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97: 221: 180: 565: 124: 114: 251:." Describing Knowledge as producing what amounts to an "election guide", Alcantara summarized Knowledge editors' efforts to choose the most appropriate photos to illustrate articles on U.S. presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, and presented graphics summarizing the frequency of edits to a number of presidential candidates' Knowledge biographies, in several election cycles. The article featured interviews with several Knowledge editors. 386: 36: 134: 94: 144: 104: 754:
was also vandalized earlier although I have seen no comment on it in the previous Signpost or anywhere else. I saw it on my cell phone right after midnight (US-EST), after the VP debate, which was Oct. 4. The article was obscured by a slick image (I could see the list of languages faintly underneath
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reprinted them (among others) in order to highlight why these ones were chosen. We republished the same ones, not to make our own independent editorial judgment, but to represent what has been chosen (thus far) by Wikipedians. As of now, the same lead photos remain on both bios, suggesting some
321:) was briefly vandalized on October 13. Though the vandalism was reverted within minutes (according to an official Knowledge statement), and subsequently oversighted, the fact that it contained female nudity and text saying her election would mean nuclear war caught wide attention. (Oct 13) 117: 640: 512:: In Australia, "The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet has ordered the heads of the Defence, Foreign Affairs and Trade, Health, Agriculture and Parliamentary Services departments to urgently investigate possible breaches of government IT policy and report back in a week." 137: 107: 147: 479:: Unlike the Hillary Clinton article, where vandalism was quickly reverted, a New York state legislator's article was vandalized to say he "has been on the public dole for more than three decades", and this edit was not caught for almost three days, as 516:
was launched after discovery that public servants and staffers had made "tens of thousands" of Knowledge edits. Some were mildly amusing or otherwise innocuous, but others were offensive and potentially embarrassing to public officials. (Oct.
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it.) It showed a pornographic image of a woman having a device applied to her. There was some text attacking gay and transgender people, referred to in offensive terms. Then an exhortation to aid the Trump campaign.
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piece above calling Knowledge "broken, biased, and corrupt". Their primary concern appears to be editing disputes over the Institute's own article, which is part of a long-running debate. (Oct 19)
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I would hope Trump gets a better photo when he takes office. Of course the intention will be to give him a dignified portrait, but I can't picture how that will look at this point.—
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explained how journals are key to promoting and rewarding Knowledge editing among doctors and researchers. The story was also covered by
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Gebelhoff acknowledged that Knowledge does suffer at times from the "mean-spiritedness seen in the darker corners of the Internet" (like
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add to the paper's wide variety of Knowledge-related coverage in the last year. In December 2015, reporter Caitlin Dewey published "
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Do you want to contribute to "In the media" by writing a story or even just an "in brief" item? Edit next week's edition in the
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On the subject of finding an appropriate photo, I don't think much of the one of Trump on this page.—
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described Knowledge editors' efforts to select the best images to depict U.S. presidential nominees.
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Washington Post continues in-depth Knowledge coverage: Plus our roundup of recent media stories
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four Knowledge editors who keep football (soccer to Americans) pages up to date. (Oct 19)
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a car in London with full-coverage advertising for paid BLP reputation services. (Oct 24)
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The photos of both candidates were chosen for the Clinton and Trump biographies; the
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The most challenging job of the 2016 race: Editing the candidates’ Knowledge pages
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Knowledge has a ton of money. So why is it begging you to donate yours?
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newsletter, with various updates in the free culture world. (Oct. 17)
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to facilitate the editing of Knowledge by health professionals. The
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Chris Alcantara dove into the particulars in yet another piece, "
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Knowledge just turned 15 years old. Will it survive 15 more?
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leads the pack in this edition's roundup of media stories
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Science shows Knowledge is the best part of the Internet
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Knowledge is fixing one of the Internet’s biggest flaws
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