One Man’s Quest to Rid Wikipedia of Exactly One Grammatical Mistake

On a Friday in July 2012, two employees of the Wikimedia Foundation gave a talk at Wikimania, their organization’s annual conference. Maryana Pinchuk and Steven Walling addressed a packed room as they answered a question that has likely popped into the minds of even the most casual users of Wikipedia: who the hell edits the site, and why do they do it? Pinchuk and Walling conducted hundreds of interviews to find out. They learned that many serious contributors have an independent streak and...

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