A behind-the-scenes look at the so-called edit wars on Wikipedia has revealed the topics people argue about the most across the globe. The winners: religion and politics. Considering that Wikipedia is ...
When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with frustration. The article focused on polygamy, ...
A European research team has released a quantitative model that describes how obsessive edit wars on Wikipedia heat up, flame out, and eventually form consensus. Collaborative editing on Wikipedia ...
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It’s no surprise that people tamper with Wikipedia entries on a regular basis, but it turns out that especially dedicated trolls have been sabotaging entries on politically controversial science ...
Revision wars on Wikipedia amongst human editors is an all-too-common occurrence, but new research from the UK shows that similar online battles are being waged between the site’s software robots. As ...
U.S. government's Wikipedia-for-spies is beset by editing wars, with Attorney General Michael Mukasey repeatedly undoing DNI Mike McConnell's spelling of Osama bin Laden as "Usama." WASHINGTON, ...
There’s a moment when a relationship goes wrong when you’re arguing about how to peel an orange, when one of you shouts, “It’s not about the **** orange!” And, of course, it isn’t. Take that dynamic, ...
(RNS) When he was a student at Brigham Young University three years ago, Anthony Willey came across a Wikipedia page on Mormons. What he read filled him with frustration. The article focused on ...