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- A German court forced the removal of a Wikipedia article’s history https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/04/11/a-german-court-forced-us-to-remove-part-of-a-wikipedia-articles-history-heres-what-that-means/ 73 comments
- Show HN: splashbe.at, a force graph of Wikipedia's list of music styles http://splashbe.at 11 comments
- Wikipedia editors' vote of no confidence forces out board member http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35427681 4 comments technology
- French Intelligence Agency Forces Removal of Wikipedia Entry http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/04/06/139216/french-intelligence-agency-forces-removal-of-wikipedia-entry 24 comments technology
- Wikipedia creates new rules, forcing editors to disclose if they’re paid http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/wikipedia-creates-new-rules-forcing-editors-to-disclose-if-theyre-paid/ 12 comments technology
- is there any way to force load wikipedia pages as mobile version in google chrome pc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia 4 comments chrome
- A German court forced us to remove part of a Wikipedia article’s ‘history.’ Here’s what that means. https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/04/11/a-german-court-forced-us-to-remove-part-of-a-wikipedia-articles-history-heres-what-that-means/ 8 comments technology
- Changes to Information Act might force websites like Wikipedia, Github, Reddit and more to Blacklist india https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/am5mqf/changes_to_information_act_might_force_websites/ 12 comments india
- The "Wikimedia Community Health Task Force" is sending out surveys to figure out why we stopped contributing to wikipedia http://danwin.com/thoughts/letter-from-the-wikimedia-community-health-task-force/ 5 comments technology
- Indian IT Cells are in full force pushing out fake news & editing Wikipedia to state that Pakistan Air Force os bombing Panjshir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjshir_conflict 24 comments pakistan
- Newer reports from Lebanon are estimating force of explosion to be as high as 2.2-2.75 Kilotons, double the highest western estimates.(Wikipedia's Largest Explosion page went with 2.2). It's unclear whether this is a miscommunication, or a sign there were even MORE explosives on Port then thought. https://nationalpost.com/news/beirut-blast-measured-2-75-kilotons-how-does-that-compare-with-other-major-explosions-in-history 11 comments worldnews
- The Wikipedia article about the Dallas attack on police officers says: "Police used a robot to deploy a bomb, killing the shooter and ending a standoff. Some experts believed it was the first time in U.S. history a robot was used by police to deliver lethal force against a suspect.[34]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_shooting_of_dallas_police_officers#police_robot_and_lethal_force 15 comments technology
- The Wikipedia article about the Dallas attack on police officers says: "Police used a robot to deploy a bomb, killing Johnson and ending a standoff. Some experts believed it was the first time in U.S. history a robot was used by police to deliver lethal force against a suspect.[34]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_shooting_of_Dallas_police_officers#Police_robot_and_lethal_force 38 comments robotics
- A ruling forcing Google to remove search results has been described as "astonishing" by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27407017 10 comments technology
- French Intelligence Agency Forces Wikipedia Volunteer to Delete Article; Re-Instated, It Becomes Most-Read Page On French Wikipedia https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130407/09244422618/french-intelligence-agency-forces-wikipedia-volunteer-to-delete-article-re-instated-it-becomes-most-read-page-french-wikipedia.shtml 186 comments worldnews
- French Intelligence Agency Forces Wikipedia Volunteer to Delete Article; Re-Instated, It Becomes Most-Read Page On French Wikipedia http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130407/09244422618/french-intelligence-agency-forces-wikipedia-volunteer-to-delete-article-re-instated-it-becomes-most-read-page-french-wikipedia.shtml 25 comments technology
- Wikipedia took the drastic step of replacing every Italian-language page with a statement warning that a law now under consideration by the Italian parliament could force the shutdown of the Italian edition of Wikipedia http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/10/italian-wikipedia-replaces-every-page-with-free-speech-protest.ars 6 comments technology
- Silvio Berlusconi is creating a law to force anyone to "modify articles if the person you're writing about (mainly him) does not like what you have written". Wikipedia Italy has shutdown and put a protest homepage. (google transalted) http://translate.google.it/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=it&ie=utf-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fit.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2Fwikipedia%3Acomunicato_4_ottobre_2011&act=url 7 comments reddit.com
- "Wikipedia is forcing people to accept the stone-cold bummer that knowledge is produced and constructed by argument rather than by divine inspiration." | Wikipedia and the Death of the Expert http://www.theawl.com/2011/05/wikipedia-and-the-death-of-the-expert 11 comments culturalstudies
- The Wikipedia Oil Megaprojects task force has been busy over the last few weeks. The result? Things are better than we thought, but... http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3347 5 comments science