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Wikipedia Will Survive A.I.
Slate via Yahoo News· 8 months agoPhoto illustration by Slate. Photo by Nicolas Maeterlinck/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images. Welcome to Source Notes, a Future Tense column about the...
Wikipedia’s ‘suspicious’ edits could be pro-Russian campaigns, study suggests
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWikipedia is being leveraged to change the perception of the Russo-Ukrainian war, via systematic...
Is Wikipedia a good source? 2 college librarians explain when to use the online encyclopedia – and...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSome professors now assign Wikipedia editing as an alternative to the traditional research paper....
Who edited the Queen's Wikipedia page after she died? Meet the 'WikiJackals' who document breaking...
In The Know by Yahoo· 2 years agoWikipedia user Sydwhunte was the first person to edit the Queen's page — within a minute after the...
Physicist writes Wikipedia pages for female pioneers in STEM
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPhysicist Jess Wade was shocked that she couldn't find information on some of the women in STEM who...
Will Wikipedia be written by AI? Founder Jimmy Wales is thinking about it
Evening Standard via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoIt’s a future that Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is already spending a lot of time thinking about,...
Researchers Say 'Suspicious' Edits on Wikipedia Reek of Pro-Russian Propaganda
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWikipedia—the online encyclopedia that helps you learn stuff, waste time, and seem more knowledgable...
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...
Before Wikipedia, there was the Oxford English Dictionary, a Victorian era crowdsourcing project
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAntiquarian copies of The New English Dictionary Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images Images...
She's made 1,750 Wikipedia bios for female scientists who haven't gotten their due
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn a whim, Jess Wade typed out her first Wikipedia page five years ago. It was a biography of Kim...