Wikipedia:Press coverage 2016

Please list coverage about Wikipedia itself here, by month.

There are templates at the bottom of the page (commented out in "Edit source").

• Cf. press list kept on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications_committee/Press_clippings

January

• Bokhari, Allum (4 January 2016). "Wikipedia Can Now Ban You For What You Do On Other Websites". Breitbart. Retrieved 7 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Fay, Brigham (5 January 2016). "MIT Libraries' Phoebe Ayers accepts Erasmus Prize on behalf of Wikipedia". MIT News. Retrieved 7 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Periera, Alyssa (5 January 2016). "These were the 20 most edited Wikipedia pages in 2015". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 7 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Shipton, Martin (7 January 2016). "Photographer plans to sue Wikipedia after judge rules monkey doesn't own the copyright to 'selfie' picture". WalesOnline. Retrieved 7 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Collins, Nathan (7 January 2016). "War and Peace, on Wikipedia". Pacific Standard. Retrieved 7 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Frager, Ray (8 January 2016). "Court rules that monkey whose selfie went viral doesn't own rights to photo". FoxSports.com. Retrieved 9 January 2016. Wikipedia, one of those who put up the photo, argued it didn't have to take down the picture because Slater, having not actually shot the photo, didn't own the rights {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Sawers, Paul (8 January 2016). "Wikipedia, vandalism, and why the media should ignore pranksters". venturebeat.com. Retrieved 9 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• "Wikipedia's 15 years old". Deutsche Welle. 12 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Orlowski, Andrew (12 January 2016). "Wikimedia Foundation bins community-elected trustee". The Register. Retrieved 13 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Biello, Peter (13 January 2016). "Granite Geek: Wikipedia Turns Fifteen!". New Hampshire Puublic Radio. Retrieved 19 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• "Happy Birthday Wikipedia". Business Daily (BBC). 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Fitzsimmons, Michelle (16 January 2016). "Wikipedia is still disrupting after 15 years". TechRadar.
• Steafel, Eleanor (15 January 2016). "Jimmy Wales: I don't regret not monetising Wikipedia". The Telegraph. Retrieved 15 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Saxena, Himanshu (15 January 2016). "Wikipedia turns 15-year-old, gets new source of cash". Times of India. Retrieved 15 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)

• Chris, Wilson (15 January 2016). "Why Wikipedia Is in Trouble". Time. Retrieved 15 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Dredge, Stuart (15 January 2016). "Wikipedia launching $100m fund to secure long-term future as site turns 15". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Lih, Andrew (15 January 2016). "Wikipedia just turned 15 years old. Will it survive 15 more?". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Bazley, Tarek (15 January 2016). "'White and Western' Wikipedia marks 15th birthday". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 15 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Kleinman, Zoe (15 January 2016). "George W Bush tops Wikipedia 15th birthday list". BBC. Retrieved 15 January 2016. George Bush is the most edited Wikipedia entry after 15 years with almost 46,000 edits {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• "George W Bush page most edited on Wikipedia". The Express Pakistan Tribune (AFP story). 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Ars Staff (15 January 2016). "On Wikipedia's 15th birthday, Ars shares the entries that most fascinate us". Ars Technica. Retrieved 15 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Mullin, Joe (15 January 2016). "Bernie Sanders lawyers to Wikipedia: Take down our logo, you're violating DMCA [Updated]". Ars Technica. Retrieved 16 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• "Happy birthday Wikipedia - Wikipedia celebrates its first 15 years". The Economist (Democracy in Amerinca Blog). 15 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Wagstaff, Keith (15 January 2016). "Happy 15th Birthday! Wikipedia By The Numbers". Happy 15th Birthday! Wikipedia By The Numbers. Retrieved 19 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Rothman, Lily (15 January 2016). "Wikipedia at 15: How the Concept of a Wiki Was Invented". Time. Retrieved 19 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Greenemeier, Larry (15 January 2016). "Wikipedia Turns 15 [Q&A]". Scientific American. Retrieved 19 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Weise, Elizabeth (15 January 2016). "Wikipedia turns 15". USA Today. Retrieved 19 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Metz, Cade (15 January 2016). "At 15, Wikipedia Is Finally Finding Its Way to the Truth". Wired. Retrieved 19 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Dostis, Melanie (15 January 2016). "A look at 15 of the creepiest articles on Wikipedia as site turns 15". (NY) Daily News. Retrieved 19 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Griffin, Andrew (15 January 2016). "Wikipedia turns 15: Site hopes to become the 'sum of all human knowledge' as it celebrates anniversary with huge endowment". The Independent. Retrieved 19 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Wales, Jimmy (15 January 2016). "Wikipedia's strength is in collaboration – as we've proved over 15 years". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Kolbe, Andreas (18 January 2016). "It's Wikipedia mythbuster time: 8 of the best on your 15th birthday". The Register. Retrieved 19 January 2016. What Wales doesn't want you to know {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Al-Dosari, Saad (18 January 2016). "Wikipedia becoming a must in today's life". Arab News. Retrieved 19 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Lih, Andrew (19 January 2016). "Can 15-year-old Wikipedia remain the planet's font of all knowledge?". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 22 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Brantley, Max (Jan 23, 2016). "Jason Rapert vs. Wikipedia". Arkansas Times. Retrieved 2016-04-06. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Yun, Jinhyuk (22 January 2016). "Intellectual interchanges in the history of the massive online open-editing encyclopedia, Wikipedia". Physical Review E 93, 012307. Retrieved 25 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Mullin, Joe (25 January 2016). "Wikipedia editors revolt, vote "no confidence" in newest board member". Ars Technica. Retrieved 25 January 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)

February

• Merrill, Jeremy B. (1 February 2016). "On Wikipedia, Donald Trump Reigns and Facts Are Open to Debate". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 February 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Sharkov, Damien (2 February 2016). "Wikipedia Ukraine gains 1,000 new pages in three days". Newsweek. Retrieved 6 February 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Renfro, Kim; Lubin, Gus (4 February 2016). "Wikipedia's longest hoax ever gets busted after more than ten years". Tech Insider. Retrieved 6 February 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Doré, Louis (5 February 2016). "Wikipedia's longest-running fake page has been found after ten years". i100. Retrieved 6 February 2016. Wikipedia editor Calamondin12 has found the longest-running hoax article in the online encyclopaedia's history. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Mohit M., Rao (6 February 2016). "Article retracted after 'overlapping text' from Wikipedia found". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 February 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Grant, Rob (7 February 2016). "Wikipedia's 10 most popular Manchester-related pages revealed". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 8 February 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Evans, Tom (7 February 2016). "Excited Leicester fans think league's in the bag as they edit star's Wikipedia page". Daily Star. Retrieved 8 February 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Williamson, David (9 February 2016). "Millions have seen these historic Welsh images a librarian has helped share on Wikipedia". Wales Online. Retrieved 9 February 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• "Wikipedia blocks Swiss officials over editing". swissinfo.ch. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016. federal staff have edited more than 5,500 articles on Wikipedia since 2003 – 1,500 in the past five years – mostly concerning the Swiss air force, the Swiss intelligence service and asylum issues. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Orlowski, Andrew (12 February 2016). "Reluctant Wikipedia lifts lid on $2.5m internet search engine project". The Register. Retrieved 13 February 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Taking Stock (19 February 2016). "Taking Stock: HMRC turns to Wikipedia in its search for answers". AccountancyAge.com. Retrieved 20 February 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Aloi, Daniel (18 February 2016). "Cornell joins the fray in narrowing gender gap on Wikipedia". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 20 February 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Longoria, Eva (24 February 2016). "Eva Longoria Makes Sewing (And Dramatic Readings of Wikipedia Entries) Look Easy". Glamour. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
• Pesce, Mark (25 February 2016). "Wikidata makes Wikipedia a database. Let the fun begin". The Register. Retrieved 25 February 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Brian, Feldman (25 February 2016). "Wiki Executive Ousted Following Community Outcry". New York Magazine. Retrieved 25 February 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• "Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Resigns Amid a Community Revolt". Motherboard (Vice). 25 February 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Kleinman, Zoe (26 February 2016). "Wikimedia head resigns over 'search engine' row". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 February 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Hern, Alex (26 February 2016). "Head of Wikimedia resigns over search engine plans". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 February 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• McCormick, Rich (26 February 2016). "Wikimedia head resigns after leak exposed search engine plans". The Verge. Retrieved 3 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)

March

• "CA defends use of Wikipedia in decision vs mining firm". rappler.com. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016. The Court of Appeals (CA) defended its use of online sources, particularly Wikipedia, in relation to its ruling on one of the worst mining disasters in the Philippines. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Scott, Patrick (5 March 2016). "Speak highly of these! The most renowned Mancunians ever... based on Wikipedia page translations". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 6 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Hartnell, Laura (7 March 2016). "Why women are missing from history on Wikipedia". ABC News. Retrieved 9 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• "Alliance Virtual Offices Calls for Wikipedia Definition Overhaul". Officing Today. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016. "Why not join us?" he adds. "We've already gotten the Wikipedia page [virtual office] partially re-written (but not public yet), and we're trying our darnedest to be neutral. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Toor, Amar (11 March 2016). "Wikipedia is developing a speech engine for visually impaired users". The Verge. Retrieved 12 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Lavin, Talia (11 March 2016). "A Feminist Edit-a-Thon Seeks to Reshape Wikipedia". The New Yorker. Retrieved 12 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Roof, Katie (13 March 2016). "Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales blasts "deranged" companies editing their own pages". TechCrunch. Retrieved 14 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Chellel, Kit (14 March 2016). "How a Venture Capitalist's Bid to Edit Wikipedia Page Backfired". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
• Smith, Matthew Nitch (15 March 2016). "A PR firm is being sued for 'botching up' an investment fund's Wikipedia page". Business Insider.
• Sanghani, Radhika (14 March 2016). "Student praised for tackling 'sexist Wikipedia' by creating page for female scientist every time she's trolled". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Chirgwin, Richard (14 March 2016). "Wikipedia to build and give away speech synthesis code". The Register. Retrieved 14 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Schofield, Hugh (15 March 2016). "Were investors conned into buying rare manuscripts?". BBC News. Retrieved 15 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• "Female scientist fights harassment with Wikipedia". BBC Trending. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Lafrance, Adrienne (16 March 2016). "Wikipedia and the Momentum of Tiny Edits". The Atlantic. Retrieved 18 March 2016. Several hundred million revisions or contributions don't fall together as a high-quality encyclopedia just by accident. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Glaser, April (17 March 2016). "Is Judge Garland a Liberal? Wikipedia Editors Battle to Save Facts From Politics". Wired. Retrieved 18 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Grunewald, Scott J (March 17, 2016). "What The Heck is Happening Over on the RepRap Project's Wikipedia Page?". 3Dprint.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Redden, Molly (20 March 2016). "Women in science on Wikipedia: will we ever fill the information gap?". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Harrington, John (21 March 2016). "Lansons faces 'joke' £100k lawsuit for alleged 'botched' handling of Wikipedia for client". PR Week. Retrieved 29 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Kiberd, Roisin (March 23, 2016). "The Brutal Edit War Over a 3D Printer's Wikipedia Page". Motherboard. Retrieved 2016-04-06. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Koebler, Jason (23 March 2016). "Angola's Wikipedia Pirates Are Exposing the Problems With Digital Colonialism". motherboard.vice.com. Retrieved 29 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Koebler, Jason (25 March 2016). "Wikipedia Doesn't Realize It's the Developing World's Internet Gatekeeper". motherboard.vice.com. Retrieved 29 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Augur, Hannah (March 29, 2016). "Dramafest: The Great RepRap Wikipedia Editing War of 2016". All3DP. Retrieved 2016-04-06. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Zakreski, Dan (31 March 2016). "Saskatoon police removed 'starlight tours' section from Wikipedia, student says". CBC News. Retrieved 31 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Hamilton, Charles (31 March 2016). "Someone at police headquarters deleted starlight tour reference on Wiki page". The StarPhoenix. Retrieved 31 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Wills, Ashley (31 March 2016). "Update: 'Starlight tours' back on Saskatoon Police Wikipedia page". CKOM. Retrieved 31 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• "Police accused of deleting 'starlight tours' section from Wikipedia page". CTV News. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Havergal, Chris (31 March 2016). "Exam by Wikipedia replaces 'increasingly unappealing' essays". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 2 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Shapshak, Toby (30 March 2016). "African Ingenuity Hacks Free Facebook And Wikipedia Services To Share Videos". Forbes. Retrieved 2 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Wilkerson, Rachel (29 March 2016). "A SURPRISING NUMBER OF WOMEN ARE MISSING FROM WIKIPEDIA, BUT ONE WOMAN IS CHANGING THAT". verilymag.com. Retrieved 2 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)

April

• Ashley, Feinburg (4 April 2016). "Manson Family Murderer Mailed Hand-Written Edits for His Wikipedia Page From Prison". Gawker. Retrieved 5 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Neidig, Harper (5 April 2016). "GOP Senate campaign admits to editing its candidate's Wikipedia". The Hill. Retrieved 6 April 2016. A spokesperson for Rep. David Jolly's Senate campaign has admitted to editing the Florida Republican's Wikipedia page {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Kaczynski, Andrew; McDermott, Nathan (5 April 2016). "Florida Senate Campaign Admits To Scrubbing Candidate's Wikipedia Page". Buzzfeed. Retrieved 6 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Dewey, Caitlin (6 April 2016). "What happens when a convicted murderer edits Wikipedia". The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Eddie, Rachel (12 April 2016). "Meet the 30th Prime Minister of Australia: How this 12-year-old boy (briefly) got the top job using his editing skills". Daily Mail. Retrieved 1 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Aubusson, Kate (13 April 2016). "The 12-year-old boy who briefly became Australia's 30th Prime Minister". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 13 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Fitzsimmons, Francesca (28 April 2016). "Offensive Hillsborough comments added to Wikipedia using council IP address". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

May

• Lafrance, Adrienne (11 May 2016). "The Internet's Favorite Website". The Atlantic. Retrieved 17 May 2016. Wikipedia reaches almost one-third of the total mobile population each month {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Guminski, Sarah (12 May 2016). "What Makes Wikipedia's Volunteer Editors Volunteer?". Scientific American blog. Retrieved 17 May 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Coffee, Patrick (13 May 2016). "Droga5 Would Prefer That Wikipedia Not Mention Its Sydney Office". adweek.com. Retrieved 17 May 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Crawford, Alison (13 May 2016). "Civil servants set Wikipedia straight on sexual positions, hockey". CBC News. Retrieved 28 May 2016. [Canadian] Civil servants are permitted to edit Wikipedia entries on job if pages are 'work related' {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Lyall, Ian (14 May 2016). "Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales on internet firms' tax affairs and his virtual mobile phone company with a social dimension". thisismoney.co.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• "Cameroon. Contest: Write about your encampment on Wikipedia and win up to to 1 million CFA F". lcclc.info. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Bolton, Doug (2016-05-16). "Wikipedia reveals the most-detailed 'featured' articles on the site". Independent. Retrieved 2016-05-22. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Ma, Mike (20 May 2016). "Wikipedia Editors Scrub References To Activist's Bin Laden Praise Following Breitbart Article". Breitbart. Retrieved 28 May 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Häggström, Mikael (24 May 2016). "Why getting medical information from Wikipedia isn't always a bad idea". EconoTimes. Retrieved 28 May 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• "Republican congressman quotes Wikipedia during IRS hearing". The Washington Post. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Thonemann, Peter (25 May 2016). "The all-conquering Wikipedia?". The Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 28 May 2016. Not the least of Wikipedia's wonders is to have done away with the drudgery that used to be synonymous with the writing of reference works. An army of anonymous, tech-savvy people – mostly young, mostly men – have effortlessly assembled and organized a body of knowledge unparalleled in human history. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• McCrum, Kirstie (26 May 2016). "Drones over North Korea are dropping movies, music and Wikipedia on flash drives for 25m people". The Mirror. Retrieved 28 May 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Keating, Katherine (27 May 2016). "Wikipedia's Co-Founder Explains Why We Need a Free Internet". VICE. Retrieved 28 May 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)

June

• Torres, Nicole (2 June 2016). "Why Do So Few Women Edit Wikipedia?". Harvard Business Review. Retrieved 6 September 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Sawers, Paul (8 June 2016). "Craigslist founder Craig Newmark donates $1 million to support Wikipedia". VentureBeat.com. Retrieved 6 September 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Shanley, Nia (10 June 2016). Kevin Liffey (ed.). "Wikipedia warns against French attempt to extend EU privacy law globally". Reuters. Retrieved 6 September 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Friedman, Uri (21 June 2016). "The Lopsided Geography of Wikipedia". The Atlantic. Retrieved 6 September 2016. More Wikipedia edits originate in Hong Kong than in all of Africa combined. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Schlosser, Kurt (24 June 2016). "Seattle-based project to make librarians Wikipedia stars wins $250K in Knight News Challenge". GeekWire. Retrieved 6 September 2016. The Seattle office of the Online Computer Library Center has been awarded $250,000 as one of the winners of the Knight News Challenge on Libraries for a project aimed at making library resources more accessible to Wikipedia editors. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Dewey, Caitlin (27 June 2016). "Editing Wikipedia Entries Is Becoming A Class Assignment In Colleges Across The U.S." Hartford Courant. Retrieved 6 September 2016. In sum, more than 14,000 students have created or edited 35,000 Wikipedia articles as part of a program run by the Wikipedia Education Foundation. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• Nolan, Lucas (30 June 2016). "Wikipedia Removes Orlando shooting from 'Islamist Terror Attack' list". Breitbart. Retrieved 1 July 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
• "The Tenors cut Remigio Pereira, calling the O Canada controversy a betrayal 'to the whole country'". The National Post. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016. On Thursday morning, Pereira was removed from the group's Wikipedia page. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)

July

• Devlin, Peter (10 July 2016). "Social media slams Pauline Hanson's medical marijuana policy for being 'copied from Wikipedia'". Daily Mail. Retrieved 7 September 2016. It appears most of the controversial One Nation party's policy on medicinal cannabis has been copied from Wikipedia, the internet's free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)

• "BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour - What we learnt this week..." July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016. Listeners' asked us to champion a pioneering nurse called Kofoworola Abeni Pratt, as there was very little information on her on the internet. Now there is after one listener created a Wikipedia page for her. Read about Kofoworola Abeni Pratt on Wikipedia here. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)

• French, Megan (July 21, 2016). "Taylor Swift's Wikipedia Page Vandalized After Kim Kardashian, Kanye West Feud: See What the Trolls Did". Us. Retrieved July 21, 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)

• Lopez, Napier (28 July 2016). "Wikipedia is pivoting into news with its redesigned Android app". thenextweb.com. Retrieved 7 September 2016. It's a neat way to make actually exploring Wikipedia more fun and relevant to every day life, rather than just stumbling upon articles you're curious about on your own. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)

• Brinkmann, Martin (29 July 2016). "Wikipedia launches redesigned Android app". ghacks.net. Retrieved 7 September 2016. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)

August

• Scocca, Tom (August 1, 2016). "On Wikipedia, Pokémon Go Is a Bigger Deal Than the Bible". Retrieved August 1, 2016. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)

• McCormick, Rich (17 August 2016). "Wikiverse lets you explore Wikipedia like a human spaceship". The Verge. Retrieved 5 September 2016. It's an abstract reinvention of Wikipedia's knowledge banks, but it's surprisingly useful to couch the site's billions of articles in a more visual form {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)

• Snyder, Bill (August 22, 2016). "For Wikipedia's Army of Volunteer Editors, Content Begets Content". Stanford Business. Retrieved August 25, 2016. Edits to articles act like magnets to attract other editors, and the edits performed by the new editors attract even more edits, and so on. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)

• Paulas, Rick (August 24, 2016). "Can librarians fix Wikipedia's gender gap?". The Week. Retrieved August 25, 2016. If Wikipedia is meant to be "the sum of the world's knowledge," it should be written and edited by a diverse set of voices. The quickest path toward that is the most obvious: finding more women and minority Wikipedia editors. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)

• "Antarctic women scientists put the heat on Wikipedia". University of Queensland. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)

September

• Tan, Monica (1 September 2016). "Introducing 'Noongarpedia' – Australia's first Indigenous Wikipedia". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 September 2016. ...but alongside Google Translate (with 104 languages) it makes Wikipedia one of the most ambitious language projects today. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)

• Moore, Paul (7 September 2016). "PIC: Pablo Escobar's Wikipedia page has a distinctly Limerick feel to it". Joe.IE. Retrieved 7 September 2016.