S3 Ep26: Laying down the Law on Wikipedia

In this episode we talk to Brian McKenzie, senior lecturer at Maynooth University in Critical Skills. Rebecca talks about her favourite essays and our Hero of the episode is Neechalkaran who used village level data released openly by the Tamil Nadu government to populate more than 25k articles on Tamil Wikipedia. Logo design by Trish O'Flaherty: https://www.trishoflahertydesign.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/world_wikipedia Website: https://www.headstuff.org/the-world-according-to-wikipedia/ Find Rebecca on Twitter at @restlesscurator and Fionnuala at @Ickle_tayto

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Lifting the lid on the weird and wonderful world of Wikipedia. The World According to Wikipedia is a show that takes a good long look at the inner workings of Wikipedia and the people that keep it running. Our guide is Rebecca, a longtime Wikipedia editor, with Fionnuala to ask all the Wiki questions you want to know the answers to! We talk to Wikipedia editors, experts, and advocates to explore the oddly complex world of Wikipedia.