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- The story behind Jar’Edo Wens, the longest-running hoax in Wikipedia history http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/04/15/the-great-wikipedia-hoax/ 38 comments
- Entire history on a zoomable timeline. Data can be added by anybody (just like on Wikipedia). https://timeline.oldera.org/timeline/ 3 comments internetisbeautiful
- A History Department Bans Citing Wikipedia as a Research Source http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/education/21wikipedia.html?ex=1329714000&en=3adeedd6f93c4fa1&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss 2 comments reddit.com
- Croatian-language Wikipedia: when the extreme right rewrites history https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/areas/croatia/croatian-language-wikipedia-when-the-extreme-right-rewrites-history-190081 46 comments europe
- Hey /r/Germany! I've compiled a free PDF Wikipedia Book on the entire history of Germany. http://copy.com/POijb7EzsimM 6 comments germany
- EA re-writes its history on Wikipedia http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/48482 3 comments reddit.com
- A “Chinese Borges” wrote millions of words of fake Russian history on Wikipedia for a decade. ‹ Literary Hub https://lithub.com/a-chinese-borges-wrote-millions-of-words-of-fake-russian-history-on-wikipedia-for-a-decade/ 30 comments worldnews
- One Woman’s Mission to Rewrite Nazi History on Wikipedia https://www.wired.com/story/one-womans-mission-to-rewrite-nazi-history-wikipedia/ 6 comments politics
- One Woman’s Mission to Rewrite Nazi History on Wikipedia https://www.wired.com/story/one-womans-mission-to-rewrite-nazi-history-wikipedia/?utm_source=pocket-newtab 676 comments history
- One Woman’s Mission to Rewrite Nazi History on Wikipedia https://www.wired.com/story/one-womans-mission-to-rewrite-nazi-history-wikipedia/ 36 comments technology
- Wikipedia as of today has more than SIX MILLION articles in English. Biggest database of human history available absolutely free. https://twitter.com/lukestateson/status/1220715899981914113 47 comments opensource
- 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
- Falcon 9 launch history table on Wikipedia now has a "Landing outcome" column https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_falcon_9_and_falcon_heavy_launches#launch_history 36 comments spacex
- Bachman supporters try to rewrite history by editing a Wikipedia entry to support one of her gaffes. http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/06/28/256227/john-q-adams-wiki-editing/ 6 comments reddit.com
- Wikipedia bans Croatian admin for organized promotion of far right propaganda and history manipulation https://therecord.media/wikimedia-bans-admin-of-wikipedia-croatia-for-pushing-radical-right-agendas/ 177 comments europe
- Notable Baseball Cups of Coffee - After Guilder Rodriguez's call-up today, I found this fascinating Wikipedia article about some of the most notable unnotable call-ups in baseball history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cup_of_coffee#notable_baseball_cups_of_coffee 3 comments baseball
- Wikipedia Mining Algorithm Reveals The Most Influential People In 35 Centuries Of Human History https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/wikipedia-mining-algorithm-reveals-the-most-influential-people-in-35-centuries-of-human-history-ede5ef827b76 3 comments science
- Cuba has launched its own online encyclopedia, similar to Wikipedia, with the goal of presenting its version of the world and history. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/12/20101215425691693.html 17 comments worldnews
- [x-post /r/DataArt] What 14,000,000,000 years of history looks like: An interactive visualization where every dot is a Wikipedia article about a single historic event https://histography.io/ 4 comments history
- NHL lore - Wikipedia's amazing collection of the NHL's most significant or memorable moments throughout its history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/national_hockey_league_lore 20 comments hockey
- @Congressedits tweets anonymous Wikipedia edits from Capitol Hill -- "if anyone in Congress decides that history needs some careful, anonymous editing, they may want to do it from home. Otherwise, @congressedits will alert the world" http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/07/congressedits-tweets-anonymous-wikipedia-edits-from-capitol-hill/ 33 comments politics
- I was going through some wikipedia pages about my club's history... Never have I thought I'd see the words "Make do with Johan Cruijff" http://puu.sh/3lfjb.png 3 comments soccer
- a pro-Israel group's plan to rewrite history on Wikipedia http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9474.shtml 25 comments politics
- Today's (1/3/24) featured article on Wikipedia is about the longest game (by innings) in MLB history. The Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves played to a 1-1 tie after 26 innings on May 1, 1920. Both starting pitchers finished the game, which was called off due to darkness. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers_1,_Boston_Braves_1_(26_innings) 10 comments baseball
- [Wikipedia] Dave Shula only lasted six years in the NFL as a head coach and had a whopping 19-52 nfl head coaching record. Quite the contrary to his father who has the most wins in NFL history. 😬🤯 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Shula 8 comments nfl
- [Heyman] Boone is the 5th winningest manager in history (behind Roberts, McCarthy, Mutrie and Comiskey) by win percentage (via Wikipedia) and has made the playoffs all 4 years but has yet to reach the World Series. https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1450485137259614209?amp%3Bs=19&t=_TKp03vzhXwgyn3LYTz5Nw 24 comments baseball
- China ban is a signal for success, not a signal for failure. They have a great history of proving it too - Google, YouTube, Facebook, Wikipedia, Reddit, OneDrive, Netflix, Zoom, Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter & Bitcoin ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_websites_blocked_in_mainland_china 127 comments cryptocurrency
- One Woman’s Mission to Rewrite Nazi History on Wikipedia: Ksenia Coffman’s fellow editors have called her a vandal and a McCarthyist. She just wants them to stop glorifying fascists—and start citing better sources. https://www.wired.com/story/one-womans-mission-to-rewrite-nazi-history-wikipedia/?src=via-twitter 191 comments technology
- There's a War Going on Kamala Harris' Wikipedia Page, Unflattering Elements Vanishing. Similar to Previous VP Nominees in Recent History https://theintercept.com/2020/07/02/kamala-harris-wikipedia/?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=theintercept&utm_medium=social&fbclid=iwar0otib0_1swfcnsxakkysaljy_1wtg8l8vensfdohmz6mbhqayudsgx4a4 5 comments politics
- 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
- With On-Chain Bitcoin (p2p electronic cash) "The payment and the settlement are actually one and the same action" - Adam Ludwin, who made history by sending $10 from his smartphone to Wikipedia, during his speech at the Fed. Lightning is anti-p2p: it brings back the middlemen, it "re-intermediates". https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/4mzm94/with_onchain_bitcoin_p2p_electronic_cash_the/ 76 comments btc
- The story behind Jar’Edo Wens, the longest-running hoax in Wikipedia history http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/04/15/the-great-wikipedia-hoax/ 5 comments technology
- Wikipedia chief enters internet censorship row: Private search engines such as Google should not be left in charge of "censoring history", the Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, has said, after the internet company revealed it had approved half of more than 90,000 "right to be forgotten" requests. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/25/right-to-be-forgotten-google-wikipedia-jimmy-wales 57 comments worldnews
- 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
- Pro-fascist ideologues take over Croatian Wikipedia, re-write history http://www.dailydot.com/politics/croatian-wikipedia-fascist-takeover-controversy-right-wing/ 4 comments worldnews
- Hey Reddit. I know we might feel a little bit tapped out with all the charity we already do, but if you can please support one of the most amazing undertakings in the history of the world. Wikipedia. http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/wmfja1/en?utm_medium=sitenotice&utm_campaign=saturday1113&utm_source=2010_ja1_banner3_en1&country_code=ca 4 comments reddit.com
- Poisonous Administrators of Wikipedia Suppress Aspartame’s Toxic History — Today I had planned on repeating a warning about aspartame being re-marketed as Amino-sweet... but before publishing, tried to input this information in Wikipedia, and was then shocked when I tried... http://eternian.wordpress.com/2010/02/13/wikipedia-hides-toxic-info-on-aspartame/ 5 comments reddit.com
- A new report reveals a British scientist and Wikipedia administrator rewrote climate history, editing more than 5,000 unique articles in the online encyclopedia to cover traces of a medieval warming period http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=page.view&pageid=119745 11 comments reddit.com
- How Wikipedia’s green doctor rewrote 5,428 climate articles in a plot to rewrite history as well as science, particularly by eliminating the Medieval Warm Period, a 400 year period that began around 1000 AD. http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/12/19/lawrence-solomon-wikipedia-s-climate-doctor.aspx 11 comments politics
