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American businessman Elon Musk has offered Wikipedia a billion dollars if they change their name to Dickipedia. The billionaire wrote about this on his Twitter page. Later, journalist Ed Krassenstein called on the organization to change its name. Do it! You can always change it back after you raise the funds,” wrote Krassenstein. “At least […]
During 2022, the total number of views on Ukrainian Wikipedia increased significantly compared to the previous year. This is reported by the blog of the editors of the Ukrainian Wikipedia. Thus, in 2022, Ukrainian Wikipedia recorded 1,060 million page views, which is 19% higher than in 2021 (891 million). Absolute annual growth is 169 million […]
In July 2022, the article about the city of Odesa in the English-language Wikipedia was renamed from “Odessa” to “Odesa” – now the name of the article is based on the Ukrainian transliteration of the city. The article about Odessa in the English Wikipedia was started 20 years ago, in June 2002, but for a […]
The Russian information regulator accused the encyclopedia of “information attacks”. Roskomnadzor has filed claims against the Russian-language version of Wikipedia. Russia is demanding the removal of articles about the full-scale war in Ukraine and the atrocities of the Russian military. This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense […]
The administration of the Russian-language section of Wikipedia received a second message from Roskomnadzor about the need to block the article “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine”. This is required by the prosecutor general’s Office of the occupiers. The warning from Roskomnadzor clarifies that the article distributes “unreliable socially significant information that is distributed under the guise […]