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    Wikipedia [c] is a free content online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the wiki software MediaWiki.

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  2. www.dw.com › en › fact-check-as-wikipedia-turns-20Wikipedia's 20, but how credible is it? – DW – 01/14/2021

    • Wikipedia's 'Many Authors'
    • Comparing Wikipedia's Languages
    • Politicians Manipulating Wikipedia?
    • Wikipedia's Control Measures

    Poor spelling and grammar can be signs that an entry is substandard, said Nenja Wolbers a project manager at Germany's Digital Opportunities Foundation, which promotes online inclusion to combat the societal digital divide. She said users should pay attention to whether an article is neutral or expresses an opinion, and whether it provides a broad ...

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    Articles about the same topics are written and edited independently of each other by authors in different languages. They may emphasize different aspects of issues; there might even be very different information. For example, entries about Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in March 2014, differ depending on the language. DW's fact-check tea...

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    Several cases of politicians editing the entries about them have been reported. In Germany, the energy lobby has been accused of tweaking Wikipedia entries in order to "greenwash." Celebrities such as the US actor Lindsay Lohan have been declared dead. Wikipedia even has a list of fake entries in nine languages. A hoax article about a fictional ext...

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    To prevent manipulation, administrators can remove users who have violated the regulations. They can also protect articles so that only certain users can modify them. For example, the Bosnian-language version of the entry on the Srebrenica massacre of 1995 is protected, and the rights to edit various entries in English pertaining to sexual organs h...

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  4. mediabiasfactcheck.com › wikipediaWikipedia - Bias and Credibility - Media Bias/Fact Check

    5 days ago · Although Wikipedia is edited essentially by anyone, a 2005 study published in the Journal Nature showed that they were just as accurate as the Encyclopedia Britannica regarding scientific information.

  5. www.channel4.com › news › factcheckFactCheck: Is Wikipedia a reliable source? – Channel 4 News

    Jan 18, 2012 · As Wikipedia stages a blackout and people claim they will be "helpless" without it, FactCheck looks at how heavily people rely on Wikipedia? And how reliable a source it is.

  6. digitalis.com › news › how-reliable-is-wikipediaIn search of a source of truth – how reliable is Wikipedia?

    Wikipedia’s Verifiability policy used to stipulate “verifiability, not truth”. This implied that a sourced, factually-incorrect statement could override an accurate claim from a primary source, with the burden of proof often placed on discrediting the initial reference.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Wikipedia_and_fact-checkingWikipedia and fact-checking - Wikipedia

    Wikipedia is considered one of the major free open source websites, where millions can read, edit and post their views for free. Therefore Wikipedia takes the effort to provide its readers with well-verified sources. Meticulous fact-checking is an aspect of the broader reliability of Wikipedia.

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  9. www.bbc.co.uk › news › technology-55667711Wikipedia at 20: The encyclopedia in five articles - BBC News

    Jan 15, 2021 · Wikipedia may be the place you go to try to puzzle out quantum computing or find out how many US presidents have been impeached, but all human life is here.