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After 25 years, Wikipedia has proved that news doesn’t need to look like news

After 25 years, Wikipedia has proved that news doesn’t need to look like news

It's not a news site. But there's a lot to learn from how Wikipedia constructs shared knowledge about what’s happening in the world.
Nieman Lab
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BossDj
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BossDj
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I use Wikipedia all the time as a news source, especially on topics mainstream gets bored of. Mostly ongoing trial stuff that takes months and months to get updates.

It's also great if you want background on a topic referenced in the news because it's like an archive of every event that lead up to the point

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5ubieee
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5ubieee
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Same, it's been one of the only easily accessible tools to combat the 24hr news cycle for me. There's so many ongoing major events that have gotten difficult to find up-to-date reporting on thru search engines (probably because of SEO)
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