Wales presents these claims as comforting. Don’t worry, he tells the world, Wikipedia isn’t as shocking as you think. In fact, it’s just like any other project: a small group of colleagues working together toward a common goal. But if you think about it, Wales’s view of things is actually much more shocking: around a thousand people wrote the world’s largest encyclopedia in four years for free? Could this really be true?
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Wikipedia: List of hoaxes on Wikipedia
This is a list of known historical hoaxes on Wikipedia. It is considered a hoax if it was a clear or blatant attempt to make up something, as opposed to libel, vandalism or a factual error. It is considered notable if it evaded detection for more than one month or was discussed by reliable sources in the media. And, most likely, there are many as-yet-unknown hoaxes not listed here.
A hoax can be added to this page if it meets the requirements above. Sort by the length of time that the hoax page was visible in mainspace. Do not list Wikipedia April Fools' Day pranks, or factual articles about encyclopedic notable hoaxes.
The Wikipedian
As the title suggests, I am an active editor on the English Wikipedia, where I contribute primarily as User:WWB and have been editing in some way, shape or form since the middle of 2006.
Like many, I began with simple changes to existing articles. Beyond that I continued with simple spelling, grammar and formatting corrections, which led to more substantial contributions to existing articles and, eventually, creating new ones. (Of course, I still like to fix spelling and formatting.) Although edit counts alone present an incomplete picture of ones’ contribution, as of the third quarter of 2010 I have made nearly 1,700 edits across more than 600 articles.
Public Lives: Jim Hawkins and Wikipedia’s Privacy Dilemma
As an occasional Wikipedian, I like to check out Jimmy Wales’ user Talk page every now and again; while user Talk pages are generally where editors leave messages for each other, notes of support, or even warnings, Jimbo Wales’ page is a hot-bed of intrigue, gossip and debate. It’s Wikipedia’s water cooler. And it’s the perfect place to go if you’re looking to find an example of the confusion that can result from the occasional collision of hot-headed editors, complex guidelines and individuals who are themselves the subjects of articles. Just today I came across a discussion that mentioned Jim Hawkins, a radio-presenter in the UK who has been struggling to deal with Wikipedia editors, and Jimmy himself, over privacy issues raised by his biographical article.
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Wikipedia Diver tracks your Web exploration
We've covered a number of Web history tracking and organizing tools in the past, but Wikipedia Diver may be one of the most interesting, albeit niche. This Firefox add-on gives you a visual history of everywhere you've been on Wikipedia, and organizes it down to the day, order, and session in which you visited the sites, making it easy to revisit old entries.
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wikipedia activity image mosaic / most visited pages
An emergent image mosaic depicting a macro view of all English Wikipedia, revealing those are areas that are currently "hot", meaning they are being frequently revised. the dataset contains about 659,388 articles, connected by about 16,582,425 links. articles are positioned close to one another are similar, which is determined by counting the amounts of links to each other. the 1,869 images were automatically parsed as the first image of the highest ranked article.
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