Wikipedia has seen a spike in people editing pages during the pandemic

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Bored of the pandemic and stuck at home, many of us passed the time editing Wikipedia pages, according to data on the collaborative website’s changes over the past few years.

An analysis of 223 million edits to Wikipedia between 2018 and 2020 shows a 20 per cent increase in the number of changes made to pages on the English-language version between January and September 2020.

Period1 Mar 2022

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  • TitleWikipedia has seen a spike in people editing pages during the pandemic
    Media name/outletNew Scientist
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryAustria
    Date1/03/22
    DescriptionBored of the pandemic and stuck at home, many of us passed the time editing Wikipedia pages, according to data on the collaborative website’s changes over the past few years.

    An analysis of 223 million edits to Wikipedia between 2018 and 2020 shows a 20 per cent increase in the number of changes made to pages on the English-language version between January and September 2020.
    Producer/AuthorChris Stokel-Walker
    URLhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/2269414-wikipedia-has-seen-a-spike-in-people-editing-pages-during-the-pandemic/
    PersonsThorsten Ruprechter