[pdpi]

> So, how can they strike when they're all volunteering?

I fail to see the difficulty? Editors striking would mean them not doing the volunteer work they normally do.

How much vandalism do you reckon will go undetected if they do go on strike? How much more time will it take to get articles updated to reflect current affairs?

[1970-01-01]

I would like to see some numbers on it. What exactly is their overall leverage here? What about a lengthy strike? Does anybody really know until it happens?

[britta]

The solidarity petition is public (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Workers_United_...), and it includes a section with statistics summarizing the contributions of editors who have signed the petition, which suggests the impact of signatories deciding to withhold their volunteer labor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Workers_United_...

A couple highlights:

"5 oversighters [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight] ... who collectively performed 587 of the 1,463 (~40%) suppression actions in April 2026"

"5 checkusers [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CheckUser] ... who collectively performed 876 of the 5,419 (~19%) checkuser actions in April 2026"

[margalabargala]

What kind of units would you like on the "numbers on overall leverage" that make sense for a nonprofit and volunteers?

[1970-01-01]

Exactly. There's nothing here. They will need to strike to find out. Might work. Might not.