Wikipedia to protect its main 2020 election page with expanded measures, like stopping new editors from making edits, that it has used to stop COVID-19 misinfo
The encyclopedia is determined to emerge from the insanity of a pandemic and a polarizing election with its information and reputation intact. Tweets: @krmaher , @raju , @backchnnl , @mr_dudders , @arielbogle , @dpfunke , @oliverdarcy , @wired , @digiphile , and @ethanz Tweets: Katherine Maher / @krmaher : What's @Wikipedia's US election day disinfo plan? Our usual winning combination of lightning-quick brilliant editors and extraordinarily specific pedantry. It works for us! And most importantly, for you. https://www.wired.com/... Raju Narisetti / @raju : Same game-plan but even better: dedicated, fast and careful @Wikipedia editors. A good place to rabbit-hole your anxieties on #3Nov2020 (and between now and then) https://www.wired.com/...? via @wired Backchannel / @backchnnl : The encyclopedia is determined to emerge from the insanity of a pandemic and a polarizing election with its information and reputation intact. https://www.wired.com/... Andy Dudfield / @mr_dudders : “Moving slowly has been a Wikipedia super-power. By boringly adhering to rules of fairness and sourcing, and often slowly deliberating over knotty questions of accuracy and fairness, the resource has become less interesting to those bent on campaigns of misinformation” <- cool. https://twitter.com/... Ariel Bogle / @arielbogle : Still can't believe that Wikipedia *works* to the extent that it does. Doesn't get as much attention as the social platforms, but still just as much a 2020 election misinformation battleground. https://www.wired.com/... Daniel Funke / @dpfunke : “Per Wednesday's change, anyone editing the article about November's election must have had a registered account for more than 30 days and already made 500 edits across the site.” https://www.wired.com/... Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy : “The challenge for Wikipedia in 2020 is to maintain its status as one of the last objective places on the internet, and emerge from the insanity of a pandemic and a polarizing election without being twisted into yet another tool for misinformation.” https://www.wired.com/... @wired : In its early days Wikipedia was mocked as the untrustworthy encyclopedia anyone can edit. Now, its now revered as the rare, comprehensive resource that largely escapes being bogged down by crackpot theories or partisan hackery. https://www.wired.com/... Alex Howard / @digiphile : Move slowly, & confirm things: “By boringly adhering to rules of fairness and sourcing, & often slowly deliberating over knotty questions of accuracy & fairness, [@wikipedia] has become less interesting to those bent on campaigns of misinformation with immediate payoffs.” https://twitter.com/... Ethan Zuckerman / @ethanz : The media platform I suspect is least likely to bungle election coverage is the one run by volunteers, crowdsourcing, community governance and radical transparency. https://twitter.com/...