Category Archives: Wikipedia

The New York Times has a feature story about two incredible teenagers who work behind the scenes to improve all of the Wikipedia articles about the New York Subway system. An excerpt: Ryan Ng is a 19-year-old freshman at Baruch College in Manhattan. He… Continue reading Teenage Subway Aficionados Help With the Upkeep of Every One of New York City’s 472 Subway Stations — At Least on Wikipedia→

What’s motivated people to visit the Wikipedia pages they’re reading? Wikipedia recently tried to answer that question at scale by asking a sample of Wikipedia readers last June, “Why are you reading this article today?” It seems a lot of people go to … Continue reading Why Do People Go To Wikipedia? A Survey Suggests It’s Their Desire To Go Down that Random Rabbit Hole→

Yesterday, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced that the company would drop a Wikipedia link beneath videos on highly contested topics. We have now learned that Wikipedia did not know about this move prior to the announcement. Gizmodo reports: In a Twi… Continue reading Wikipedia Had No Idea YouTube Was Going To Use It To Fact-Check Conspiracy Theories→

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: YouTube will add information from Wikipedia to videos about popular conspiracy theories to provide alternative viewpoints on controversial subjects, its CEO said today. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said… Continue reading YouTube Will Add Information From Wikipedia To Videos About Conspiracies→

Bethany Brookshire, writing for Science News: Wikipedia is a gold mine for science fans, science bloggers and scientists alike. But even though scientists use Wikipedia, they don’t tend to admit it. The site rarely ends up in a paper’s citations as the… Continue reading Wikipedia Has Become a Science Reference Source Even Though Scientists Don’t Cite it→