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From Wikimania 2016 • Esino Lario, Italy

What is Wikipedia's role in breaking news?

  • Title: What is Wikipedia's role in breaking news?
  • Proposed by: Joe Sutherland (foxj)
  • Description: As Wikipedia grows larger and covers more and more topics, increasingly its coverage of breaking news events has become more comprehensive and, in many cases, outpaces mainstream media. We'll discuss the consequences of these developments, and what this means for Wikipedia as an encyclopedia based on verification but which allows for real-time editing.
  • Purpose: To discuss how verifiability of information conflicts with real-time updating of information in breaking news situations, and to take a closer look at some case studies of recent events.
  • Targeted participants: Those interested in the media and breaking news coverage, and how it is handled through the eyes of an encyclopedia.
  • Preparatory readings or materials:

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