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Interactivity has become a hot button issue of late. However, throughout these conversations there has been a sense of people talking past each other. Interactivity can mean so many different things to different people, from video to graphs, physics simulations to chat bots, 3D objects to educational games and everything in between. Superficially it can seem like there is a shared understanding between these groups, but when you dig deeper there is a world of difference. It is my contention that the lack of shared understanding over what it means to have interactive content on Wikipedia is seriously hindering progress.

This presentation will give a tour of different types of great interactive multimedia from around the internet with the goal of determining what types of interactive content could be useful for a project like Wikipedia and what aren't. By discussing the different types of interactivity, it is hoped this will make future discussions about interactivity more concrete thus leading to more progress.