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You can probably guess Wikipedia’s most-viewed article of 2023

Wikipedia has released its annual list revealing its most viewed pages from the last 12 months, and you can probably guess what comes out on top ...
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Meta wants to supercharge Wikipedia with an AI upgrade

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If Section 230 gets killed, Wikipedia will die along with it

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What does it take to make a social media network that doesn’t exploit users?

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How Wikimedia controls the chaos of constant contributions to create Wikipedia

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Meet the 9 Wikipedia bots that make the world’s largest encyclopedia possible

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Wikipedia angry at North Face after retailer gamed its site for free ads

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A major Wikipedia project fixed millions of old, broken links

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Wikipedia taps streetwear brand to design fundraising apparel

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Wikipedia is making it easier to explore the internet with page previews

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Facebook’s new fake news tool is partially powered by Wikipedia

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YouTube will add factual links to conspiracy-theory videos — using Wikipedia

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Wikipedia can now be found on the dark web

In an effort to promote freedom of information, a cybersecurity expert has created a version of Wikipedia accessible via the Tor browser.
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‘Go north’ and navigate Wikipedia as a text-only adventure game

Wikipedia: The Text Adventure lets you explore Wikipedia articles as if they were part of an adventure right out of the '80s.
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Burger King’s new Whopper ad forces Google Home to read you ingredients

Burger King's new TV ad might be a whopper of a bad idea. It triggers Google Home speakers into reading the Whopper's Wikipedia entry.
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11 million Asiacell subscribers in Iraq to get free access to Wikipedia

Wikipedia and Asiacell announced a partnership that will see the carrier grant 11 million Iraqi customers free access to Wikipedia.

Death and politics: Wikipedia reveals its most-edited pages of 2016

Wikipedia's list of its most-edited pages this year highlights the loss of some big-name stars over the last 12 months, as well as the most bitterly contested U.S. presidential election in living memory.
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Race through the Wikiverse for your next internet search

Wikiverse, a web-based interactive 3D visualization of Wikipedia displays the encyclopedia of the internet as a web of information to explore with a mouse.
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The visually impaired may soon have an audio version of Wikipedia

Wikipedia really is for everyone, and that includes people who, whether due to visual impairment or for other reasons, are unable to read printed text.
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Wikipedia’s new iOS app will give you the information you’re looking for

Wikipedia has refreshed its app for iOS, putting an emphasis on personalization, ensuring that users can quickly and easily find content they want to read.
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The new Wikimedia Endowment will try to keep Wikipedia free for another 15 years

The Wikimedia Foundation has just launched the Wikimedia Endowment, which will serve as a “permanent safekeeping fund."
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These are the top 25 Wikipedia articles of 2015

Last year, Wikipedia logged more than 5 million articles in English. These were the 25 most-researched topics of 2015.
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Judge dismisses Wikimedia v. NSA lawsuit, says plaintiff arguments are based on speculation

The Wikimedia foundation has officially filed suit against the NSA in hopes of dismantling the agency's mass surveillance programs.
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Wikipedia switches to default encryption for its crowdsourced encyclopedia

Wikipedia and its associated sites are going encrypted, making it much harder for anyone to spy on your browsing patterns.
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Wikipedia looks back on 2014 in its first ever annual video

Wikipedia has pulled together a ton of site contributions from over the past 12 months to create a video offering a lightning look at 2014 and to celebrate all the effort that goes into building and maintaining the popular online encyclopedia.
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Wikimedia refuses claim to delete a selfie taken by a monkey

Potentially a case for the legal system, a British wildlife photographer is in a dispute with the owners of Wikipedia over the validity of a copyright on a picture that was taken by a primate.
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Tweetbot catches Russia making edits to Flight MH17 Wikipedia entry

After Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was brought down from the skies on Thursday, the debate continues to rage over who was responsible — and part of that debate is playing out on Wikipedia.
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Follow @CongressEdits to see Wikipedia edits from the Capitol

A new Twitter account reveals all of the Wikipedia edits made anonymously from within the US Senate and House of Representatives, an attempt to improve transparency according to its creator.

Wikipedia adding voice recordings to famous people’s pages

A new Wikipedia project aims to record the voices of notable figures so that future generations can hear what they sounded like. Stephen Fry has contributed one of the first clips to the site.

TV, movies and celebs: Wikipedia’s top searches of 2013

The top searches on Wikipedia for 2013 have been revealed, with TV shows such as Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead proving popular. Movies, celebrities and politicians also appeared high up on the list.
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Wikipedia escalates war with Wiki-PR, issues cease and desist letter

At this rate, Wikipedia and Wiki-PR reps might appear on an episode of Maury soon.
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Wikipedia editors are at war with paid PR ‘sockpuppets’

Wikipedia editors have gone after paid "sockpuppet" users allegedly hired by a company called Wiki-PR, which charges hundreds of dollars to write articles.
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Terms & Conditions: Wikipedia is open, but your user data isn’t

Wikipedia is all about openness. But its Terms of Use and Privacy Policy keep users' identities a secret.

China censors Wikipedia ahead of Tiananmen Square anniversary

Just days before today's anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Chinese authorities blocked the HTTPS encrypted version of Wikipedia.