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by akolbe 4y ago
As you might imagine, there are plenty of discussions of this paper on Wikipedia itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/N... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
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Distortion of the history of the Holocaust on Wikipedia(tandfonline.com)
39 points by akolbe 4y ago|35 comments
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by akolbe 4y ago
I agree. However, I would add that there's an equal risk of biographies being slanted negatively. Cf. this week's article by Russ Baker: https://whowhatwhy.org/culture/why-we-should-be-wary-of-wiki... Or this
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Wikipedia's “moderate yet systematic” liberal citation bias(en.wikipedia.org)
42 points by akolbe 4y ago|19 comments
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Study examines cultural leanings of Wikimedia projects' visual art coverage(en.wikipedia.org)
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Wikipedia on Santos(en.wikipedia.org)
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Twenty-six words that created the internet, and the future of an encyclopedia(en.wikipedia.org)
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Wikimedia update on fundraising and Tides, and Wikipedia blocked in Pakistan(en.wikipedia.org)
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PTA bans Wikipedia in Pakistan over ‘sacrilegious content’: spokesperson(dawn.com)
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by akolbe 4y ago
There seems to be quite a lot of research in this area. Another recent article, titled "What if Your Mood Depends on the Bacteria in Your Gut?": https://lab.cccb.org/en/what-if-your-mood-depends-on-the-bac...
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The most viewed articles of 2022(en.wikipedia.org)
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Busting into Grand Central(en.wikipedia.org)
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Good old days, in which fifth-symbol-lacking lipograms roam'd our library(en.wikipedia.org)
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More malicious packages posted to online repository. This time it’s PyPI(arstechnica.com)
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I bought part of Wikipedia – for less than $100(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by akolbe 4y ago|0 comments
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Artists file class-action lawsuit against AI image generator companies(arstechnica.com)
3 points by akolbe 4y ago|0 comments
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by akolbe 4y ago
One of Hokusai's last works was Tiger in the Snow: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Hokusai%...
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by akolbe 4y ago
You're right, in a way, to call it brainwashing. But seen from another perspective, people living under authoritarian regimes simply think practically. They are aware of the acute danger to themselves and their families – all the more
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by akolbe 4y ago
Also, from earlier on: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/14/saudi-ara... This piece by the Washington Post Editorial Board published in September 2022 actually mentioned one of the two Wiki
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Wikipedia editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia since 2020(en.wikipedia.org)
177 points by akolbe 4y ago|105 comments
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View it! A new tool for image discovery on Wikipedia(en.wikipedia.org)
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Should ChatGPT Be Used to Write Wikipedia Articles?(slate.com)
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Saudi Narrative Control Efforts Now Include Jailing Wikipedia Administrators(techdirt.com)
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by akolbe 4y ago
For what it's worth, two of the banned admins were checkusers and bureaucrats: https://xtools.wmflabs.org/ec-rightschanges/ar.wikipedia.org... https://xtools.wmflabs.org/ec-rightschanges/ar.wi
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by akolbe 4y ago
Here is a nice picture of the Pantheon, mentioned in the article as a prime example of these incredibly durable Roman concrete structures: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pantheon11111.jpg#/m... Not bad fo
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by akolbe 4y ago
The Wikimedia Foundation has posted a statement on the Wikimedia mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@list... The Ars Technica article too now features an update from the DAWN dire
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by akolbe 4y ago
Okay.
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by akolbe 4y ago
The two Wikipedians' prison sentences were recently increased, substantially so. See https://dawnmena.org/saudi-arabia-government-agents-infiltra... and https://alqst.org/en/post/extreme-jail-
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by akolbe 4y ago
Also a community vote. (The above sysop logs state "according to vote result" and "successful nomination" for the entries logging admin rights being given.)
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by akolbe 4y ago
I've edited the title. For reference, the actual article title is "Wikipedia admin jailed for 32 years after alleged Saudi spy infiltration" – which does indeed make it sound as though the Wikipedian was jailed for "alle

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