One Portrait's Adventure on World Wikipedia
You might remember that a member of the World Wikipedia project, Filipe Russo rewrote the Portuguese page for Penn & Teller. It is beautiful, but we had a horrible time trying to find a picture of...
View ArticleWe got your Wiki Back Jerry Andrus - Arabic العربية
I'm amazed at the talent I have on this team. Out of the blue tonight, Nicola Mazbar posts "Done" in the Arabic team page. I look and there is this beautiful page all translated and ready for the...
View ArticleWe got your Wiki Back Jerry Andrus - Russian
Following on the heels of Nicola Mazbar's Arabic translation of Jerry Andrus this week, we have another first in the World Wikipedia project.Editor Svetlana Bavykina has created the Jerry Andrus page...
View ArticleIndre Viskontas - We Got Your Wiki Back!
In September 2012 I lectured at the San Francisco, Reason 4 Reason "Skeptical Speaker Series". This group is set apart from most other skeptic groups because it encourages becoming active in the...
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Paul Kurtz - We Got Your Wiki Back!
Assume good faith. Assume good faith. Assume good faith. Assume good faith.My mantra for today. Wikipedia editors believe to keep the project civil we should always assume that the other editors...
View ArticleRed vs Blue ~ The Hyperlink Argument
One of my World editors, Luis wondered if it was best to leave a page with red text (linked to empty pages) or link it to another Wikipedia page in another language. He asked this question on a...
View ArticleCarol Tavris - Photo Preference
Here is a quick true story.I had just finished reading Carol Tavris's book "Mistakes Were Made but Not by me" and wanted to know more about her. So I went to Wikipedia and noticed that her page didn't...
View ArticleThe Humanist Manifesto Project
This baby is all Lei Pinter's. Humanist Manifesto Category Page.A couple months ago Lei came up with the idea to start a category called the Humanist Manifesto. We got one volenteer, Terry from the...
View ArticleHappy Halloween - The Bell Witch Page
Fresh off the plane, Ben Radford wrote to me about his visit to the Bell Witch house in Adams, Tenn. Apparently he had visited the house while attending CSIcon in Nashville, and wondered what the...
View ArticleThe Conspiracy of Wikipedia
Received a tweet from my friend and fellow "skeptical activist" Bob Blaskiewicz. If you don't already know Bob, you should, he is on my "people to watch" list along with a short list of other names....
View ArticleHurricane Sandy - Wikipedia - Global Climate Change
Thank you Tim Farley for bringing this article to my attention this morning. BTW Tim, I love your blog Skeptical Software Tools. I receive it right in my inbox and know I'm going to learn something...
View ArticleWe Got Your Wiki Back - Jerry Andrus en Español
The World Wikipedia project is still moving along as planned. Joining Arabic, English, French, Portuguese and Russian is a brand new Spanish page. Thank you Linda Mazarredo and the Español team for...
View ArticleWorld Wikipedia - 4 months later
World Wikipedia has been busy. We are on month four of the formation of this group and moving forward. Here are a few updates. Luis Garcia Castro created the Spanish version of SkeptiCamp's page....
View ArticleWanted: Photos for Wikipedia
As regular readers of this blog already know, we can not use just any ole' photograph on Wikipedia. Each image must be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons with all the correct licensing. The easiest is to...
View ArticlePower Balance on Wikipedia
I've written about my experiences editing the Power Balance Wikipedia page and how important it is to get the message out to people who need to hear it. Nothing has changed, Power Balance is still one...
View ArticlePenny4NASA & Neil deGrasse Tyson
Thanks to editor Nathan Miller, the Neil deGrasse Tyson Wikipedia page now has two paragraphs mentioning the Penny4NASA project. I know you're all wondering, how much of an impact can that have? If...
View ArticleMormonism on Wikipedia
Mormonism is a topic that I have discussed here before. I suggested that pages about the LDS are well-written but with little criticism. I also stated that I think they are carefully monitored by the...
View ArticleThe Burzynski Clinic on Wikipedia
Regular readers of this blog will remember my mentioning Bob Blaskiewicz as a person to watch in our community. He is one of the very few people out there doing the real work to combat pseudoscience....
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We keep on turning them out - Updates in the world of Guerrilla Skepticism on...
A lot has been completed by the Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia team in the last couple months. Here are the updates.PortugueseErich von Däniken received a re-write by editor Luís Pratas. Erich...
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Homeopathy - An open letter to Jimmy Wales
One of the Guerrilla Skepticism editors (Vera) turned me on to this awesome article about homeopathy. The author is Jimmy Wales. In case you don't know, Jimmy Wales is the founder of Wikipedia....
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