Articles tagged: vandalism
[edit] In the media Censorship, medieval hoaxes, "pathetic supervillains", FB-WMF AI TL bid, dirty duchess deeds done dirt cheap
2022-08-01
Real news or silly season?
Video How the entire country of Qatar was blocked from editing
2022-05-29
A light-hearted video-based submission from a community member that explores the 2006 accidental block of Qatar from editing.
News and notes Ban on IPs on ptwiki, paid editing for Tatarstan, IP masking
2020-11-01
Branding pause, birthday.
In the media Political hijinks
2018-12-24
Wikipedia says 'ta' to British M.P. and 'buh-bye' to U.S. President's image vandals.
Recent research Why do the most active Wikipedians burn out?; only 4% of students vandalize
2018-12-01
And other new research results.
In the media Kalanick's nipples; Episode #138 of Drama on the Hill
2017-06-23
The anatomy of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick's chest area has been the talk of the month. But so have high-profile edits, hacked articles, and one particular newborn growing up.
Blog Inside the game of sports vandalism on Wikipedia
2016-01-13
Jeff Elder talks sports vandalism on the Wikimedia blog
Recent research OpenSym 2015 report; PageRank and wiki quality; news suggestions; the impact of open access
2015-08-26
OpenSym 2015 report: A look at the research presented at the OpenSym 2015 conference.
In the media Novelists annotate Wikipedia; Wales promotes TPO; Working for free
2015-07-22
Three novelists "have found a way to control the Wikipedia narrative" by using the annotation website Genius to annotate their own Wikipedia articles.
In the media Plagiarism and vandalism dominate Wikipedia news
2014-08-27
Journalistic integrity, Congressional edits, and other news.
Recent research Shifting values in the paid content debate; cross-language bot detection
2014-07-30
Shifting values in the paid content debate: Kim Osman has performed a fascinating study on the three 2013 failed proposals to ban paid advocacy editing in the English language Wikipedia. Using a Constructivist Grounded Theory approach, Osman analyzed 573 posts from the three main votes on paid editing conducted in the community in November 2013.
Recent research Cross-language editors, election predictions, vandalism experiments
2013-12-25
Analyzing edits to the-then 46 largest Wikipedias between July 9 and August 8, 2013, a study identified a set of about 8,000 contributors with a global user account who have edited more than one of these language versions in that time frame.
Special report Examining the popularity of Wikipedia articles: catalysts, trends, and applications
2013-02-04
Examining the popularity of Wikipedia articles: On February 12, 2012, news of Whitney Houston's death brought 425 hits per second to her Wikipedia article, the highest peak traffic on any article since at least January 2010. It is broadly known that Wikipedia is the sixth most popular website on the Internet, but the English Wikipedia now has over 4 million articles and 29 million total pages. Much less attention has been given to traffic patterns and trends in content viewed.
In the news Sockpuppeting journalist recants, search dominance threatened, new novels replete with Wikipedia references
2011-09-26
Recent research Talk page interactions; Wikipedia at the Open Knowledge Conference; Summer of Research
2011-07-25
In the news Revere, Palin and Colbert generate activity; British Wikipedia "cleanser"; brief news
2011-06-13
Recent research Research literature surveys; drug reliability; editor roles; BLPs; Muhammad debate analyzed
2011-04-11
In the news Free culture conference, "The Register" retracts accusations, students blog about Wikipedia, and more
2010-10-11
In the news Spanish police pursues BLP vandals, Jimbo interviewed, advice for experts and spammers
2010-10-04