Dotted Lines: The universe vs. a YouTube video
Cool trick: MinutePhysics uses a YouTube video to illustrate the size of the observable universe.
On Mar 18, 2013 by Jay Hathaway
PR firm accused of editing Wikipedia for government clients
Wikipedians accuse Qorvis of employing a small crew of sockpuppets to fan out across the free encyclopedia and attempt to whitewash the pages of its clients.
On Mar 8, 2013 by Kevin Morris
A printed Wikipedia would weigh nearly twice as much as a car
Vsauce did the math on how much Wikipedia’s 2 billion words would weigh.
On Mar 5, 2013 by Kevin Morris
Teachers are hypocrites when it comes to Wikipedia
By and large, the teachers had a fairly dismissive attitude toward research conducted on the Internet, but that hasn’t stopped them from consulting Wikipedia.
On Feb 28, 2013 by Kevin Morris
Wikipedia for the Weird: This guy gets paid to fart
Who has the best job in the world? Some beloved Hollywood A-lister? Nope. Paul Oldfield. He gets paid to travel around the world and fart.
On Feb 22, 2013 by Mike Fenn
Wikimedia makes changes after promotional scandal
Wikimedia U.K. recently released a report of its findings containing more than 50 recommendations for how the organization can improve its impartiality and transparency.
On Feb 21, 2013 by Tim Sampson
A wonderfully nerdy visualization of edit wars on Wikipedia
A European research team has released a quantitative model that describes how edit wars on Wikipedia heat up, flame out, and eventually form consensus.
On Feb 21, 2013 by Kevin Morris
Wikipedian’s mind-blowing math graphics find a home on Tumblr
Brazilian artist LucasVB has illustrated and animated dozens of mathematical concepts for Wikipedia, and now he’s building a huge fanbase on Tumblr.
On Feb 19, 2013 by Aja Romano
Wikipedia cofounder Larry Sanger on his next revolution
Larry Sanger is about to unveil a new way to crowdsource information. It’s not a wiki or a blog, and it might be revolutionary.
On Feb 13, 2013 by Kevin Morris
Great lines from Wikipedia, volume 6
File under: sad but true.
On Feb 12, 2013 by [email protected]
Wikipedia for the Weird: List of Sexually Active Popes
Wikipedia’s list of men who during their rise to the top also rose to the occasion goes deeper than you expect.
On Feb 11, 2013 by Mike Fenn
Wikipedia editors in war of words over uninhabited islands
In an online debate that mirrors a current international dispute, the Senkaku Islands Wikipedia page has become a battle zone for editors
On Feb 7, 2013 by Tim Sampson
Wikipedians wage war over a capital “I” in a “Star Trek” film
Should the “Into” in Star Trek Into Darkness be capitalized? Wikipedia editors have written 40,000 words on each side of the argument.
On Jan 30, 2013 by Kevin Morris
Shaggy to Wikipedia death hoax: “It wasn’t me”
A Wikipedia user edited the dancehall reggae singer’s page, stating he died of a fatal injury in a bar fight.
On Jan 25, 2013 by Kevin Morris
The women of Wikipedia: Closing the site’s giant gender gap
After 12 years, one critical worldview is still missing from Wikipedia. Despite accounting for half the world’s population, women comprise just 9 percent of all Wikipedia editors.
On Jan 24, 2013 by Tim Sampson
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