Blogs related to and exploring all things Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia related. Science Is Shaped by Wikipedia: Evidence From a Randomized Control TrialCRCS Seminar 9/11/17: Neil Thompson (YouTube video)Reasons to use Wikipedia.Shiver-inducing contacts with the past - Martin PoulterCOVID-19Sudden Attention Shifts on Wikipedia Following COVID-19 Mobility RestrictionsWikipedia in the British Medical Journal"Enriching Wikipedia content is, potentially, a powerful way to improve #healthliteracy and it is possible to test the effects of seeding pages with evidence. This trial should be replicated, expanded and developed".Covid-19 is one of Wikipedia’s biggest challenges ever. Here’s how the site is handling it.COVID-19 research in Wikipedia Selected blogsWikimedian in Residence Wikimedia UK Wiki Edu Teaching MattersOpen EdHost a Wikimedian: you can’t afford not to - Melissa Highton. Wikipedia as Learning Technology: Teaching Knowledge Activism vs Passive Consumption - Hannah Rothmann.Wikipedia, research and representation - Amy Burge. Mary Susan McIntosh and the Women in Red - Lorna Campbell. What do you do with a dead chemist - Anne-Marie Scott. Wikipedia and Student Writing - Andrew Stuhl. Selected articles and researchVandalism on Collaborative Web Communities: An Exploration of Editorial Behaviour in Wikipedia - University of Glasgow researchers Alkharashi, A. and Jose, J. (2018)"Preliminary analysis reveals (∼90%) of the vandalism or foul edits are done by unregistered users… community reaction seemed to be immediate: most vandalisms were reverted within 5 mins on average".Science Is Shaped by Wikipedia: Evidence From a Randomized Control TrialCRCS Seminar 9/11/17: Neil Thompson (YouTube video)Reasons to use Wikipedia.Shiver-inducing contacts with the past - Martin PoulterCOVID-19Sudden Attention Shifts on Wikipedia Following COVID-19 Mobility RestrictionsWikipedia in the British Medical Journal"Enriching Wikipedia content is, potentially, a powerful way to improve #healthliteracy and it is possible to test the effects of seeding pages with evidence. This trial should be replicated, expanded and developed".Covid-19 is one of Wikipedia’s biggest challenges ever. Here’s how the site is handling it.COVID-19 research in Wikipedia This article was published on 2024-10-08
