<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">
<table bgcolor="#ffffff" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border-top:0px solid rgb(0,0,0);border-bottom:1px solid rgb(255,255,255);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:10px;color:rgb(96,96,96);line-height:200%;font-family:verdana;text-decoration:none">Email
not displaying correctly? <a href="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/" style="font-size:10px;color:rgb(0,0,255);line-height:200%;font-family:verdana;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">View
it in your browser.</a></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top:0px solid rgb(51,51,51);border-bottom:0px solid rgb(255,255,255);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<center><a><img id="m_-609202906466933551editableImg1" src="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/wp-content/themes/unlimited/assets/images/4cast_email_header.png" title="OPLIN" alt="OPLIN 4Cast" align="middle" border="0"></a></center>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table style="width:763px;height:877px" bgcolor="#ffffff" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:150%;font-family:'Gothic Sans',sans-serif" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top">
<p>
<span style="font-size:20px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;line-height:110%">OPLIN 4Cast #671: Wikipedia is still very much a battleground</span><br>
<span style="font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-style:italic;font-family:arial">November 6th, 2019</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;font-size:16px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%"><img align="left" src="https://4cast.oplin.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/88739583_s.jpg" alt="Hand holidng a mobile phone showing the Wikipedia home screen" width="130" height="94" style="padding-right:14px;padding-top:4px;padding-bottom:4px" title="">
Educators and librarians have long had an ambivalent relationship with Wikipedia. While admiring the attempt to crowdsource all human knowledge, the authority of that knowledge can often be in doubt. Many teachers will veto Wikipedia as a source, yet it doesn't stop students (or even many adults) from using it for casual research. Considering how contentious Wikipedia has been since its inception, it's not a surprise that it is still evolving and making news.
</p><ul>
<li style="list-style-type:none">
</li><li style="text-align:justify;font-size:16px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/internet-archive-wikipedia-more-reliable/" target="_blank">The Internet Archive is making Wikipedia more reliable</a> [WIRED] "Now, thanks to a new initiative by the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://blog.archive.org/2019/10/29/weaving-books-into-the-web-starting-with-wikipedia/" target="_blank">Internet Archive</a>, you can click the name of the book and see a two-page preview of the cited work, so long as the citation specifies a page number. You can also borrow a digital copy of the book, so long as no else has checked it out, for two weeks—much the same way you'd borrow a book from your local library. "</li>
<li style="text-align:justify;font-size:16px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49921173" target="_blank">China and Taiwan clash over Wikipedia edits</a> [BBC News] "The edit war over Taiwan was only one of a number that had broken out across Wikipedia's vast, multi-lingual expanse of entries. The Hong Kong protests page had seen 65 changes in the space of a day - largely over questions of language. Were they protesters? Or rioters? "</li>
<li style="text-align:justify;font-size:16px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%"><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/29/18644158/north-face-wikipedia-hack-leo-burnett-top-imagens" target="_blank">North Face tried to scam Wikipedia to get its products to the top of Google search</a> [The Verge] "The North Face, in a campaign with advertising agency Leo Burnett Tailor Made, hatched a scheme to get its products to the top of Google Images by replacing Wikipedia photos with its own product placement shots."</li>
<li style="text-align:justify;font-size:16px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%"><a href="https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/storytellers/only-177-percent-of-the-biographical-pages-on-wikipedia-are-women-this-group-wants-to-change-that/73-ea0e8ebe-cf9e-4e0c-965a-5066a068810a" target="_blank">Only 17.7 percent of the biographical pages on Wikipedia are women. This group wants to change that</a> [<a href="http://9news.com" target="_blank">9news.com</a>] "In the last year, Inclusipedia has created pages for notable local women in Boulder County. The research is tedious because only secondary sources are allowed, and women often received less coverage in the first place."</li>
</ul>
<div style="text-align:left"> </div>
<p style="text-align:left;font-size:20px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%"><small><strong><em>From the <a href="http://ohioweblibrary.org" target="_blank">Ohio Web Library</a>:</em></strong></small><br>
</p>
<div style="text-align:justify;font-size:16px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%">
<ul>
<li><a href="http://proxy.oplin.org:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=131477764" target="_blank">Some colleges cautiously embrace Wikipedia</a> ( Zahneis, M. (2018, August 3). Some Colleges Cautiously Embrace Wikipedia. <em>Chronicle of Higher Education</em>, p. 1. )</li>
<li><a href="https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cph&AN=131142153&site=ehost-live" target="_blank">DO EXPERTS OR CROWD-BASED MODELS PRODUCE MORE BIAS? EVIDENCE FROM ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA AND WIKIPEDIA. </a>( Greenstein S, Feng Zhu. Do Experts or Crowd-Based Models Produce More Bias? Evidence from Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia. <em>MIS Quarterly</em>. 2018;42(3):945-959. doi:10.25300/MISQ/2018/14084. )</li>
<li><a href="https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=134881407&site=ehost-live" target="_blank">One Tool in the Fight Against Wikipedia's Notorious Gender Bias.</a> ( Crawford A. One Tool in the Fight Against Wikipedia’s Notorious Gender Bias. <em>Smithsonian</em>. 2019;49(10):4. )</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div style="text-align:left"> </div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" width="760"><span style="font-size:10px;color:rgb(96,96,96);line-height:100%;font-family:verdana">
<hr>
<div style="text-align:justify">The <strong><em>OPLIN
4cast</em></strong>
is a weekly compilation of
recent headlines, topics, and trends that could impact public
libraries. You can subscribe to it in a variety of ways, such as: <br>
</div>
<div style="text-align:left"> </div>
<ul>
<li style="text-align:justify"><strong>RSS feed.</strong>
You
can receive the OPLIN 4cast
via RSS feed by subscribing to the following URL:
<a href="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/index.php/?feed=rss2" target="_blank">http://www.oplin.org/4cast/index.php/?feed=rss2</a>. </li>
<li style="text-align:justify"><strong>E-mail.</strong>
You
can have the OPLIN 4cast
delivered via e-mail (a'la OPLINlist and OPLINtech) by subscribing to
the 4cast mailing list at
<a href="http://lists.oplin.org/mailman/listinfo/OPLIN4cast" target="_blank">http://lists.oplin.org/mailman/listinfo/OPLIN4cast</a>. </li>
</ul>
</span> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align:center;font-family:'Century Gothic',sans-serif;border-top:0px solid rgb(255,255,255);background-color:#2c4587;color:#fff" valign="top" width="760">© 2019 Ohio Public Library Information Network<br>
<a href="http://www.slideshare.net/oplin" title="Find us on Slideshare" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/wp-content/themes/unlimited/assets/images/slideshare3.png" alt="Find us on Slideshare"></a>
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/oplin.org" title="Find us on Facebook" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/wp-content/themes/unlimited/assets/images/facebook_0.png" alt="Find us on Facebook"></a>
<a href="https://plus.google.com/107751358238995507967" title="Find us on Google+" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/wp-content/themes/unlimited/assets/images/google+.png" alt="Find us on Google+"></a>
<a href="http://www.twitter.com/oplin" title="Find us on Twitter" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/wp-content/themes/unlimited/assets/images/twitter_0.png" alt="Find us on Twitter"></a>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>