WikiStage
Video platform
WikiStage is a video platform and a network of event organizers managed by the non-profit WikiStage Association. It aims to create a collaborative video platform for public debate. Conferences worldwide use the WikiStage platform to share their speaker’s videos; to contextualize presentations, the videos are grouped into "debates" based on their subject matter. The debate wall allows users to watch and vote for short videos from various sources regarding the topic in question.
In addition to partnering with conferences around the world, WikiStage allows the members of its community to organise WikiStage branded conferences under the WikiStage license for free. The talks filmed at these conferences are then published on the WikiStage website and YouTube to ensure unlimited, free access. A community of over 100 volunteers in 12 countries is spread over 4 continents to curate the video library.
Origin of the Name
According to the founder, the "Wiki" brand was chosen because the organisation follows the objectives and values of other Wiki Projects: to create a library of knowledge through an open and collaborative approach where the users produce the content. WikiStage is an independent organisation and uses the protected trademarks “WikiStage” and “WikiTalk”.
Objectives
The primary objective of WikiStage is to facilitate democratic discourse by providing a platform for experts to present ideas on a global scale.
“WikiStage” enters the record as video platform. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what WikiStage, Video and platform can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q25894808. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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This entry incorporates text from “WikiStage” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.