Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2018-10-01/In the media

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Mental Floss [https://mentalfloss.com/article/556959/wikipedia-digitally-preserving-items-destroyed-brazil-national-museum-fire reported] this month on Wikipedia's effort to "digitally preserve" some of the priceless items destroyed in the recent National Museum of Brazil fire. The effort began with [https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/1037066123869483008 a tweet] by the Wikipedia Twitter account encouraging people to do this.

{{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Quote|There were over 20 million objects inside the #MuseuNacional. Did you take a photo of any of them? Help us preserve the memories of as many as we can and add them to @wikicommons. Here's how to do it from your desktop:

1. Visit [https://commons.wikimedia.org commons.wikimedia.org]
2. In the left sidebar, click "upload file" (just under "participate"). Create an account if needed.
3. Select photos to donate, and click "continue."
4. Select "This file is my own work", and hit "next".
5. Choose a title, describe what the photo shows, and add the category "Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro". (That Commons category is right here: [Category:Museu Nacional])
6. Click "next", and you're done!

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Hundreds of files have already been uploaded and the collection can be browsed here. The article also encouraged people to upload more images and add descriptions to existing ones. — P

:Read more about the effort to preserve the contents of the National Museum of Brazil at this month's Wikimedia blog report.

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Members of, and goings on in, the United States Congress were heavily in the media this month, particularly over the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Orrin Hatch, Mike Lee, and Lindsey Graham had personal information posted on their Wikipedia pages. Also during the hearing, the page Devil's Triangle (disambiguation) was anonymously edited to add "a popular drinking game enjoyed by friends of judge Brett Kavanaugh." Both edits appeared to come from the Capitol.

• {{Cite news|last=May|first=Ashley|date=28 September 2018|title=Devil's Triangle Wikipedia page changes definition during Kavanaugh hearing|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/09/28/devils-triangle-wikipedia-page-changes-during-kavanaugh-hearing/1453087002/|url-status=live|department=News (Politics)|work=USA Today|publisher=Gannett Company|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929202547/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/09/28/devils-triangle-wikipedia-page-changes-during-kavanaugh-hearing/1453087002/|archive-date=29 September 2018|access-date=29 September 2018}}
• {{Cite news|last=Nelson|first=Steven|date=28 September 2018|title=Sheldon Whitehouse on Kavanaugh: 'I don't believe a devil's triangle is a drinking game'|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/sheldon-whitehouse-on-kavanaugh-i-dont-believe-a-devils-triangle-is-a-drinking-game|url-status=live|department=News (White House)|work=The Washington Examiner|publisher=MediaDC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929203349/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/sheldon-whitehouse-on-kavanaugh-i-dont-believe-a-devils-triangle-is-a-drinking-game|archive-date=29 September 2018|access-date=29 September 2018}}
• {{Cite news|last=Papenfuss|first=Mary|date=28 September 2018|title=Judiciary Committee Members Doxxed During Kavanaugh Testimony|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/judiciary-committee-members-doxxed-during-kavanaugh-testimony_us_5badb651e4b0b4d308d195f4|url-status=live|department=Politics|work=HuffPost|publisher=Oath Inc.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929204342/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/judiciary-committee-members-doxxed-during-kavanaugh-testimony_us_5badb651e4b0b4d308d195f4|archive-date=29 September 2018|access-date=29 September 2018}}
• {{Cite news|last=Burr|first=Thomas|date=27 September 2018|title=Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee are victims of online 'doxing' as Wikipedia posts home addresses and phone numbers|url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/09/27/sens-orrin-hatch-mike-lee/|url-status=live|department=News (Politics)|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|location=Washington|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929204609/https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/09/27/sens-orrin-hatch-mike-lee/|archive-date=29 September 2018|access-date=29 September 2018}}
• {{Cite news|last=Thebault|first=Reis|date=28 September 2018|title=Fight over Kavanaugh nomination finds its oddest front yet: Wikipedia pages|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/28/fight-over-kavanaugh-nomination-finds-its-oddest-front-yet-wikipedia-pages/|url-status=live|department=Politics|work=The Washington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929205359/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/28/fight-over-kavanaugh-nomination-finds-its-oddest-front-yet-wikipedia-pages/|archive-date=29 September 2018|access-date=29 September 2018}}
• {{Cite news|last=Rodriguez|first=Jesus|date=27 September 2018|title=Judiciary Republicans' personal information published during Kavanaugh hearing|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/27/kavanaugh-hearing-republicans-doxed-850279|url-status=live|department=Congress|work=Politico|publisher=Capitol News Company|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929205616/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/27/kavanaugh-hearing-republicans-doxed-850279|archive-date=29 September 2018|access-date=29 September 2018}}

See further coverage [https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqSQgKIkNDQklTTERvSmMzUnZjbmt0TXpZd1NoOGFIV1JSWjNFNFZXWmZhVnBtYUd0M1RUVm1YemswVVRneE5sZE1MWGxOS0FBUAE?q=wikipedia&lr=English&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjl2-b4iuDdAhVKJKwKHTXgCA0QqgIILTAB here] and [https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqSQgKIkNDQklTTERvSmMzUnZjbmt0TXpZd1NoOGFIV1F5U0hOb2EzQnZXbGxXYjBOTFRVaEdOVWhJWTA5U1UwZElVVTFOS0FBUAE?q=wikipedia&lr=English&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiS4aWdjuDdAhVDaq0KHUi4AGwQqgIIMjAC here]. — E

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• Battleground Mentality: "[https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2018/08/wikipedia-has-resisted-information-warfare-could-it-fight-proper-attack Wikipedia has resisted information warfare, but could it fight off a proper attack?]", in the New Statesman
• Noting a Non-Notary: "[http://wmalumnimagazine.com/2018/fall/feature/how-the-most-prolific-wikipedia-editor-is-expanding-what-we-know-about-the-world/ The Wikiman]" about English Wikipedia's most prolific editor, {{u|Ser Amantio di Nicolao}}, in William and Mary Alumni Magazine
• The Right to !Vote: [https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12127869 Wikipedia focuses world's attention on New Zealand suffragette Kate Sheppard], in The New Zealand Herald
• 0.0007% of one whole Bezos: Amazon donated US$1 million to the Wikimedia Foundation. The Foundation said in a statement that "[b]y donating to the Wikimedia Endowment, Amazon shows an understanding of the need to invest in the long-term success of Wikipedia", in [https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-just-donated-1-million-to-wikipedia-2018-9 Business Insider] and others.
• Artistic License: The Tate has begun using Wikipedia entries to provide information on artists in their collection. The museum said that they do "not have the resources to create biographies for every individual" and Wikipedia provides "the most up to date and reliable biography possible within the constraints of our resources", in [https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/tate-uses-wikipedia-entries-on-artists-for-its-website The Art Newspaper].

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