--- title: "Wikipedia, Wikidata & Wikimedia Commons — Mario Marcolongo" description: "English-to-Italian Wikipedia translation, citation review, Wikidata structured data and scientific diagrams by Mario Marcolongo, with attributed revisions." canonical: https://mariomarcolongo.com/work/wikimedia --- - Public contributor - Since 2018 # Making sources easier to trust and understand. My Wikimedia work combines English-to-Italian translation and adaptation, original explanatory writing, citation review, structured-data editing and scientific visualizations. The public record shows both the edits and the material behind them. [Cross-project contribution record](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Digressivo)[Detailed source investigations](/investigations) ## English-to-Italian translation and adaptation These articles began as English-to-Italian translations. My work included terminology research, source checks, citation repair and adaptation for Italian readers. The reading links open my published contribution revisions, saved under my Digressivo account. The English source versions and full histories are listed separately; current collaborative articles may include later edits. ### Daniela Bortoletto: developing an Italian particle-physics biography An English biography of the Italian particle physicist Daniela Bortoletto was translated and adapted for Italian readers, then expanded and prepared for publication through terminology, sourcing and structure work. - Created an 8,721-byte Italian draft through Content Translation on 30 August 2021. - Reworked the article structure, corrected specialist terminology and added or repaired sources covering Oxford, CERN, detector development and the discoveries of the top quark and Higgs boson. [Read my published contribution — 26 February 2022 ↗](https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniela_Bortoletto&oldid=125925148) Source versions and attribution - [Open the current collaborative article ↗](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Bortoletto) - [Compare the English source version ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1031453192) - [Inspect the initial sandbox import ↗](https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=122759395) - [Inspect the complete revision history ↗](https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniela_Bortoletto&action=history) ### Biblioteca ombra: translating research-access infrastructure The English article on shadow libraries was adapted into Italian across scholarly communication, copyright, open access and distributed technical infrastructure. - Created a 9,713-byte Italian article through Content Translation on 26 July 2023 and moved the completed draft into mainspace the same day. - Adapted terminology spanning academic publishing, copyright, open access, databases, BitTorrent, the dark web and IPFS. [Read my revised contribution — 5 August 2023 ↗](https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biblioteca_ombra&oldid=134825889) Source versions and attribution - [Open the current collaborative article ↗](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblioteca_ombra) - [Compare the English source version ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1163630620) - [Inspect the initial sandbox import ↗](https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=134644711) - [Inspect the complete revision history ↗](https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biblioteca_ombra&action=history) ## Original English-language writing ### Freedom Cities: creating a neutral English-language policy article An emerging US political and urban-development proposal was documented across campaign material, academic analysis, think-tank plans, draft legislation and independent reporting, without an existing English Wikipedia article that brought the evidence together. - Researched, structured and created an 18,351-byte English Wikipedia article, then moved it from userspace into mainspace on 16 August 2025. - Synthesized the original proposal, technological and social vision, supporting organizations, legal pathways, regulatory exemptions, infrastructure feasibility, governance concerns and ideological analysis. [Read my authored version — 16 August 2025 ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Freedom_Cities&oldid=1306265602) Article history and current version - [Open the current article ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Cities) - [Inspect the complete revision history ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Freedom_Cities&action=history) - [Inspect the initial creation record ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1306119107&title=Freedom_Cities) - [Inspect WikiProject assessments ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Freedom_Cities) The initial revisions are attributed to my Digressivo account. Current Wikipedia articles are collaborative and include later changes by other editors. ## Selected source-review contributions ### Syndromic autism: building a structured biomedical evidence section The English Wikipedia autism article lacked a structured explanation of syndromic and non-syndromic autism and a comparative representation of associated genetic conditions. - Synthesized peer-reviewed biomedical literature into a sourced explanation of syndromic and non-syndromic autism. - Organized clinically defined, molecularly defined and currently undefined categories using phenotype-first and genotype-first concepts. [Inspect the principal attributed diff ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=1159307157) ### Archival reconstruction of a legally sensitive public record A missing and fragmented public record concerned a journalist's reporting on an alleged internal organization chart, followed by criminal, appellate, cassation and civil proceedings. - Recovered unavailable or unstable source material through web archives, URL matching and reconstruction of likely document paths. - Located an archived copy of the original 2008 newspaper PDF and reconciled it with contemporary reporting, court coverage and later procedural developments. [Inspect the attributed archival-record diff ↗](https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oscar_Giannino&diff=prev&oldid=133702639) ## Scientific visual communication and publication reuse ![Diagram of overlapping genes associated with clinical phenotypes](/media/work/wikimedia-clinical-overlap.svg) My original diagram, published on Wikimedia Commons on 10 February 2024 under CC BY-SA 4.0. What does this diagram explain? Intersecting regions show genes associated with more than one clinical phenotype. This helps readers see shared associations alongside the sourced explanation; it is not a diagnostic tool. My diagram was reused in Michele Di Salvo’s chapter “Genetic Research on Autism: From the ‘Autism Gene’ to the ‘Genetic Susceptibility Base’”, in Autism Research between Psychology and Neuroscience (Palgrave Macmillan (Springer Nature), 2024). The Commons reuse record also documents use across four Wikipedia language editions. [Original diagram, references and licence ↗](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Overlapping_clinical_phenotypes_in_genes_associated_with_monogenic_forms_of_autism_spectrum_disorder_\(ASD\),_dystonia,_epilepsy_and_schizophrenia.svg)[Published book chapter ↗](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-68338-1_10)[Diagrams, data views and source trail ↗](/work/scientific-visualizations) ## Wikidata: organising a book and its critical literature In July and August 2025, I organised bibliographic records around Against Intellectual Monopoly, linking the book to five reviews and critical discussions. - Created the book record and four review or discussion records, adding publication metadata, source URLs and identifiers including DOIs and an SSRN record. - Added links from reviews to the book and from the book to sources discussing it, including an existing article record. [Inspect my book and bibliography revision ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?oldid=2382147159) Source records and attributed revisions - [Inspect my critical-review record ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?oldid=2381931712) - [Inspect my link to an existing critical discussion ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?diff=2398091717) - [Inspect my critical-analysis review relationship ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?diff=2398091105) These are attributable contributions to a collaborative bibliography. The linked material includes reviews and critical discussions with different publication statuses; current records may include later edits. ## Wikidata: bilingual terminology and descriptions My volunteer Wikidata work includes English and Italian terminology and descriptions for technical and biomedical records. These examples show the text contributed through my Digressivo account and the revisions that establish attribution. ### Search history: technical terminology **Existing English description:** log of past queries made by a user in an information system **Italian description I added:** registro delle query di ricerca passate di un utente Added an Italian description, label and synonyms so the software concept can be identified and understood in Italian. [Inspect my Italian-description edit ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?diff=2381824821) Additional revisions and attribution - [Inspect my Italian-label edit ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?diff=2381821997) - [Inspect the first Italian-synonym edit ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?diff=2381822000) - [Inspect the additional Italian synonym ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?diff=2381822054) ### Syndromic autism: biomedical terminology **Existing English label:** syndromic autism **Italian label I added:** autismo sindromico Added the Italian name to a record with an existing English label, aligning the biomedical terminology across languages. [Compare the record before and after my Italian-label edit ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?diff=2300124758&oldid=2300123595) ### Clinical-trial volunteer registry: bilingual descriptions **English description I wrote:** clinical trials volunteer registry by the Centro Ricerche Cliniche di Verona **Italian description I added:** registro dei volontari per studi clinici del Centro Ricerche Cliniche di Verona Wrote corresponding English and Italian descriptions identifying the registry and its research centre. [Inspect my Italian-description edit ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?diff=2470316295) Additional revisions and attribution - [Read the preceding English-description revision ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?oldid=2470316190) These are attributable volunteer terminology and metadata contributions to a collaborative public knowledge base. They complement the source-verification work in my Yourself to Science directory. [Inspect my Wikidata contributions ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Digressivo) Selected article examples come from the September 2026 evidence review. Reading versions and attribution records were rechecked on 23 October 2026. The Wikidata terminology and bibliography examples and their attributed revisions were reviewed on 26 October 2026. Primary article links use revisions saved by my Digressivo account; full histories show the surrounding contributions.