Woman’s Brooklyn Bridge selfie catches suicidal man in the background
We just want to know how many “likes” it got.
On Dec 4, 2013 by Miles Klee
Wikipedia hits sockpuppet PR firm with cease-and-desist notice
Wiki-PR is not affiliated with Wikipedia, and Wikipedia wants to make that clear.
On Nov 19, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Architect sues over blog campaign that claims he has a ‘micro penis’
John Wender says that he has been “irreparably harmed” by a campaign of digital slander.
On Nov 13, 2013 by Miles Klee
The Wikipedia articles the Iranian government doesn’t want citizens to see
You can learn a lot about Iran from what it doesn’t want its citizens to read.
On Nov 13, 2013 by Tim Sampson
Online map-makers join the rescue effort after Typhoon Haiyan
After one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded strikes the Philippines, hundreds of online volunteers join up to map damaged regions.
On Nov 12, 2013 by Joe Kloc
Wikipedia Zero: All the world’s information, no Internet access needed
The Wikimedia Foundation is working with telecoms to bring digital information to the developing world.
On Nov 9, 2013 by Miles Klee
This Rand Paul speech sounds a lot like the Wikipedia page for ‘Gattaca’
New game: Rand Paul speech or Wikipedia entry?
On Oct 29, 2013 by Audra Schroeder
After Chelsea Manning row, Wikipedia bans transphobic editors
Wikipedia’s arbitration committee has taken action against editors who insisted that the whistleblower go by her former name, Bradley.
On Oct 26, 2013 by Kevin Collier
How many countries are in the world? (You’re wrong)
Not even C.G.P. Grey can give you a straight answer.
On Oct 24, 2013 by Michelle Jaworski
Where does your Wikipedia donation go? Outgoing chief warns of potential corruption
The same people dishing out Wikimedia’s millions of dollars in grants are directly benefiting from them.
On Oct 17, 2013 by Tim Sampson
College students host an edit-a-thon to close Wikipedia’s gender divide
Brown University will host a five-and-a-half-hour “edit-a-thon” to represent women in science.
On Oct 11, 2013 by Audra Schroeder
Why MOOCs won’t save our education system
Massive open online courses have been touted as the future of education, but the concept isn’t as revolutionary as it appears.
On Oct 10, 2013 by [email protected]
Help create an Internet museum for video game consoles
If you’ve ever looked at the Wikipedia pages for a video game console, you have no doubt laid eyes on the of photographer Evan Amos.
On Oct 9, 2013 by Mike Fenn
Old Crow Medicine Show has the longest, strangest Wikipedia page in music
“May contain an excessive amount of intricate detail.”
On Oct 8, 2013 by Tim Sampson
The battle to destroy Wikipedia’s biggest sockpuppet army
And it’s just the “tip of the iceberg,” according to one editor.
On Oct 8, 2013 by Simon Owens
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