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On Wikipedia, Anyone Can Be a Model
Slate via Yahoo News· 8 months agoLittleT889/Wikipedia In June 2020, back when we were all marching the streets in masks and it felt like the world was ending, an anonymous Wikipedia...
He Was Short. His Wikipedia Page Is Not.
Slate via Yahoo News· 6 months agoNapoleon Bonaparte did a lot, but he didn’t quite do it all. He did not, for example, fire a bunch of cannons at the Egyptian pyramids. Does it matter...
Bice: Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley has been quietly editing her own Wikipedia page
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSupreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley was scolded by a Wikipedia editor this month for her heavy...
Wikipedia has a climatetech problem
Canary Media via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCanary Media’s Climate Meets Culture column explores the intersection of energy, climate and the culture at large. Are you a climatetech professional? If...
Veterans column: WWII veteran Frederick Wright among prisoners in 100-mile death march
Newark Advocate via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn January 1945, as the Allied forces approached Germany from the west and the Russian army moved in...
Online Platforms Like Twitter Are Missing a Brutal Wave of Hate Speech in Japan
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPeople gather in front of Twitter Japan headquarters in Tokyo to pressure the company to be more...
Russian troops have turned to Wikipedia to find instructions on handling weapons and used 1960s-era...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSoldiers conduct military exercises in Moscow, Russia, on September 1, 2022.Russian Defense...
Abilene libraries celebrate Irish heritage in March
The Abilene Reporter-News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMarch is Irish American Heritage Month. There’s no doubt that the people of Ireland have affected the United States. According to Wikipedia, 9.7% of...
17 Women Who Changed the Course of LGBTQ+ History
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLGBTQ+ Women Activists Who've Made History Women haven't always gotten their due recognition in the LGBTQ+ rights movement, but they have always been...
Remembering Local World War II Heroes: Charles Whitney, Anthony Zekonis
The Gardner News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOf all the wartime atrocities, there are few as shocking and unconscionable as a kamikaze suicide...