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There's a lot to like about Wikipedia, but it's becoming a hostile place for many editors.
Today I’m at a Wikipedia + libraries mini-conference, as a member of both worlds but also, strangely, neither. I write software for the Wikimedia Foundation (specifically the Wikipedia Library, whi…
This article discusses the results of the first empirical study providing evidence of regulatory “chilling effects” of Wikipedia users associated with online go
Interesting application of Tyranny of Structurelessness?
Coming soon: An edit-a-thon to add articles on the people who are sorely lacking on Wikipedia.
Like the 'pedia but without the footnotes
Jimmy Wales asked to reconsider arrangement with paywalled science publisher Elsevier.
When you edit Wikipedia to include a claim, you are required to substantiate that edit by referencing a reliable source. According to a recent study, the single biggest predictor of a journal’s app…
In celebration of International Open Access Week and this year’s theme of “Open for Collaboration,” SPARC and the Wikimedia Foundation’s Wikipedia Library are…
Can the site's dwindling ranks of volunteer editors protect its articles from the influence of money?
The rise of mobile devices is worsening a longtime shortage of volunteer editors.
Using a little-known copyright rule and a trove of baseball-related trivia, an MIT economist figured out how current copyright laws specifically affect one online community.
Today, the Wikimedia Foundation is filing suit against the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) of the United States. The lawsuit challenges the NSA’s mass surveillanc…
Wikipedia is a paradox and a miracle—a crowdsourced encyclopedia that has become the default destination for nonessential information. That it has...