That sounds grandiose. But other tech behemoths now use it as a neutral arbiter. Conspiracy-theory videos on YouTube often come tagged with warning information from Wikipedia. Since 2018 Facebook has used Wikipedia to provide information buttons with the sources of news articles. Others are also ...
In theory,“anyone” can contribute to Wikipedia, that’s true — but there are rules and standards that both your topic and your written content must meet to be accepted by Wikipedia’s many vigilant editors. Things like: Verifiable, established facts. No “contested assertions.” Non-...
We know this in the Library Innovation Lab because a couple of years ago we tried to find every article in Wikipedia that is about a book. In theory, you can just click on the “Book” category. In practice, the membership is not comprehensive. The categories are inconsistent...
And everything can be political and controversial to folks that focus on any topic. For example History is overloaded with liberal Historians. I don't think anyone has figured out why, but many of the most vocal tend to lean that way. So if you just have a random sampling of ...
Using this parser it is possible to directly and precisely query the structured data within wikis, including Wikipedia. The parser is available as open source from http://sweble. org. Categories and Subject Descriptors D.3.1 [Programming Languages]: Formal Definitions and Theory—Syntax ; D.3.4...
Wikipedia) I’ve had such a lot of interest in the new book I’m working on, The Workplace Learning Revolution , that I decided to create a free mini e-book version.â?¦ “A revolution is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relat...
The conspiracy theory that Presley did not die and instead went into hiding was popularized by Gail Brewer-Giorgio and other authors. Emu War The Emu War was a nuisance wildlife management military operation undertaken in Australia over the later part of 1932 to address public concern over the ...
The rule for deleting a page is that someone has to object to the deletion or it gets deleted. For that reason, having more than one editor in your corner will help you even more. Final thoughtsCreating a Wikipedia page is easy in theory but not in practice. Getting a page you ...
^ Piotr Sztompka, preface to Society in Action: the Theory of Social Becoming, University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-78815-6. p. x. ^ M. E. Murphy, Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy. "The History of Guantanamo Bay 1494 – 1964: Chapter 18, "Introduction of Part II, 1953 – 1964""....
I know one article is a small sample, and am not saying that I think the Wikipedia is a bad source for everything, just that in rapidly changing fields of commercial interests the Wikipedia is one of the last sources I would trust for an accurate view of the market. It is more represe...