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Shocker: Doctors say you shouldn’t rely on Wikipedia to diagnose your ailments

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May

2014

It sounds like common sense but apparently some people need to be told that they shouldn’t rely on Wikipedia for accurate medical information. BBC News reports that new research published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association estimates that around 90% of all medical-related entries on Wikipedia contain factual errors, which is particularly disturbing because “up […]

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This machine kills trolls: how Wikipedia’s robots and cyborgs snuff out vandalism

18

Feb

2014

At midnight on February 13th, 2014, a Wikipedia user named Lightningawesome added to the list of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic characters a lengthy biography of Lightning Dash, a capricious, lovable filly existing only in fan fiction. Wikipedia is the encyclopedia “anyone can edit,” and as of this writing it’s had nearly 700 million […]

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Wikipedia project aims to enshrine celebrity voice recordings

29

Jan

2014

Famous people of the internet — and the world at large — are being asked to record their voice for digital archiving as part of a year-old Wikipedia project. That effort, led by Wikipedia contributor Andy Mabbett, began in late-2012 and is now getting off the ground with recordings by British celebrity Stephen Fry and astronaut Charlie Duke. The program […]

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