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'Wikipedia Is Losing Its Objectivity': Elon Musk Responds To Recession Definition Changing, Page Being Locked

Free community based online encyclopedia Wikipedia allows users to update sites with information and facts. Sometimes users take things too far and post funny items or inaccurate information. In the case of the word “recession,” multiple attempts to change the definition led to the page being locked.

Benzinga

What is a recession? Wikipedia can't decide

An editing battle over its "recession" entry prompted Wikipedia to put a temporarily lock on revisions to prevent new users from repeatedly changing the definitions of recession.

WEKU

Judges crib notes from Wikipedia before making legal decisions, study finds

Of course they do: it's accessible and usually right. But perhaps there should be an authoritative body of knowledge that's just as accessible

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A brief history of Esperanto, the 135-year-old language of peace hated by Hitler and Stalin alike

In the late 1800s, the city of Białystok – which was once Polish, then Prussian, then Russian, and is today again part of Poland – was a hub of diversity, with large numbers of Poles, Germans, Russians and Yiddish-speaking Ashkanazi Jews. Each group spoke a different language and viewed members…

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Russia to Punish Wikimedia Foundation over Ukraine Conflict ‘Fakes’

Russia's communications watchdog said on Wednesday it was taking steps to punish the Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts online encyclopedia Wikipedia, for violating Russian law around the conflict in Ukraine. In a statement, Roskomnadzor said that Wikipedia still hosted "prohibited materials, including fakes about the course of the special military operation…

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Russia to punish Wikimedia Foundation over Ukraine conflict 'fakes'

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Wikipedia blazes a trail to agreement in a divided world

The site's structure pushes toward consensus, something not often found online.

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Remember when Wikipedia killed the ‘you can help by expanding it’ meme?

Editors quietly laid to rest the template to rest in 2020. Goodnight, sweet prince

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Crypto-sceptic Molly White could be the new JK Galbraith… just much tougher

This remarkable young woman is the sharpest critic of crypto on the web - and predictably, the trolls are after her

The Guardian - UK

Anne Hegerty's life away from 'The Governess', her fake husband and autism diagnosis

Anne has been on the quiz show circuit from the early 80s

Liverpool Echo

'Australia's S***test Big Things' shortlist a joke to some, but not everyone's laughing

From the Big Banana to the Big Lobster, Australia has more than 230 novelty sculptures. Now a public vote on a satirical Facebook page has revealed our four "S***test Big Things".

ABC News

Are a Majority of D.C. Circuit Judges Republican Appointees? The NYT Thinks So [Updated]

A New York Times piece on conservative legal challenges to climate regulations characterizes the balance of the D.C. Circuit in a most unusual way.

Reason

I fed an AI Hideo Kojima’s Wikipedia page and interviewed it

We made a Hideo Kojima AI and interviewed it. Here are the results.

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How to download all of Wikipedia

This Father's Day, get your dad the sum of human knowledge — for free. Here's how to download all of Wikipedia in a few easy steps.

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New Zealand should celebrate its remarkable prehistoric past with national fossil emblems – have your say!

It’s not often New Zealanders admit Australia is onto a good thing. Our long-running trans-Tasman rivalry usually revolves around accusing Australians of stealing national cultural icons like Phar Lap, Pavlova or Crowded House.

Reuters

Wikipedia fights Russian order to remove Ukraine war information

The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, has filed an appeal against a Moscow court decision demanding that it remove information related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, arguing that people have a right to know the facts of the war.

The Independent UK

Former senator’s wife hired to write history book on California county accused of plagiarising from Wikipedia

Book has been put on hold, Santa Clara County executive says

Edinburgh Live

Scottish comedy Absolutely stars now from Saturday Night Live to Scots Squad

Born as a comedy show dubbed 'Scotland's answer to Monty Python' in the 1980s, before the time of Chewin’ The Fat and Still Game, Absolutely birthed some 'absolute' television legends

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From the slopes of Mount Everest to the streets of Hobart: The humble puffer jacket turns 100

On the slopes of Mount Everest 100 years ago, New South Welshman George Finch revealed his latest invention to his fellow adventurers — the puffer jacket.

The Guardian - US

Same old true story: why have TV shows turned into Wikipedia entries?

An overstuffed season of fact-based dramas, from Winning Time to Under the Banner of Heaven to The Staircase, has been more miss than hit

The Conversation

How 'gate' became the syllable of scandal

On June 17, 1972, Washington, D.C., police arrested five men for breaking into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. Although the administration’s press secretary, Ron Ziegler, dismissed the crime as a “third-rate burglary,” its scope would grow to consume Richard Nixon’s presidency and then bring it to an end…

Benzinga

Who Are The 9 Richest Presidents Of All Time?

Most of the wealthiest presidents were prosperous before making the White House their office, with this money helping them accomplish their presidential ambitions. Some, such as Herbert Hoover, worked hard to develop an empire, while others, including Theodore Roosevelt, inherited their fortune.

The Hindu

Fact check round-up: Misinformation on Gyanvapi mosque survey

Here is a compilation on various claims going around regarding Kashi Viswanath temple and Gyanvapi mosque, and the truth behind them.

Tribune News Service

Tony Norman: Onward Christian Nationalists, marching off to war ...

In my heart of hearts, I don't believe newly minted Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano has a snowball's chance in a burning hell of being elected Pennsylvania's next governor.

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The wholesome life of Sam Barsky, the internet’s favorite knitter

For two decades, Sam Barsky has knit sweaters of places and then posts photos of himself wearing the sweaters at those places.

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