“Anyone can edit Wikipedia,” the adage(谚语，格言) goes. But, it turns out(事实证明，原来), a relatively small number actually do.
俗话说，“人人都能编辑维基百科”。但事实证明，真正动手编辑的人其实少之又少。
What is worthy of a digital page in the world’s largest and most-read encyclopedia is decided by roughly 270,000 active volunteers, enthusiasts who populate the online resource with information on anything from 19th-century medicine to TikTok trends.(在世界上最大、读者最多的百科全书中，什么内容值得拥有一个数字页面，由大约27万名活跃志愿者决定；这些爱好者为这一网络资源填充从19世纪医学到TikTok潮流的各种信息。) Inevitably, some subjects are sidelined(被边缘化，被搁置) – the global south, notable women – but a new batch of Wikipedian recruits are waging war on(向……开战，着手对付) one neglected topic: the arms industry.Last week, in a classroom in central London, two dozen volunteers huddled(挤在一起，蜷缩) around laptops and free servings of vegan Ethiopian food for what is known as a “wikithon(维基松：集体线下编辑维基百科的活动)”, an event of collective and in-person Wikipedia editing. Some were veteran editors in their 70s, others young students who had never registered an account before. But their targets include subjects such as Palantir, Project Maven and Nitro-Chem(军火与国防科技领域的代表性条目).
在世界上规模最大、读者最多的百科全书中，什么内容才配拥有一个数字页面，由大约27万名活跃志愿者决定。这些爱好者为这一网络资源填充各类信息，从19世纪的医学到TikTok潮流，无所不包。不可避免地，有些主题被边缘化——比如全球南方、知名女性——但一批新加入的维基人正对一个被忽视的领域“开战”：军火工业。上周，在伦敦市中心的一间教室里，二十多名志愿者围坐在笔记本电脑前，享用着免费的埃塞俄比亚纯素餐，参加所谓的“维基松”——一种集体、线下的维基百科编辑活动。其中有些是七十多岁的资深编辑，另一些则是从未注册过账号的年轻学生。但他们瞄准的条目包括Palantir、Project Maven和Nitro-Chem等。
“Wikipedia pages about the arms industry, in general, are not always super-detailed,” said the group’s co-founder(联合创始人) Agnes Cameron. The intention of the wikithon, started by fellows from the n-Space programme at Somerset House Studios, was “to put better quality and more well organised information on the arms industry in the public domain(在公共领域，公开可用)”, the specialist technician(专业技师) said.
“总的来说，维基百科上关于军火工业的页面并不总是特别详细，”该团体的联合创始人阿格尼斯·卡梅伦说。这位专业技师表示，这场维基松由萨默塞特宫工作室n-Space项目的研究员发起，目的是“把质量更高、组织更完善的军火工业信息送入公共领域”。