Good idea for a blog post - both in the light of the Russian trolls 'story' and yesterday's coverage of the Grant Shapps report into online suicide prevention (which was in the Independent and others but with a particular Wikipedia angle in the Mail story)...
On 17 January 2018 at 14:45, John Lubbock <[email protected]> wrote: > I am always looking for people to write blogposts. Perhaps a few people > could crowdsource a blogpost about how Wikipedia does quality control, > listing various ways like human peer review, edit filters, bots, etc... > I'm sure some of you will know how this is done better than I do. > > Here - I've started an open Googledoc > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E5EfSV-qoiiA20lWuK_QKhn8qijiUBe5ZNmQCZyKqbk/edit?usp=sharing>. > Anyone is free to contribute. > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > Virus-free. > www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > <#m_-8636929772461878280_m_2002940969239252742_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > John Lubbock > > Communications Coordinator > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 203 372 0767 <+44%2020%203372%200767> > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Office 1, > Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. > > Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The > Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate > Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent > non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility > for its contents.* > > On 17 January 2018 at 13:45, Charles Matthews < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On 17 January 2018 at 13:24 Harry Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Would it be worth Wikimedia UK's while to put out a blog post talking >> about quality control processes (ad-hoc as they are) on Wikipedia? Not so >> much as a direct reply - both because these articles look like they're >> just filling empty column inches, and because we obviously can't prove a >> negative (that "Russian trolls" *aren't* running amok on political >> articles). Rather as a timely reminder of what Wikipedia is about and how >> the 'wisdom of the crowd' makes it quite difficult to grossly distort its >> content. I could say something about what admins do, though there I'm sure >> there are people who spend more time on politicians' biographies than I do. >> >> As you say, proving the negative is out of reach. >> >> I would say, take the lesson of https://en.wikipedia.org/wi >> ki/Poisoning_the_well to heart. Along with straightforward lying, >> selective quotation, guilt by association, and the reporting of rumour as >> truth, there is a lot of it about these days. >> >> I'm glad to see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie has had some >> recent attention, while we're on the topic of propaganda techniques >> everybody should know about. >> >> Charles >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > -- Lucy Crompton-Reid Chief Executive Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 203 372 0762 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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