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....
View ArticleJuly-August updates
Hello everyone, what a busy summer it was for GSoW. Many of our team members were away from the project but we still managed to get a lot done as you are about to see. For those of you not familiar...
View ArticlePlait, 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...
View ArticleA pair of facts beats a full house of myths - RIP Fred Green
It is with a very heavy heart that I need to share with you all the loss of one of my GSoW editors. I do not know the circumstances of his death, and how he died is not important to this story. Fred...
View ArticleGSoW on the Move - Sept-Oct 2014 updates
Many great things have happened in the last couple months, lots of work getting done as you will see below in a few minutes. Make sure you check the before and after's on each of these rewrites, you...
View ArticleYear End GSoW updates (Nov-Dec, 2014)
What an amazing year! Really we have been busy. I look back on the last few blog updates and see some incredible work by our GSoW team. We are really making a difference and continuing to grow. The...
View ArticleShort tutorial on how to use Cat-A-Lot on Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia Commons is the media database of the Wikimedia projects. It is structures using categories, I've blogged about how categories work on 'Commons before. Yesterday Leon asked me if I knew a tool...
View ArticleJan - Feb 2015 Starting the Year off right!
The year seems to be starting off right. GSoW has launched a new group focus, this time it is all things concerning vaccines. We have decided to focus on this topic because of the recent alarming...
View ArticleThe March - April GSoW Updates
Thinking of joining GSoW? Want to know more about training? Check out our YouTube channel. We have interviews with our editors as well as short videos from past Skepticality podcasts. Most of your...
View ArticleMay and June GSoW Updates - News and Information
The GSoW Vaccine project has really helped focus attention on all the people and projects from the scientific skepticism world, I know I've learned a lot. We still have a month more and more surprises...
View ArticleThe GSoW Vaccination Project - Feb - July 2015
From time to time GSoW likes to unite the entire team to focus on one subject. For 6 months we focused on all things concerning vaccinations. It took us a couple months to find our feet and actually...
View ArticleGSoW TAM13 Workshop flyer for editing class.
This is the worksheet I handed out at the "Learn to edit like a GSoW editor and change the world Mwahahahaahhaha! workshop.It is possible that the directions will make little sense without context. If...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleHappy 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...
View ArticleJuly 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...
View ArticleEgg 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...
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