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;Title: 
Lightning Talk on Homoglyphs

;[[Submissions#Proposal Themes|Theme]] (optional): <!-- Relationship Building & Support / Editor Recruitment & Retention / Inclusion & Diversity / Harassment, Civility, & Safety / Tech & Tools / If no best fit, please provide your own -->
Tech & Tools

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No

;[[Submissions#Presentation Types|Type of submission]]: <!-- Panel, workshop, presentation, etc. -->
Unconference—Lightning talk

;Author:
[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:TJones_(WMF) Trey Jones]

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{{Email|trey|wikimedia.org}}

;Wikimedia username:
[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:TJones_(WMF) TJones WMF]

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Wikimedia Foundation

;Abstract: <!-- At least 300 words to describe your proposal, can also link to any pages, slidedecks, etc. that you may have. -->
The string “ᎳⅰkіСоnfеrеnce Νοrth ᗅmeriⅽa” is made up of a mixture of Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Cherokee, Canadian Syllabics, and Roman numeral characters. Characters that look like other characters in a different script are called “[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homoglyph homoglyphs]”, and in the right font, Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek letters are almost indistinguishable, for example: A/Α/А, M/Μ/М, O/Ο/О, or T/Τ/Т.

Homoglyphs—introduced accidentally or through vandalism—make finding the words that contain them all but impossible.

In this very brief talk, I’ll tell how I discovered Wikipedia’s homoglyph problem, became obsessed with finding and fixing homoglyphs, demo a semi-automated tool for doing so, and discuss plans for a future project to try to solve the problem once and for all!

;Length of presentation: <!-- 30-45 min. for panels, 30-75 min. for workshops, 15-30 min. for presentations -->
~5 minutes

;Special requests: <!-- For example - technology requirements, can not present at specific times, etc. -->
Need to be able to connect my computer to a projector

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Wherever the other lightning talks are!

;Have you presented on this topic previously? If yes, where/when?:
Yes: Lightning talk at the Haystack Relevance Conference (April 2018)

;If you will be incorporating a slidedeck during your presentation, do you agree to upload it to Commons before your session, with a CC-BY-SA 4.0 license, including suitable attribution in the slidedeck for any images used?:
I’ll have a brief demo but no slide deck.

;Will you attend WikiConference North America if your submission is not accepted?:
Yes

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