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Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

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“It’s really not fair”: Jimmy Wales reveals Wikipedia’s servers are struggling thanks to AI bots pretending to be humans

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Elon Musk just launched “Grokipedia.” Users say it’s a biased Wikipedia clone

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“Foundationalizes all things”: Does every Wikipedia link lead back to the Philosophy page?

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We already know what the last-ever Wikipedia article and edit will be, claims viral theory

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Wikipedia pages briefly defaced with Nazi flag

Andreas Kolbe is a former co-editor-in-chief of The Signpost, Wikipedia&#8217;s community newspaper. He has also written for The Register.

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Wikipedia is swimming in money—why is it begging people to donate?

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Meet the Wikipedia editors fighting to keep coronavirus pages accurate

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Threatening text added to Wikipedia 8 days before STEM school shooting (updated)

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Wikipedia just won’t let this Black female scientist’s page stay

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Sony executives ordered edits to Wikipedia pages

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How I accidentally started a Wikipedia hoax about Amelia Bedelia

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