You can probably guess Wikipedia’s most-viewed article of 2023
Wikipedia What did you search for on Wikipedia this year? You may not be surprised to learn that according to the site’s annual round-up of its most-viewed pages, top of…
Wikipedia Worries Its Volunteer Editors Could Be Liable to Lawsuits Without Section 230
Wikipedia has enjoyed the protections of Section 230 for over 22 years, but an upcoming Supreme Court decision could cause major issues with its community-run volunteer administrators.Photo: Ralf Liebhold (Shutterstock)…
Wikipedia Briefly Banned in Pakistan for ‘Blasphemous’ Content
Image: Peter Macdiarmid (Getty Images) Pakistan lifted its Wikipedia ban today after degrading the site on Saturday following the site’s refusal to remove what local government officials called blasphemous and…
Wikipedia wants to charge Google, Amazon, and Apple for using its content
Everybody uses Wikipedia. It’s currently the 8th most visited website in the U.S. and the 13th most trafficked site in the world. The website bills itself as the “free encyclopedia,”…
Never trust a single source: The new rules for learning anything online
When we spend so much of our time online, we’re bound to learn something while clicking and scrolling. Discover something new with Mashable’s series I learned it on the internet.…
22 facts you never knew about Wikipedia
We’re huge fans of Wikipedia. The nonprofit organization represents the largest collection of knowledge collaboratively accumulated in one place — ever. While the concept of a free, community-managed, online encyclopedia…
The guardians of Wikipedia’s climate change page
Vigilant Keepers Sometimes people vandalize the Wikipedia climate page. (“Vandalism” is Wikipedia parlance for maliciously disrupting a page.) One day, Tetta found that another editor, who usually edited sports pages,…
In defense of 2000s horror, an age of torture, tank tops, and Wikipedia
Welcome to 2000s Week! We’re exploring the pop culture that shaped us at the turn of the millennium, and examining what the films, shows, and games from the era say…
If Section 230 gets killed, Wikipedia will die along with it
Social media companies aren’t the only organizations that would be affected