What happens if you map every geotagged Wikipedia article - and then analyse it for language use? A team of Oxford University researchers has found out What kind of global project is Wikipedia really?

When an unregistered user edits an article in Wikipedia, since the IP address of the personal computer is confirmed and recorded, the geographical position of the unregistered user is displayed on the ...

Wikipedia is a compendium of information, assembled by thousands of volunteers worldwide. But who is actually writing these articles? Are people from the United States writing about the United States?

Above, you see two maps of Russia as supplied by Wikipedia. "It is not in Wikipedia's charter to recognize the existence of nations." The one on the left was downloaded Tuesday at 6:31 p.m. EST, ...

First thing you should know about the Internet: Trust nothing said on the Internet. Well, almost nothing. While we consider Wikipedia to be a fairly reliable source, there is still the possibility of ...

Are Wikipedia contributors running out of topics to write about? Recently, much has been made of the fact that the growth in the number of new Wikipedia articles has been gradually slowing and the ...

Who are these people who edit Wikipedia, and where do they come from? The answer to this question matters: It was these editors who decided, for instance, to remove women from the “American novelists” ...