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Behind the greatest Wikipedia hoax ever pulled
Yuri Gadyukin did not owe money to a gangster. His final film was not swirling out of control. Weathers did not kill him. His body was not found beneath the Hammersmith Bridge. Gadyukin never died, in fact, because he never existed...
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Freedom of Panorama in Europe in 2015
Images of modern buildings must remain on Wikipedia.
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Listen to Wikipedia
Listen to recent changes on Wikipedia
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The Covert World of People Trying to Edit Wikipedia—for Pay
Can the site's dwindling ranks of volunteer editors protect its articles from the influence of money?
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Russia Blocks Wikipedia Because It Has Articles About Pot
Russia has just banned Wikipedia over an article about marijuana. Roscomnadzor, the arm of the Russian government tasked with policing media and the internet, has ordered Russian internet service providers to block the site. The ban is due to a specific article about charas, a form of hashish that is handmade in India. According to Roscomnadzor's strict judgement, the page constitutes instructions on how to make the drug, which makes it illegal under Russian laws that...
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Hundreds of Wikipedia Editors Got Banned for Secretly Promoting Brands
Wikipedia has 381 fewer editors today, after hundreds of accounts were banned for taking undisclosed pay to create and edit “promotional articles,” By Jordan Pearson.
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Jimmy Wales on Censorship in China
On May 19, 2015 both the encrypted and unencrypted Chinese-language versions of Wikipedia were blocked in China, ending what has been a complicated censorship situation for the world's most important online resource... By Charlie Smith.
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I Was Shaken Down by Wikipedia’s Blackmail Bandits
Dayramir Gonzalez faced threats if he didn’t pay up for edits to his Wikipedia page. Now, his scammer and 380 other blackhat editors have been banned for blackmail. In mid-June, Dayramir Gonzalez and his wife Tatiana were making preparations to incorporate some of his accomplishments into his Wikipedia entry, but they didn’t know exactly how. Dayramir, an award-winning Cuban pianist and composer, had been featured...
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Wikipedians reach out to academics
London conference discusses efforts by the online encyclopaedia to enlist the help of scientists. By Richard Hodson.
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Wikipedia's Lawsuit Against NSA Internet Vacuum Has First Day in Court
A lawsuit against the National Security Agency’s dragnet interception of Internet communications had its first day in federal court Friday, with a diverse coalition of organizations asking a judge to rule against the Obama administration’s request that their case be dismissed. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis didn’t rule from the bench or betray a clear leaning during arguments.
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Wikimedia case against NSA spying thrown out of court
A lawsuit brought against the NSA by Wikimedia and eight other plaintiffs has been dismissed by a federal judge. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed the case on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation alleging that the NSA had engaged in mass surveillance of Wikipedia users.
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Wikipedia has a ton of money. So why is it begging you to donate yours?
The question irks many of the site's core members, even though this is how most nonprofits work. By Caitlin Dewey.
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The rise and decline of Wikipedia?
The Rise and Decline of an Open Collaboration System: How Wikipedia’s reaction to popularity is causing its decline (PDF)
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Copyright Industry Rhetoric Ignores The Existence Of Linux And Wikipedia
The ever-repeated parrot statement from the copyright industry is that "authors must be paid". This ignores the existence of Wikipedia and about three billion smartphones, and is therefore simply false.
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Wikipedia turns 15
January 15 is known to Wikipedians as Wikipedia day. Before 2001, an encyclopedia could cost thousands of dollars, trees, water and ink, and let’s face it, was really really hard to carry around. Today we can reach millions of referenced articles, photos, illustrations, sources, and word definitions from anywhere we can reach the internet. And the volunteers who have been creating this amazing work for 15 years don’t charge anything for it. They want to share all knowledge with every person.
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Wikimedia Foundation director resigns after uproar over “Knowledge Engine”
It's damage-control time at the world's biggest encyclopedia. By Joe Mullin.
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Wikipedia is developing a crowdsourced speech engine
Wikipedia announced on Thursday that it is collaborating with researchers from Sweden's KTH Royal Institute of Technology to develop an open, crowdsourced speech engine that will make the online encyclopedia more accessible to people with reading or visual impairments. Wikipedia estimates that 25 percent of its user base -- approximately 125 million people monthly -- will benefit from the new service. And while the engine...
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This College Student Is Writing Women Back into the History of Science
Emily Temple-Wood has written approximately one Wikipedia article every ten days since she was 12 years old, totaling around 330. The work of the 21-year-old undergraduate, studying molecular biology at Loyola University of Chicago, unabashedly exposes sexism—and in the process, has exposed her to some of it. By Susie Neilson.
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It’s Time These Ancient Women Scientists Get Their Due
Women are woven deeply into the history of science, stretching back to ancient Egypt, over 4,000 years ago. But because their contributions often go unacknowledged, they fade into obscurity—and the threads of their influence today aren’t as apparent as they ought to be. By Emily Temple-Wood.
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Traffic to Wikipedia terrorism entries plunged after Snowden revelations, study finds
Internet traffic to Wikipedia pages summarizing knowledge about terror groups and their tools plunged nearly 30 percent after revelations of widespread Web monitoring by the U.S. National Security Agency, suggesting that concerns about government snooping are hurting the ordinary pursuit of information.
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