US EditionThe Academic Community Failed Wikipedia for 25 Years — Now It Might Fail Us
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Born on January 15, 2001, in Italy she arrived a few months later (ANSA)
Today, the platform has to fight more strongly than already with incorrect and biased contributions. It is welcome that Wikipedia deals with this transparently. However, users should be aware: When dealing with Wikipedia, just as much caution is required as with all other information on the web.
A shrinking army of volunteers is facing major problems – for example with hallucinated sources. Wikipedia is becoming increasingly important as a knowledge base. The world's largest encyclopedia has to ask serious questions for its 25th birthday.
Wikipedia celebrates 25 years of existence - but political attacks, lack of donations, lack of authors and competition from AI platforms challenge the online lexicon.
The academic community failed Wikipedia for 25 years — now it might fail us
Artificial-intelligence systems are feeding on Wikipedia without giving back, and academic indifference is threatening the survival of what is arguably the most widely used reference work on the planet. Artificial-intelligence systems are feeding on Wikipedia without giving back, and academic indifference is threatening the survival of what is arguably the most widely used reference work on the planet.
Wikipedia first went online on January 15, 2001. The founders, Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, originally aimed to complement Nupedia, an online encyclopedia planned by specialist authors, with an open, collaborative project. While Nupedia made little progress and was discontinued in 2003, Wikipedia quickly became one of the most widely used information resources on the internet. […Source] Source
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