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A US teen wrote 27,000 Wikipedia entries in a language they don't speak
The contributions of AmaryllisGardner highlight a major problem with the platform.
Facebook test adds Wikipedia information to search results
It’s similar to Google Search’s “Knowledge Panels.”
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AI can automatically rewrite outdated text in Wikipedia articles
You wouldn't have to wait for a human editor to handle a trivial task.
Wikipedia comes back online in Turkey after multi-year ban
The highest court in the country said the ban was a violation of free speech.
Wikipedia wins its battle against censorship in Turkey
Turkey violated citizens’ rights by banning Wikipedia, says high court
Wikipedia co-founder wants to give you an alternative to Facebook and Twitter
WT:Social will be funded by user donations, not advertising.
Wikipedia references now include book previews hosted by the Internet Archive
130,000 references have been digitized so far.
The North Face gamed Wikipedia to boost Google searches
The company has since apologized for the move.
After Math: Goodbye, Grumpy Cat, whoa oh oh
TFW nine lives only last seven years and a Tom Jones reference.
China is blocking Wikipedia in every language
It's coming ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown.
YouTube's fact checking linked the Notre Dame fire to 9/11
YouTube has disabled the panels for those clips.
Former Senate IT worker pleads guilty to doxxing senators on Wikipedia
He broke into his former employer's office to expose politicians' details.
Google Translate will help Wikipedia fill its non-English websites
Wikipedia has added Google Translate to its content translation tool for volunteer editors.
Wikipedia fixes 9 million broken links thanks to the Internet Archive
You won't lose an important web source to the ravages of time.
European Wikipedia sites go dark to protest copyright reform
The Italian and Spanish editions don’t like the EU Copyright Directive.
Google search showed ‘Nazism’ as a California Republican Party ideology
The company said its systems let through vandalized Wikipedia information.
