Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-07-03/In the media: Difference between revisions
Smallbones (talk | contribs) →Section 230 discussion: Axios (website) |
add (one via https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikipediaweekly/posts/6274111395969972?comment_id=6286652018049243&reply_comment_id=6292528300794948 ) |
||
Line 69: | Line 69: | ||
===In brief=== |
===In brief=== |
||
*'''Meetup''': [[Yahoo! Life]] says the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC|monthly Brooklyn Public Library meetup]] {{highlight|WikiWednesday salon?}} was [https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/wikipedia-editor-gives-behind-scenes-185436595.html highlighted] in a TikTok video posted by Annie Rauwerda and attracted some potential new 'pedians. |
*'''Meetup''': [[Yahoo! Life]] says the [[Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC|monthly Brooklyn Public Library meetup]] {{highlight|WikiWednesday salon?}} was [https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/wikipedia-editor-gives-behind-scenes-185436595.html highlighted] in a TikTok video posted by [[Annie Rauwerda]] and attracted some potential new 'pedians. |
||
*'''TEDx talk''': Rauwerda also gave a [[TEDx]] talk titled "Why an encyclopedia is my favorite place on the Internet". Watch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d89TsA9Kda8 the recording] to find out which encyclopedia it is. |
|||
*'''It's smashing''': [[Smashing Magazine]] has a [https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2023/06/behind-curtains-wikipedia-redesign/ "behind the curtains" interview] with the designers of the new Wikipedia interface, [[Wikipedia:Vector 2022|Vector 2022]]. See [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-02-04/In the media|prior ''Signpost'' coverage]] about the redesign. |
*'''It's smashing''': [[Smashing Magazine]] has a [https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2023/06/behind-curtains-wikipedia-redesign/ "behind the curtains" interview] with the designers of the new Wikipedia interface, [[Wikipedia:Vector 2022|Vector 2022]]. See [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-02-04/In the media|prior ''Signpost'' coverage]] about the redesign. |
||
*''' Molly White interview''': German business magazine ''Brand eins'' features an [https://www.brandeins.de/magazine/brand-eins-wirtschaftsmagazin/2023/stadt/in-einen-betrug-dieses-ausmasses-stolpert-man-nicht-einfach-so-hinein interview] with cryptocurrency critic and Wikipedian [[Molly White (writer)|Molly White]]. |
*''' Molly White interview''': German business magazine ''Brand eins'' features an [https://www.brandeins.de/magazine/brand-eins-wirtschaftsmagazin/2023/stadt/in-einen-betrug-dieses-ausmasses-stolpert-man-nicht-einfach-so-hinein interview] with cryptocurrency critic and Wikipedian [[Molly White (writer)|Molly White]]. |
||
*'''Jimmy Wales interview''': The "co-founder of Wikipedia" was interviewed by [[Lex Fridman]] on his popular podcast ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diJp4zoQPqo video], [https://lexfridman.com/jimmy-wales-transcript/ transcript]), for three hours and 15 minutes. One user compiled some [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmab5eF0lGnJCt5tw3MPT7txL-B7CUPlM excerpts] they found especially interesting from a Wikipedian perspective. |
|||
*'''Language divide''': [[Global Voices]] [https://globalvoices.org/2023/06/26/how-africans-are-bridging-the-language-digital-divide/ reports] on the way Google and Wikimedia are seeking to bridge the language divide in Africa. |
*'''Language divide''': [[Global Voices]] [https://globalvoices.org/2023/06/26/how-africans-are-bridging-the-language-digital-divide/ reports] on the way Google and Wikimedia are seeking to bridge the language divide in Africa. |
||
*'''Disinformation quarrel''': The U.S. Republican Party is targeting universities, think tanks and also the Wikimedia Foundation "to undermine the fight against false claims about elections, vaccines and other hot political topics", [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/technology/gop-disinformation-researchers-2024-election.html reports] ''[[The New York Times]].'' Organizations researching disinformation stand accused of censoring conservative speech online. |
*'''Disinformation quarrel''': The U.S. Republican Party is targeting universities, think tanks and also the Wikimedia Foundation "to undermine the fight against false claims about elections, vaccines and other hot political topics", [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/technology/gop-disinformation-researchers-2024-election.html reports] ''[[The New York Times]].'' Organizations researching disinformation stand accused of censoring conservative speech online. |
Revision as of 00:41, 3 July 2023
Article display preview: | This is a draft of a potential Signpost article, and should not be interpreted as a finished piece. Its content is subject to review by the editorial team and ultimately by JPxG, the editor in chief. Please do not link to this draft as it is unfinished and the URL will change upon publication. If you would like to contribute and are familiar with the requirements of a Signpost article, feel free to be bold in making improvements!
|
Naming names, Hakuna Matata, and Grimace
Hakuna Matata and Wiki donations
Georgia Tech announced a forthcoming paper by Casey Wichman and Nathan Chan. Though only the abstract and the Georgia Tech announcement are currently available, we can say that it appears the people who watch the video Hakuna Matata are likely to donate more to the WMF than those who don't.
We promise to dig a little deeper when the paper is available. – S
To move Forward we must name names
Robin Washington writes in Forward, where he is editor-at-large, that Wikipedia's model is fundamentally flawed, that we must name all our editors. He's not so extreme that you need to worry that you'll be subpoenaed to testify before the House Un-Wiki Activities Committee and answer under oath "Are you now, or have you ever been, a Wikipedia editor?" but it's clear that a huge number of Wikipedia editors would resign if his proposal were implemented.
He is upset about arbcom's recent decision on what's been labelled Wikipedia's Intentional Distortion of the Holocaust.
Which is why I'm surprised to see Shira Klein, a respected scholar, devote any energy into proving that entries about the Holocaust are false. More baffling is her attempt to correct them by diving into Wikipedia's rabbit warren of arcane rules for article review — administered by volunteer site police who gleefully hide behind pseudonyms.
He believes that "Wikipedia [is] possibly the most widespread source of disinformation in human history," which may be true. But he ignores that it is much more likely that Wikipedia is the most widespread source of reliable information in human history.
Consider the following statistics. The English version of Wikipedia has 6,676,896 articles. They were viewed 10 billion times last month on 756 million unique devices. 39 thousand editors edited last month. That should take care of "widespread". But is it disinformation or reliable information? Probably a combination of the two. So readers always should check the numerous references supplied in most articles. For a general overview, the Wikipedia article Reliability of Wikipedia may be the best source.
The Signpost takes no position on the Holocaust in Poland dispute, other than to predict that unfortunately it will continue. – S
What happens when adverts are allowed
Fandom and McDonald's teamed up to replace the Fandom Wiki page on "Grimace" a 1970s character who formerly stole customers' milkshakes, according to Kotaku in McDonalds & Fandom Replaced A Wiki Page With An Advertisement. "Grimace, an ancient McDonalds character who ... may be so unknown among younger readers they will actually need to consult a website to find out who the hell he is," according to Kotaku.
McDonald's advertising campaign replaced the Fandom page from June 11 with this page (from June 28)
Meanwhile Wikipedia has not been immune from McDonald's ad campaign. An article about the Grimace milkshake was created on June 26.
"Grimace" indeed. – S
Section 230 discussion
C-SPAN has video coverage and a full transcript of an event hosted jointly by New America and the Wikimedia Foundation. The topic: regulating big tech companies and social media platforms, and in particular Section 230.
Introductory remarks by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), who authored Section 230 together with Republican Christopher Cox back in the 1990s, were followed by a panel discussion featuring New America Senior Director Lilian Coral, Axios reporter Ashley Gold, Politico reporter Rebecca Kern, Association of Research Libraries Director Katherine Klosek, Wikipedian and journalism professor Andrew Lih, the WMF's Rebecca MacKinnon (herself a former New America fellow), Internet Archive counsel Peter Routhier and New America President and CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter, a former Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department under U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Ultimately, with AI in the ascendant, the panel seemed agreed that Section 230 was more vital than ever to safeguard the continued existence of the ecosystem of content and sources formed by Wikipedia and the Internet Archive and that Congress should appreciate that –
We are an ecosystem that is so crucial to not only global knowledge but American competitiveness. If you just want to ... pander to make America really competitive in this area, keep 230 around so that we are still in that leadership position.
— Andrew Lih, time code 1:40:18
– AK
In brief
- Meetup: Yahoo! Life says the monthly Brooklyn Public Library meetup WikiWednesday salon? was highlighted in a TikTok video posted by Annie Rauwerda and attracted some potential new 'pedians.
- TEDx talk: Rauwerda also gave a TEDx talk titled "Why an encyclopedia is my favorite place on the Internet". Watch the recording to find out which encyclopedia it is.
- It's smashing: Smashing Magazine has a "behind the curtains" interview with the designers of the new Wikipedia interface, Vector 2022. See prior Signpost coverage about the redesign.
- Molly White interview: German business magazine Brand eins features an interview with cryptocurrency critic and Wikipedian Molly White.
- Jimmy Wales interview: The "co-founder of Wikipedia" was interviewed by Lex Fridman on his popular podcast (video, transcript), for three hours and 15 minutes. One user compiled some excerpts they found especially interesting from a Wikipedian perspective.
- Language divide: Global Voices reports on the way Google and Wikimedia are seeking to bridge the language divide in Africa.
- Disinformation quarrel: The U.S. Republican Party is targeting universities, think tanks and also the Wikimedia Foundation "to undermine the fight against false claims about elections, vaccines and other hot political topics", reports The New York Times. Organizations researching disinformation stand accused of censoring conservative speech online.
- Legal setback in France: The Wikimedia Foundation has lost an appeal in its French court case, reports Legalis (see previous Signpost coverage).
- Open letter: The open letter by Wikimedia UK on the Online Safety Bill (see News and notes for further information) attracted coverage by cybernews.com and uktech.news.
This page is a draft for the next issue of the Signpost. Below is some helpful code that will help you write and format a Signpost draft. If it's blank, you can fill out a template by copy-pasting this in and pressing 'publish changes': {{subst:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Story-preload}}
Images and Galleries
|
---|
To put an image in your article, use the following template (link): This will create the file on the right. Keep the 300px in most cases. If writing a 'full width' article, change
Placing (link) will instead create an inline image like below [[File:|300px|center|alt=Placeholder alt text]]
To create a gallery, use the following to create |
Quotes
| |||
---|---|---|---|
To insert a framed quote like the one on the right, use this template (link): If writing a 'full width' article, change
To insert a pull quote like
use this template (link):
To insert a long inline quote like
use this template (link): |
Side frames
|
---|
Side frames help put content in sidebar vignettes. For instance, this one (link): gives the frame on the right. This is useful when you want to insert non-standard images, quotes, graphs, and the like.
For example, to insert the {{Graph:Chart}} generated by in a frame, simple put the graph code in to get the framed Graph:Chart on the right. If writing a 'full width' article, change |
Two-column vs full width styles
|
---|
If you keep the 'normal' preloaded draft and work from there, you will be using the two-column style. This is perfectly fine in most cases and you don't need to do anything. However, every time you have a However, you can also fine-tune which style is used at which point in an article. To switch from two-column → full width style midway in an article, insert where you want the switch to happen. To switch from full width → two-column style midway in an article, insert where you want the switch to happen. |
Article series
|
---|
To add a series of 'related articles' your article, use the following code or will create the sidebar on the right. If writing a 'full width' article, change Alternatively, you can use at the end of an article to create For more Signpost coverage on the visual editor see our visual editor series. If you think a topic would make a good series, but you don't see a tag for it, or that all the articles in a series seem 'old', ask for help at the WT:NEWSROOM. Many more tags exist, but they haven't been documented yet. |
Links and such
|
---|
By the way, the template that you're reading right now is {{Editnotices/Group/Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue}} (edit). A list of the preload templates for Signpost articles can be found here. |
Discuss this story
To move Forward we must name names?
72.213.11.193 (talk) 13:55, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Um, no, you deliberately and controversially took a position on the dispute while the case was ongoing at arbcom.What happens when adverts are allowed
On the Grimace Shake article: There's no reason to suppose that the author of that article, Arconning, has a COI regarding McDonald's, but its existence demonstrates a problem Wikipedia has with playing into the hands of commercial interests. We live in a world where TikTok memes get write-ups in The New York Times and USA Today, so any big viral marketing campaign is going to result in a Wikipedia article. Such articles might be merged or deleted further down the line, when editors can demonstrate a lack of sustained coverage, but by then the companies have already made their profits.The Grimace Shake is currently on track for a Main Page appearance (see DYK nomination). Whether or not this will make any difference to McDonald's bottom line, I don't know, but it's certainly not a good look for us. Sojourner in the earth (talk) 20:06, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]Other
Hakuna Matata and Wiki donations
Why does this story claim that [1] and [2], the full paper was already published on June 6. Regards, HaeB (talk) 00:18, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
? According to both