November 12th, 2014
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Zoom futurejournalismproject: “ Finding Stories in Wikipedia Edit Wars Journalists from Metro News Canada have launched a prototype to track edits in Wikipedia. Called WikiWash, the tool lets you see who’s editing articles, observe the frequency of those...

futurejournalismproject:

Finding Stories in Wikipedia Edit Wars

Journalists from Metro News Canada have launched a prototype to track edits in Wikipedia. Called WikiWash, the tool lets you see who’s editing articles, observe the frequency of those edits and how often those editors edit across the site.

Why might you use it? Via WikiWash:

The Beta version of WikiWash is a proof-of-concept prototype that allows journalists, citizens and activists to uncover spin and bias on Wikipedia by tracking page edits in real time. The platform aims to make political and corporate spin on Wikipedia more visible, and to promote transparency through crowdsourcing.

Nerd Notes: WikiWash was created with Node.js, Express.js, Socket.io and Angular.js, and is an open source project. It’s available on GitHub here.

Alternatives: If you want to hear what Wikipedia sounds like, check L2W. Yes, you read that sentence right. For even more on what people are doing with Wikipedia API’s, check our Wikipedia Tag.

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