Wikipedia

A woman uses Wikipedia on a laptop.

How Wikipedia’s volunteer army combats misinformation in the ‘post-truth’ era

Internet

They’re unvetted, unpaid and underappreciated. But Wikipedia’s band of volunteers is changing the internet.

Jimmy Wales

Wikitribune will rely on a broad online community of journalists and readers as fact checkers

Media

Do you trust Wikipedia with your health? Med students aim to make it better

Health & Medicine

Cuba’s version of Wikipedia

Environment

The inner workings of Wikipedia

Environment

Holly, Tea, and ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Top Wikipedia in 2012

The World in Words

Swedish software engineer Johan Gunnarsson has published a list of the most popular Wikipedia pages in 2012, language by language. The top articles offer some surprises.

The Implications of Internet Shutdowns

Wikipedia and several other websites participated in an online “blackout” on Wednesday in protest over SOPA and PIPA, anti-piracy bills that would allow the government to fine or blacklist sites accused of copyright violations. The message of the blackouts have come across not just to the online community, but with members of Congress –  some who, […]

Top of the Hour: Dark Day for Wikipedia, Morning Headlines

The online encyclopedia Wikipedia is down this morning, and will remain in the dark until midnight in a protest over anti-piracy legislation in Congress. Supporters say they’re aiming to crack down on sales of pirated U.S. products overseas, while critics argue it will infringe on free speech rights. Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales says lawmakers are […]

A World Without Wikipedia

The anti piracy laws being considered in the U.S. have produced worldwide internet turmoil. Perhaps you are already aware that the giant Wikipedia website in English is down not because of some pirates, but in protest to what the Wikipedia people think this would do to the internet. Well Wikipedia’s message today is that we […]

The World

Who writes Wikipedia?

Arts, Culture & Media

The collaborative online encyclopedia site, Wikipedia, celebrates its 10-year anniversary on Saturday. It’s the largest encyclopedia ever made, with three and a half million articles in English alone and seventeen million articles globally. To create and edit all of that information, the site relies on volunteers. They call themselves ?Wikipedians.” Andrea James, a Wikipedian, shares […]