Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Wikipedia wars are harming politically charged science


Politically controversial scientific topics like global warming and evolution are being ransacked on Wikipedia, leading to "egregious errors" that must be monitored. This was the finding of the first investigation into Wikipedia science edits of its kind, published in PLOS One, which recommends editors have their reputations quantified and highlighted on these 'controversial' pages.

 

By: Liat Clark,

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