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Articles tagged: Hoaxes[edit]
In the media UK political editing; hoaxes; net neutrality
2015-04-22
Wikipedia appears to have been drawn into the drama of the upcoming, hotly contested UK general election.
In the media Saving Wikipedia; Internet regulation; Thoreau quote hoax
2015-04-15
Time profiles Lila Tretikov, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, and paints a grim picture of the challenges faced by Tretikov and the encyclopedia.
News and notes WikiWomen's History Month—meetups, blog posts, and "Inspire" grant-making campaign
2015-03-11
The community has arranged a number of commemorative initiatives focused on the gender gap, under the banner "WikiWomen's History Month".
In the media Gamergate; a Wiki hoax; Kanye West
2015-03-11
ThinkProgress tech reporter Lauren C. Williams wrote a long article on how the Gamergate controversy has spilled over onto Wikipedia.
In the media Monkey selfie, net neutrality, and hoaxes
2014-08-13
The Observer reported (August 2) that Google would "restrict search terms to a link to a Wikipedia article, in the first request under Europe's controversial new 'right to be forgotten' legislation to affect the 110m-page encyclopaedia."
News and notes How many more hoaxes will Wikipedia find?
2014-07-30
Another hoax on the English Wikipedia was uncovered this week—not by any thorough investigation, but through the self-disclosure of an anonymous change made when the editors were in their sophomore year of college. The deliberate misinformation had been in the article for over five years with plenty of individuals noticing, but not one suspected its authenticity. This leads to one obvious question: how many more are there?
In the media Wikipedia's sexism; Yuri Gadyukin hoax
2013-04-29
On 24 April 2013, novelist Amanda Filipacchi published what turned out to be an influential op-ed in the New York Times; illuminating the unusual background of the Yuri Gadyukin hoax.
Op-ed An article is a construct – hoaxes and Wikipedia
2013-02-11
Wikipedia has a long, daresay storied history with hoaxes; our internal list documents 198 of the largest ones we have caught as of 4 January 2013. Why?
In the media Hoaxes draw media attention; Sue Gardner's op-ed; Women of Wikipedia
2013-01-28
Hoaxes draw media attention: On New Year's Day, the Daily Dot reported that a "massive Wikipedia hoax" had been exposed after more than five years. The article on the Bicholim conflict had been listed as a "Good Article" for the past half-decade, yet turned out to be an ingenious hoax. Created in July 2007 by User:A-b-a-a-a-a-a-a-b-a, the meticulously detailed piece was approved as a GA in October 2007. A subsequent submission for FA was unsuccessful, but failed to discover that the article's key sources were made up. While the User:A-b-a-a-a-a-a-a-b-a account then stopped editing, the hoax remained listed as a Good Article for five years, receiving in the region of 150 to 250 page views a month in 2012. It was finally nominated for deletion on 29 December 2012 by ShelfSkewed—who had discovered the hoax while doing work on Category:Articles with invalid ISBNs—and deleted the same day.
In the news Rush Limbaugh falls for Wikipedia hoax, Public Policy Initiative, Nature cites Wikipedia
2010-09-20
In the news Hoaxes in France and at university, Wikipedia used in Indian court, Is Wikipedia a cult?, and more
2010-06-14
News and notes News and notes: Flagged Revisions and permissions proposals, hoax, milestones
2009-01-10