Author: Kevin Schiroo

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When students edit Wikipedia, academic content thrives

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Wikipedia is my favorite source of news. When news breaks, I trust Wikipedia to have an article contextualizing the event. Wikipedia is also my favorite way to catch up on Game of Thrones episodes I’ve missed. Wikipedia has its finger on the pulse of current events! Sometimes I need to reference it for something more … Continued

Student editors contributed nearly 6% of Wikipedia’s new science content in April

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With the first term of the Wikipedia Year of Science complete, and about six months into its launch date on January 1, the Wiki Education Foundation wanted to look at the impact student editors have had on Wikipedia’s science coverage. Unfortunately, Wikipedia doesn’t label all of its science content as “Science!”, so we had to … Continued