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Wikipedia cleans up its mess

Banned, blocked, investigated; the online encyclopedia casts a harsh eye on Robert Clark Young, aka "Qworty"

Andrew Leonard Tuesday, May 21, 2013 4:31 PM UTC 20
Technology wikipedia, Robert Clark Young

Revenge, ego and the corruption of Wikipedia

The unmasking of a writer who took extraordinary advantage of online anonymity to pursue old vendettas

Andrew Leonard Friday, May 17, 2013 6:05 PM UTC 182
Technology wikipedia, Qworty

Wikipedia’s shame

Sexism isn't the problem at the online encyclopedia. The real corruption is the lust for revenge

Andrew Leonard Monday, Apr 29, 2013 6:04 PM UTC 107
Technology wikipedia, Amand Filipacchi

I was a political astroturfer

The next time you see what looks like a grassroots rally, you may really be watching a form of performance art

A.M. Gittlitz Sunday, Apr 14, 2013 10:00 AM UTC 16
Politics Lloyd Bentsen, Brooklyn

Wikipedia editors accuse professor of editing site with plagiarized text

Up to 1700 students were tasked with improving two Wikipedia articles. An estimated 85 percent copied their edits

Chase Hoffberger, The Daily Dot Thursday, Apr 4, 2013 6:53 PM UTC
Technology the daily dot, wikipedia

Don’t you dare delete Josh Barro, Wikipedia!

The up-and-coming economic commentator defies easy categorization, but deserves widespread recognition

Andrew Leonard Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 6:46 PM UTC
Technology Josh Barro, wikipedia

BP edited its own environmental record on Wikipedia

Wikipedia editors accuse the oil giant of editing 44 percent of page about itself

Natasha Lennard Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 4:44 PM UTC
Technology Oil, BP, Deepwater Horizon

Will Wikipedia replace the academic thesis?

Advocates argue that students would be better served writing their own entries rather than papers no one will read

Jakub Parusinski, GlobalPost Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013 6:22 PM UTC
Life GlobalPost, wikipedia, Poland

Study: Google is making grandparents obsolete

Researchers found that the Web is replacing Memaw and Pop Pop when it comes to answering basic questions about life

Katie Mcdonough Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 11:43 PM UTC
Life Grandparents, Google, wikipedia

How Paul Krugman broke a Wikipedia page on economics

An "edit war" breaks out over the Nobel Prize-winner's critique of ultra-conservative Austrian economics

Andrew Leonard Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 10:24 PM UTC 140
Technology Paul Krugman, wikipedia

Wikipedia’s “Goan war” revealed to be a hoax

The entry about a conflict between colonial Portugal and India's Maratha empire went undetected for five years

Katie Mcdonough Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013 1:52 PM UTC
Technology hoax, wikipedia, War

Top 10 Wikipedia pages of 2012

A Swedish computer science student collected the data

Alex Halperin Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 10:29 PM UTC
Technology wikipedia, technology, Internet

Can Wikipedia predict a box office hit?

Researchers in Budapest are "looking for the fingerprints of popularity of a movie" on Wikipedia

Prachi Gupta Friday, Nov 9, 2012 3:54 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies, Research, box office

Is Wikipedia going commercial?

It started out as the greatest free resource on the Web. But now the encyclopedia is drawing profit-seeking writers

Maura Ewing Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 9:55 PM UTC 11
Business wiki, Jimmy Wales, wikipedia

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Wikipedia cleans up its mess

Revenge, ego and the corruption of Wikipedia

Wikipedia’s shame

I was a political astroturfer

Wikipedia editors accuse professor of editing site with plagiarized text

Don’t you dare delete Josh Barro, Wikipedia!

BP edited its own environmental record on Wikipedia

Will Wikipedia replace the academic thesis?

Study: Google is making grandparents obsolete

How Paul Krugman broke a Wikipedia page on economics

Wikipedia’s “Goan war” revealed to be a hoax

Top 10 Wikipedia pages of 2012

Can Wikipedia predict a box office hit?

Is Wikipedia going commercial?

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