Wikipedia’s shame
Sexism isn't the problem at the online encyclopedia. The real corruption is the lust for revenge
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 6:04 PM UTC 104Technology wikipedia, Amand Filipacchi
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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
Sunday, Apr 14, 2013 10:00 AM UTC 16Politics 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
Thursday, Apr 4, 2013 6:53 PM UTCTechnology 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
Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 6:46 PM UTCTechnology 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
Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 4:44 PM UTCTechnology 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
Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013 6:22 PM UTCLife 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
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 11:43 PM UTCLife 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
Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 10:24 PM UTC 140Technology 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
Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013 1:52 PM UTCTechnology hoax, wikipedia, War
Top 10 Wikipedia pages of 2012
A Swedish computer science student collected the data
Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 10:29 PM UTCTechnology 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
Friday, Nov 9, 2012 3:54 PM UTCEntertainment 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
Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 9:55 PM UTC 11Business wiki, Jimmy Wales, wikipedia
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