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- Show HN: An extension to track your Wikipedia adventures https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/wiki-journey/lehenbcbjcnkhkikgopniimobmmdcfog 62 comments
- Tracking Flu Outbreaks with Wikipedia http://www.additiveanalytics.com/solutions/flu_tracker 4 comments
- Those who do not learn history are doomed to retweet it | "Congress-Edits tracks anonymous edits to Wikipedia pages that are linked to congressional IP addresses, then tweets out a link" http://america.aljazeera.com/blogs/scrutineer/2014/7/11/those-who-do-notlearnhistoryaredoomedtoretweetit.html 4 comments technology
- Wikipedia vandals will be stopped in their tracks as 'pending changes' safeguard goes live http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/williamhenderson/100008453/wikipedia-vandals-will-be-stopped-in-their-tracks-as-pending-changes-safeguard-goes-live/ 20 comments technology
- French company fined 25,000 euros for altering Wikipedia article of its competitor; they tracked the company based on the IP address of the submission http://translate.google.com/translate?ie=utf8&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=fr&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/64468-rentabiliweb-hi-media-micropaiement-wikipedia.htm 66 comments worldnews
- "After Snowden showed everyone how much the US tracks people's browsing, there was a 20% decrease in visits to Wikipedia pages about topics relating to terrorism." https://theintercept.com/2016/04/28/new-study-shows-mass-surveillance-breeds-meekness-fear-and-self-censorship/ 925 comments technology
- "After Snowden showed everyone how much the US tracks people's browsing, there was a 20% decrease in visits to Wikipedia pages about topics relating to terrorism." https://theintercept.com/2016/04/28/new-study-shows-mass-surveillance-breeds-meekness-fear-and-self-censorship/ 125 comments privacy
- NBC News has tracked down whoever updated Tim Russert’s Wikipedia entry with news of his death, before any major outlet, including NBC, had reported it — and fired the culprit. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/23/business/media/23link.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin 152 comments reddit.com
- Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has attacked the UK's Communications Data Bill, labeling it a state "snooper's charter", and stating that Wikipedia will encrypt all connections with the UK if the plans to track internet, email and text use become law. http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2203450/jimmy-wales-and-sir-timberners-lee-slam-data-communications-bill 6 comments technology