A thorough analysis of the biggest breaking news events of 2014, based on how they were covered on Wikipedia. Starts out a little technical, but it’s worth it.

From Weekly Filet #189, in January 2015.

The News on Wikipedia in 2014

Brian C. Keegan

💔 Some older links might be broken — that's the state of the web, sadly. If you find one, ping me.

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The Guardian

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The Pudding

Freefall

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