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Dan Gillmor Feb 25, 2024

How can we prevent Wikipedia from crumbling under the weight of "AI" garbage spewing, and disinformation specialists' gleeful use of the garbage?

@molly0xfff says you can help best by becoming a Wikipedia editor.

It's not difficult. We all need to participate.

https://www.citationneeded.news/become-a-wikipedian-in-30-minutes/

(I'm assigning this to my students.)

Become a Wikipedian in 30 minutes

What will we do if Wikipedia falls to the type of AI-generated garbage that seems to be proliferating on the web? The number one thing you can do is learn to edit, and I will walk you through how to get started in only 30 minutes.

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bse Feb 25, 2024

@dangillmor @molly0xfff For instructors wishing to run classroom editing assignments, there's great support from Wikiedu - I've done several with my students. See
https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/

Wiki Education Dashboard

Wiki Education Dashboard for Wikipedia editing projects

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@dangillmor @molly0xfff Wikiedu interviewed NDSU Mineralogy student Zoe M, having noticed students' work over the years on creating new #Wikipedia articles. The post: https://wikiedu.org/blog/2024/02/28/filling-gaps-in-the-mineral-cabinet/

Filling gaps in the mineral cabinet

In Wiki Education’s Wikipedia Student Program, students are assigned to edit a Wikipedia article on a course-related topic by their higher education instructor. For some students, they pick s…

Wiki Education