic of ✨𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲✨, and how our dataset can be used to study cross-platform flows of information and attention 🔀
I'll explain how these complementary platforms are powered by the magic of ✨𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲✨, and how our dataset can be used to study cross-platform flows of information and attention 🔀
July 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
For even more WikiResearch at #IC2S2, I'm presenting our work on WikiReddit on Wednesday 14:30 in 'Social Media II' 🧑💻
I'll explain how these complementary platforms are powered by the magic of ✨𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲✨, and how our dataset can be used to study cross-platform flows of information and attention 🔀
I'll explain how these complementary platforms are powered by the magic of ✨𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲✨, and how our dataset can be used to study cross-platform flows of information and attention 🔀
Great session on Wikipedia at #IC2S2 with some very cool research. Strong themes of multilingual analysis and coordination dynamics
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July 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Great session on Wikipedia at #IC2S2 with some very cool research. Strong themes of multilingual analysis and coordination dynamics
@smfsamir.bsky.social
@feloe.bsky.social
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@feloe.bsky.social
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I am pleased to announce the launch of the Manifesto for Wikimedia Research manifesto.wiki. As my co-authored Big Data & Society commentary explains, the manifesto is dedicated to a humanist and critical tradition of taking Wikipedia's importance seriously. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A manifesto for Wikimedia research: Critically studying Wikimedia as infrastructure
manifesto.wiki
July 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I am pleased to announce the launch of the Manifesto for Wikimedia Research manifesto.wiki. As my co-authored Big Data & Society commentary explains, the manifesto is dedicated to a humanist and critical tradition of taking Wikipedia's importance seriously. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Had a great time meeting everyone and seeing all the interesting work @icwsm.bsky.social. I presented our study on the Wikireddit dataset - exploring Wikipedia’s role in fact-checking, discussion, and cross-platform attention on the web. Thank you to the organisers!
📄: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...
📄: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...
June 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Had a great time meeting everyone and seeing all the interesting work @icwsm.bsky.social. I presented our study on the Wikireddit dataset - exploring Wikipedia’s role in fact-checking, discussion, and cross-platform attention on the web. Thank you to the organisers!
📄: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...
📄: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...
Important starter pack research in action! I received lots of follow notifications during this talk - hopefully this work prompts more ICWSM activity here!
June 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Important starter pack research in action! I received lots of follow notifications during this talk - hopefully this work prompts more ICWSM activity here!
Very cool work at #ICWSM tracking information manipulation in response to national regulation on the Russian Wikipedia fork
From Mykola Trokhymovych, @elaragon.bsky.social, @e-migrante.bsky.social & others
From Mykola Trokhymovych, @elaragon.bsky.social, @e-migrante.bsky.social & others
June 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Very cool work at #ICWSM tracking information manipulation in response to national regulation on the Russian Wikipedia fork
From Mykola Trokhymovych, @elaragon.bsky.social, @e-migrante.bsky.social & others
From Mykola Trokhymovych, @elaragon.bsky.social, @e-migrante.bsky.social & others
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I'll be at #ICWSM 2025 next week to present our paper about Bluesky Starter Packs.
For the occasion, I've created a Starter Pack with all the organizers, speakers, and authors of this year I could find on Bluesky!
Link: go.bsky.app/GDkQ3y7
Let me know if I missed anyone!
For the occasion, I've created a Starter Pack with all the organizers, speakers, and authors of this year I could find on Bluesky!
Link: go.bsky.app/GDkQ3y7
Let me know if I missed anyone!
June 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I'll be at #ICWSM 2025 next week to present our paper about Bluesky Starter Packs.
For the occasion, I've created a Starter Pack with all the organizers, speakers, and authors of this year I could find on Bluesky!
Link: go.bsky.app/GDkQ3y7
Let me know if I missed anyone!
For the occasion, I've created a Starter Pack with all the organizers, speakers, and authors of this year I could find on Bluesky!
Link: go.bsky.app/GDkQ3y7
Let me know if I missed anyone!
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You can still sign up for our My580 Methods Short Course 👉 Modern Text Analysis and NLP with Python, by @gildersleve.uk
📆 Tuesday 27 May, from 10am - 3pm
🖱️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/modern-tex...
📆 Tuesday 27 May, from 10am - 3pm
🖱️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/modern-tex...
Modern Text Analysis and NLP with Python
Training for PhD and MSc students in the design of social research, quantitative and qualitative analysis.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
You can still sign up for our My580 Methods Short Course 👉 Modern Text Analysis and NLP with Python, by @gildersleve.uk
📆 Tuesday 27 May, from 10am - 3pm
🖱️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/modern-tex...
📆 Tuesday 27 May, from 10am - 3pm
🖱️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/modern-tex...
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Next up on our My580 Methods Short Courses 👉 Modern Text Analysis and NLP with Python, by @gildersleve.uk
📆 Tuesday 27 May, from 10am - 3pm
🖱️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/modern-tex...
📆 Tuesday 27 May, from 10am - 3pm
🖱️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/modern-tex...
Modern Text Analysis and NLP with Python
Training for PhD and MSc students in the design of social research, quantitative and qualitative analysis.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Next up on our My580 Methods Short Courses 👉 Modern Text Analysis and NLP with Python, by @gildersleve.uk
📆 Tuesday 27 May, from 10am - 3pm
🖱️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/modern-tex...
📆 Tuesday 27 May, from 10am - 3pm
🖱️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/modern-tex...
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We are challenging the lawfulness of the UK’s Online Safety Act Categorisation Regulations, which determine our obligations under UK laws.
These rules create unacceptable risks for Wikipedia’s volunteer users, such as disempowering those who wish to keep their identity private.
Read ➡️ w.wiki/E3XD
These rules create unacceptable risks for Wikipedia’s volunteer users, such as disempowering those who wish to keep their identity private.
Read ➡️ w.wiki/E3XD
May 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
We are challenging the lawfulness of the UK’s Online Safety Act Categorisation Regulations, which determine our obligations under UK laws.
These rules create unacceptable risks for Wikipedia’s volunteer users, such as disempowering those who wish to keep their identity private.
Read ➡️ w.wiki/E3XD
These rules create unacceptable risks for Wikipedia’s volunteer users, such as disempowering those who wish to keep their identity private.
Read ➡️ w.wiki/E3XD
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I have two postdoc positions for a computer scientist and a social scientist to work on my ERC-funded project HUMANET Human-Machine Social Systems at LSE. Please read more and apply at jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/.... More information about the project is available at humanet.science.
Research Officer in Computational Social Science (2 Posts)
Research Officer in Computational Social Science (2 Posts),
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p>
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jobs.lse.ac.uk
April 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I have two postdoc positions for a computer scientist and a social scientist to work on my ERC-funded project HUMANET Human-Machine Social Systems at LSE. Please read more and apply at jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/.... More information about the project is available at humanet.science.
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📣Call for papers!
1️⃣ week left to send your 250-word abstract for @audreyalejandro.bsky.social and @dandekadt.bsky.social's two-day workshop on "Computational Social Science meets Qualitative Research"
Learn more➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/...
@lsedatascience.bsky.social
1️⃣ week left to send your 250-word abstract for @audreyalejandro.bsky.social and @dandekadt.bsky.social's two-day workshop on "Computational Social Science meets Qualitative Research"
Learn more➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/...
@lsedatascience.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📣Call for papers!
1️⃣ week left to send your 250-word abstract for @audreyalejandro.bsky.social and @dandekadt.bsky.social's two-day workshop on "Computational Social Science meets Qualitative Research"
Learn more➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/...
@lsedatascience.bsky.social
1️⃣ week left to send your 250-word abstract for @audreyalejandro.bsky.social and @dandekadt.bsky.social's two-day workshop on "Computational Social Science meets Qualitative Research"
Learn more➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/...
@lsedatascience.bsky.social
📄 Excited to share a new dataset preprint!
WikiReddit: Tracing Information and Attention Flows Between Online Platforms
A collaboration with @beeeeeers.bsky.social, Viviane Ito, Agustin Orozco, and @ftripodi.bsky.social at @citap.bsky.social .
WikiReddit: Tracing Information and Attention Flows Between Online Platforms
A collaboration with @beeeeeers.bsky.social, Viviane Ito, Agustin Orozco, and @ftripodi.bsky.social at @citap.bsky.social .
February 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
📄 Excited to share a new dataset preprint!
WikiReddit: Tracing Information and Attention Flows Between Online Platforms
A collaboration with @beeeeeers.bsky.social, Viviane Ito, Agustin Orozco, and @ftripodi.bsky.social at @citap.bsky.social .
WikiReddit: Tracing Information and Attention Flows Between Online Platforms
A collaboration with @beeeeeers.bsky.social, Viviane Ito, Agustin Orozco, and @ftripodi.bsky.social at @citap.bsky.social .
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📣Call for papers!
Dr Daniel de Kadt and @audreyalejandro.bsky.social are hosting a two-day workshop on "Computational Social Science meets Qualitative Research"
Learn more➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/...
@lsedatascience.bsky.social
Dr Daniel de Kadt and @audreyalejandro.bsky.social are hosting a two-day workshop on "Computational Social Science meets Qualitative Research"
Learn more➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/...
@lsedatascience.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
📣Call for papers!
Dr Daniel de Kadt and @audreyalejandro.bsky.social are hosting a two-day workshop on "Computational Social Science meets Qualitative Research"
Learn more➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/...
@lsedatascience.bsky.social
Dr Daniel de Kadt and @audreyalejandro.bsky.social are hosting a two-day workshop on "Computational Social Science meets Qualitative Research"
Learn more➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/...
@lsedatascience.bsky.social
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I wrote for Slate about how a conservative think tank plans to "identify and target" Wikipedia editors who it claims are abusing their position—a dangerous escalation that shifts the fight from debating edits to going after the editors themselves.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
A Powerful Conservative Think Tank Is Targeting One of the Last Good Things on the Internet
The Heritage Foundation plans to “identify and target” Wikipedia editors it accuses of antisemitism.
slate.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I wrote for Slate about how a conservative think tank plans to "identify and target" Wikipedia editors who it claims are abusing their position—a dangerous escalation that shifts the fight from debating edits to going after the editors themselves.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
🚨New preprint!
📰The News Comment Gap and Algorithmic Agenda Setting in Online Forums w/ Flora Böwing
We study:
1) The differences in comment preferences between journalists and readers
2) How comment ranking algorithms prioritise different kinds of comments to display to users 🧵
📰The News Comment Gap and Algorithmic Agenda Setting in Online Forums w/ Flora Böwing
We study:
1) The differences in comment preferences between journalists and readers
2) How comment ranking algorithms prioritise different kinds of comments to display to users 🧵
August 14, 2024 at 10:56 AM
🚨New preprint!
📰The News Comment Gap and Algorithmic Agenda Setting in Online Forums w/ Flora Böwing
We study:
1) The differences in comment preferences between journalists and readers
2) How comment ranking algorithms prioritise different kinds of comments to display to users 🧵
📰The News Comment Gap and Algorithmic Agenda Setting in Online Forums w/ Flora Böwing
We study:
1) The differences in comment preferences between journalists and readers
2) How comment ranking algorithms prioritise different kinds of comments to display to users 🧵
Excited to be at #IC2S2 2024! I’ll be presenting “The News Comment Gap and Algorithmic Agenda Setting in Online Forums” in session 3C, Friday 11am. Say hi if you want to connect👋
July 18, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Excited to be at #IC2S2 2024! I’ll be presenting “The News Comment Gap and Algorithmic Agenda Setting in Online Forums” in session 3C, Friday 11am. Say hi if you want to connect👋
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Milena Tsvetkova, @gildersleve.uk and I are teaching an LSE summer school course on social #network analysis in July/August! Send interested students our way!
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
Short course: Social Network Analysis
This course covers the fundamentals of network structures, network data structures, and the analysis and presentation of network data.
www.lse.ac.uk
June 11, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Milena Tsvetkova, @gildersleve.uk and I are teaching an LSE summer school course on social #network analysis in July/August! Send interested students our way!
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
Delighted to share that I will be starting as Lecturer (≈ TT Asst Prof) in Communications and Artificial Intelligence at @uniofexeter.bsky.social this September. Looking forward to this new chapter! 🥳
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June 6, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Delighted to share that I will be starting as Lecturer (≈ TT Asst Prof) in Communications and Artificial Intelligence at @uniofexeter.bsky.social this September. Looking forward to this new chapter! 🥳
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