Capitol Police Arrest Intern Over Doxing of U.S. Senators
The U.S. Capitol Police on Wednesday announced the arrest of a suspect accused in the online doxing of “one or more”…
Republican Senators Doxed While Interviewing Kavanaugh
At least three U.S. senators were targeted by a troll (or trolls) on Thursday as they heard testimony from Supreme…
Wikipedia Editors Fight Over Whether to Include the President's Dick in Article About Nintendo's Toad
Wikipedia is the place where we turn for information on topics large and small. And speaking of small, there’s…
Democratic Candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Didn't Even Have a Wikipedia Page on Monday
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old progressive activist, became the Democratic candidate for New York’s 14th…
America's 'Detention Centers' Added to Wikipedia List of Concentration Camps [Updated]
The United States currently has over 100 concentration camps along the U.S.-Mexico border. The facilities have become…
Wikipedia Had No Idea YouTube Was Going to Use It to Fact-Check Conspiracy Theories
On Tuesday, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced that the company had a new strategy to deal with conspiracy theories…
Lawmaker Says He Didn't Mean to Print the Screenshot With the Open Porn Tabs
When State Representative Ramon A. Perez says he didn’t mean to print a screenshot of a Wikipedia page with open porn…
Someone Is Trying to Scrub Trump's Name From the Wikipedia Page of Lieberman's Law Firm
There’s a Wikipedia edit war going on right now on the page of the law firm of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman.…
China's Shot at Wikipedia Aims to Be a 'Great Wall of Culture'
China and Wikipedia have always had a contentious relationship and it appears that authorities are beginning to realize…
Bots on Wikipedia Wage Edit Wars Between Themselves That Last For Years
Revision wars on Wikipedia amongst human editors is an all-too-common occurrence, but new research from the UK shows…
On Wikipedia, Pokémon Go Is a Bigger Deal Than the Bible
My kids aren’t playing Pokémon Go yet, but the older one had heard enough about it that he started reading up about it.…
Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Got Censored at a Chinese Internet Conference
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is familiar with people putting made-up bullshit online. As I mentioned, he founded…
The Most Influential Universities, According to Wikipedia
There are many ways to judge the quality of a University: the results of its students, the research it produces,…
How a Simple Wikipedia Edit Got a Guy Backstage Gig Passes
In the 21st century, you don’t need a record label connection or sexual favor to get backstage. All you need to know is…
Here Are Some Fun Facts You Might Find on Ben Carson's Wikipedia
After the internet had a chance to hear Ben Carson’s theory about the pyramids, #bencarsonwikipedia has popped up on…
English Wikipedia Just Broke Five Million Articles
After fifteen years of providing 11th-hour copy+paste material for high schoolers, the English-language version of…
This Beautiful Timeline Lets You Explore Wikipedia's World History
This amazing visualization brings together the world’s history from Wikipedia into an interactive timeline stuffed with…
Wikipedia Bans Hundreds of Editors Who Extorted Users for Cash
Wikipedia is no stranger to scandals, but a quiet update on its administrators’ announcement board reveals a big…
Oxford University Press Plagiarized Wikipedia, Now Who the Hell Should I Believe?
It’s not only lazy students and Buzzfeed editors who steal from Wikipedia.
Anti-Science Trolls are Starting Edit Wars on Wikipedia [Updated]
It’s no surprise that people tamper with Wikipedia entries on a regular basis, but it turns out that especially…