Posted on August 8th, 2018 - (Comments closed)
Kingsindian relates the bizarre story of Jacob Barnett’s biographical article on Wikipedia.
…continue reading Wikipedia’s treatment of academics: shallow, distorted and sometimes mean
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Posted on September 13th, 2017 - (Comments closed)
After investigating whether Wikipedia works in theory, Kingsindian looks at whether Wikipedia works in practice.
…continue reading What can fact checkers learn from Wikipedia — how not to do things, perhaps? (Part 2)
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Posted on July 24th, 2017 - (Comments closed)
Barbara Page, Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, contemplates the creepy, exploitative nature of Alexa, which monetizes the work of Wikipedia editors.
…continue reading Alexa
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