[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #671: Wikipedia is still very much a battleground

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OPLIN 4Cast #671: Wikipedia is still very much a battleground
November 6th, 2019

[image: Hand holidng a mobile phone showing the Wikipedia home screen]
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.

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   - The Internet Archive is making Wikipedia more reliable
   <https://www.wired.com/story/internet-archive-wikipedia-more-reliable/>
   [WIRED] "Now, thanks to a new initiative by the Internet Archive
   <https://blog.archive.org/2019/10/29/weaving-books-into-the-web-starting-with-wikipedia/>,
   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. "
   - China and Taiwan clash over Wikipedia edits
   <https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49921173> [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? "
   - North Face tried to scam Wikipedia to get its products to the top of
   Google search
   <https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/29/18644158/north-face-wikipedia-hack-leo-burnett-top-imagens>
   [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."
   - Only 17.7 percent of the biographical pages on Wikipedia are women.
   This group wants to change that
   <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>
   [9news.com] "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."

*From the Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - Some colleges cautiously embrace Wikipedia
   <http://proxy.oplin.org:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=131477764>
   ( Zahneis, M. (2018, August 3). Some Colleges Cautiously Embrace
Wikipedia. *Chronicle
   of Higher Education*, p. 1. )
   - DO EXPERTS OR CROWD-BASED MODELS PRODUCE MORE BIAS? EVIDENCE FROM
   ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA AND WIKIPEDIA.
   <https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cph&AN=131142153&site=ehost-live>(
   Greenstein S, Feng Zhu. Do Experts or Crowd-Based Models Produce More Bias?
   Evidence from Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia. *MIS Quarterly*.
   2018;42(3):945-959. doi:10.25300/MISQ/2018/14084. )
   - One Tool in the Fight Against Wikipedia's Notorious Gender Bias.
   <https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=134881407&site=ehost-live>
   ( Crawford A. One Tool in the Fight Against Wikipedia’s Notorious Gender
   Bias. *Smithsonian*. 2019;49(10):4. )

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