Wikipedia has grown steadily in size and importance, but a shrinking core of volunteer administrators is straining the organization.
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The 25th anniversary of Wikipedia’s first public entry comes amid the rapid growth of Elon Musk’s AI-powered alternative, Grokipedia.
Musk’s new WIkipedia rival aims to offer the same service but without the political bias.
Wikipedia is built on a “neutral point of view”. But who decides what neutral means?
The author of the new book ‘Attention and Alienation’ wonders if the online world can ever become a place where kindness and human flourishing are the prevailing ethos.
Wikipedia’s editors and articles reflect and reinforce a lack of diversity.
The first project to examine Australian Wikipedia entries finds topics such as Australian history and use of First Nations place names are sparking ‘edit wars’, with some serious omissions.
A study of 480,000 Wikipedia users shows how ‘busybodies’, ‘hunters’ and ‘dancers’ follow their curiosity in different ways.
It’s the fourth most popular website in the world, but our new study shows toxic commentary can still thrive on Wikipedia. There’s a lot at stake if too many editors are driven away.
In the days of online bulletin board systems, community members decided what was acceptable. Reviving that approach to content moderation offers Big Tech a path to legitimacy as public spaces.
Donors’ sentiments expressed on Twitter became more cheerful before they made a gift to support Wikipedia, researchers found.
Small design decisions by big tech companies can play a role in directing our attention.
How are Wikipedia pages about contentious events put together? Heather Ford discovered a hotbed of passion, a rotating pack of editors and a struggle for power behind its mirage of neutrality.
How doctors care for their patients is highly influenced by clinical guidelines. Recommendations based on anecdotal experience or poor data can harm patients.
At a time when it’s increasingly difficult to separate truth from falsehood, Wikipedia is an accessible tool for fact-checking and fighting misinformation.
One citation at a time, a professor and her students are crafting a more complete picture of Dante’s women.
While most Wikipedia editors are volunteers, some are employed by Wikipedia. The Science History Institute’s Mary Mark Ockerbloom offers insight into the “Wikipedian in residence” program.
Olivia Colman has a funny story to tell on Wikipedia about the age displayed in her biography in the online encyclopedia. The opportunity for a Wikipedia fact-checking.
The late sociologist looked at existing ‘utopias’ that could herald a world after capitalism.
Are online trolls as bad as we think? New research reveals that most online news comments contribute positively to the conversation.
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Workday Professor of Technology and Society, Trinity College Dublin
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Associate Professor, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
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Professor, Communications, University of Technology Sydney
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Vice Provost for Academic Programs, SUNY Empire State College
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Distinguished Librarian, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Professeur des Universités en Histoire des Sciences, Université de Lorraine
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Lecturer in Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Media Law, University of East Anglia
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Associate Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Weather of the 21st Century, Monash University
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Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland
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Lecturer in Digital Media Sociology., City St George's, University of London
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Reader in Sociology, Loughborough University; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University
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Medical Doctor, Epidemiologist and Biostatistician, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of History, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Associate Professor in Education, University of East Anglia