Ken Feder - Sara Mayhew and More Updates
So many updates to the Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia project. In case you missed it, here were the updates a couple weeks ago. The Portuguese team is really working hard with several new...
View ArticleHistory of Scientific Skepticism through Pictures
Friend of the blog, Robert Sheaffer has been gracious enough to begin the tiring process of scanning old photos taken back when the world was only in Black and White (At least this is what I thought...
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Plait, Gardner, Tyson, Kurtz, Andrus and so much more
For those of you just joining us, Welcome. This is an update of all the new releases from the Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia project. To learn more about what this project is please read this, its...
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How to categorize people on Wikimedia Commons
Hi, I'm Vera and I've been helping Susan and the rest of the group out in getting around on Wikimedia Commons, the media database the Wikipedia projects relies upon. I've written here before about how...
View ArticleIgwe - Prothero - Maher - MMAF - McCollum
So what do all these have in common? They have a new face on Wikipedia. Vashti McCollum Not sure how this slipped off my radar but somehow this page re-write by Lei Pinter from last year never got...
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How to Work with Disambiguation Pages and Redirects
Greetings all! My name is Nathan, and I have the good fortune to be guest-posting today about Disambiguation and Redirect pages on Wikipedia.Disambiguation Pages, Redirects, and Keeping it...
View ArticleGSoW Rocks the Internet with Major Updates
Before I begin... we have breaking news. Amanda Berry has been found! This is the same Amanda Berry that Sylvia Browne said was dead and "in water" back in 2004 when Berry's mother appeared on the...
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Happy 2nd Birthday GSoW! (and updates)
How very exciting, we are turning TWO! After the video read on for the latest updates. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efU-2yw0U58&feature=youtube_gdata...
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July Updates - Scott - Gorski - Tyson - Radford and MORE
WoW July is only halfway done and we have so much to talk about. Lots going on with the GSoW team. So in no special order lets get started.The beauty of having a world team like GSoW is that we...
View ArticleLeah Remini - Scientology and Wikipedia Stats
I've long maintained that Wikipedia stats are the purest way of judging popularity. Nothing interferes. Wikipedia pages are just Wikipedia pages, no advertisements, no followers, no one is tweeting or...
View ArticleNew GSoW Forum - Species - Tyson - Krauss - Scott - Cochrane
The GSoW team is now officially moving from the cramped quarters of Facebook to a spacious custom designed forum. This will really open up our teams to be able to train, mentor and move from language...
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Egg Balancing and more (lots more)
Just so you know, all the conspiracy theories about GSoW you have been reading the last few months are true. We are a bunch of mean skeptics that are doing everything we can to make sure every...
View ArticleGSoW Year End
I haven't done this before but thought before this becomes an overwhelming task I would release a list of articles GSoW has either rewritten or created from scratch. Even though it has only been 2 and...
View ArticleJerry Andrus Revisited
Back in May 2012 I asked the skeptical community to join me and write one Wikipedia page in every language as a training exercise for my newly formed World Wikipedia project. The page I selected was...
View ArticleVoice Intro Project - WikiMedia Commons
Ever so often you come across something that just makes you feel wonderful no matter how bad your day might have been. This project is right up there with playing with a kitten or puppy, maybe better....
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Jan & Feb 2014 - We've been Busy!
I think you will find that GSoW has had a couple really busy months. We have completed more tasks in the last two months than we did in the 6 busiest months of 2013. I am glowing with pride as I write...
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QED, Starry Nights Full of Space-Editing... and T-shirts!
QEDconThis past week, our own Susan Gerbic appeared at QEDcon in Manchester, England! Susan has spearheaded multiple projects, not the least is our Wikipedia user group, and she shared ideas for...
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Sunglasses Needed: March - April GSoW updates!
GSoW continues to shine through 2014. We have been so busy with training and updates I almost forgot that there is a world outside GSoW that enjoys reading about all the changes we are making. Look at...
View ArticleWhy we have a private forum. A response to Rebecca O'Neill
Yesterday, I was brought to the attention of an article titled Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia project – A discussion by Rebecca O'Neill from the Dublin Skeptics and host of The Skeprechauns podcast....
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Happy Third Birthday GSoW!
Life is good.Here is a birthday video courtesy of our Portuguese team leader Nix Dorf. Make sure you continue reading after with the most recent May and June page improvements. Thank you all for your...
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