I've created a little website that keeps track of the currently most edited and most controversial Wikipedia articles.

https://wikistats.nilsgrob.ch/

The idea was to create a real time monitoring tool for ongoing edit wars.

Also, check out my blog post about the methodology used:

https://blog.nilsgrob.ch/posts/observing-the-most-controversial-pages-on-wikipedia/

#editwars #wikipedia #webdev

Australia's semantic struggles over a "one and only" reality or a pluriverse?
From the 'heart of darkness' to the “sanitised” articles of sub/urban place names.

"Some (Wikipedia) editors told us they felt it was their responsibility to include First Nations’ perspectives, even though they met with heavy resistance. One, Lucas, had repeatedly tried to include First Nations place names, often unsuccessfully. He no longer edits Wikipedia. “I just ran out of energy for it”...One or two editors “were going around removing Aboriginal place names from all the articles about Australia and Australian places”.
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https://theconversation.com/we-analysed-35-000-wikipedia-entries-about-australian-places-some-sanitised-history-others-privileged-fiction-over-reality-241364
#wikipedia #SettlerSociety #Australia #SocialImaginary #ImaginedCommunity #fiction #violence #FirstNations #TruthTelling #naming #IndigenousKnowledge #pluriverse #EditWars #WorldMaking #EpistemicInjustice #language #framing #worldviews #AI

This is what BERT should be doing (In German)

Kunstprojekt „Edit Wars“ in Bremen: Künstlerische Intelligenz https://taz.de/!5909071/

#EditWars #AIArt #ukraine

"History is an edit war"

Over and over again, she reworks Nebe’s legacy: At first, it’s that some historians “have a much harsher view” of him than others. Then it’s that they “have a less generous view.” Then it’s “Historians have a negative view of Nebe and his motivations, despite his participation in the 20 July plot.”

https://www.wired.com/story/one-womans-mission-to-rewrite-nazi-history-wikipedia/

#History #HistoryIsWrittenByTheIndefagitable #EditWars #Wikipedia