Category: Wikipedia

After Math: 15-Minute COVID tests and 27,000 not-so-great scots

Congratulations on making it through another seven days as the world burns around us — in California’s case, quite literally — so let’s take a look at some of the top headlines from the week that was. Engadget TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer quits just three… Source

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A US teen wrote 27,000 Wikipedia entries in a language they don’t speak

For better and worse, Wikipedia is one of the places most of us go to when we want definitive information on a topic. But a recent scandal is highlighting one of the major pitfalls of the platform: not every Wikipedia editor is an expert in their fie… Source

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Wikipedia now has more than 6 million articles in English

Wikipedia has surpassed a notable milestone today: The English version of the world’s largest online encyclopedia now has over six million articles. The feat, which comes roughly 19 years after the website was founded, is a testament of “what humans can do together,” said Ryan Merkley, Chief of Staff at…

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