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NYT: Can Wikipedia Survive?
From The New York Times: Can Wikipedia Survive? “These are existential challenges, but they can still be addressed. There is no other significant alternative to Wikipedia, and good will toward the...
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Top 30 Most-Edited Wikipedia Articles
From Boy Genius Report: The top 30 most-edited Wikipedia articles. #1 doesn’t surprise me but some of the others are downright weird. “The Undertaker”? “List of Ben 10 aliens”? Filed under: Research...
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IFTTT Has a Wikipedia Channel
Woo hoo! IFTTT Now has a Wikipedia channel. There are several triggers for this channel – picture of the day, article of the day, new edit to specific article, etc – but there are no actions. Filed...
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Wikimedia Foundation Releases Third Transparency Report
The Wikimedia Foundation has released its third transparency report. “In August 2014, we published our first transparency report, which detailed the number of requests we received to disclose user data...
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Tools to Explore Video Games
Want to explore video games? Two UCSC students made some cool tools. “In a UC-Santa Cruz research lab dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of computer games, two graduate students have combined...
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Paid Wikipedia Editing
From The Atlantic: The Covert World of People Trying to Edit Wikipedia—for Pay. “In 2006, Jimmy Wales, Wikimedia’s most public-facing board member, reportedly said that undisclosed paid editing—trying...
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Wikipedia Losing Traffic From Google
Wikipedia is apparently losing Google traffic. “Wikipedia’s organic search traffic from Google dropped 11% from May to July — a decline of over 250 million visits per month. Traffic measurement company...
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Wikipedia Blocks Hundreds of User Accounts After Investigation
Wait… there was a crime ring on Wikipedia? “After weeks of investigation, volunteer editors who work on the English edition of Wikipedia blocked 381 user accounts for creating promotional posts, making...
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Wikipedia Vs. Google Trends to Track Topic Interest
Interesting: Wikipedia page views, compared to Google Trends, as a measurement for topic interest. “Japanese researchers have conducted research to prove that Wikipedia’s publicly-available page view...
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Wikipedia Articles About Places Written by the West
Wikipedia’s articles about places written by the West, which shouldn’t surprise anybody. “Nearly half of all edits to articles about places on Wikipedia were made from just five countries, researchers...
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Wikipedia Getting Criticism for Elsevier Relationship
Wikipedia is getting criticism for its relationship with Elsevier. “Ars Technica reported on Elsevier’s recent deal with Wikipedia — the publisher has given 45 free ScienceDirect memberships to “top...
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Argentina Looking at Serious Copyright Extension
Argentina wants to do some big-time copyright extension. “As a post on the Wikimedia Argentina blog explains (original in Spanish), a proposed law would extend the copyright in photos from 25 years...
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English Wikipedia Passes 5 Million Articles
Wow: English Wikipedia has surpassed five million articles. “The milestone was reached with an article on the persoonia terminalis, a shrub of the family Proteaceae native to eastern Australia. It was...
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Browser Extension Designed to Help Medical Students Improve Wikipedia
A new browser extension is designed to help medical students contribute to Wikipedia. “Built by DocGraph with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), Batea will improve clinical...
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Teaching and Writing With Wikipedia
Good stuff from Joyce Valenza: teaching (and writing) with Wikipedia. “The Wikimedia Foundation, which serves as a bridge between academia and Wikipedia, offers Wikiedu, a variety of tools for...
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Russian Wikipedia Suspends Editor Who Met With Russian Authorities
Russian Wikipedia has suspended an editor who apparently organized a meeting with Russian authorities about Wikipedia editing. “A representative of media watchdog Roskomnadzor said earlier on Friday...
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Wikipedia Hopes AI Will Quickly Find Bad Edits
Wikipedia is hoping AI will make it easier to find bad edits. “Today, we’re announcing the release of a new artificial intelligence service designed to improve the way editors maintain the quality of...
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Using Wikipedia to Rank Universities for Influence
A research team has mined Wikipedia to come up with a list of the most influential universities. “Today, we get such a ranking thanks to the work of Jose Lages at the University of Franche-Comte in...
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iOS App Brings You Locally-Relevant Wikipedia Articles
Lifehacker has a nifty article about an iOS app that brings you locally-relevant Wikipedia information. “You can browse a map—centered on where you are—and see articles related to landmarks all around...
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Wikimedia Lists Most-Edited Wikipedia Pages in 2015
Wikimedia has announced the 20 most-edited pages on Wikipedia in 2015. “Most of the list breaks down into three general categories. Topics like ‘Deaths in 2015’ are perennial top-edited pages and will...
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