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Wikipedia is an incredible free resource and the quintessential example of the power of crowdsourcing. And yet, it can't help but suffer from the same biases as society at large. Because of the digital divide, black people (and people of color more broadly) lack the same reliable access to the Internet as white people. Meanwhile, black employees make up a tiny fraction of the tech sector's workforce. The result is a lack of black Wikipedia editors and a lack of articles relating to important aspects of black history.
"There is a gap that exists when it comes to people of color on Wikipedia, both as subjects of articles and as contributors," says Maira Liriano, the associate chief librarian at the Schomburg Center, the New York Public Library's center for research in black culture.
As part of its programming during black history month, the Schomburg Center is hosting a Wikipedia edit-a-thon where Schomburg staff will train participants on how to properly edit Wikipedia and then set them loose on the free encyclopedia to create and improve articles relating to black history.
"Black life matters, and one way you can demonstrate that is by having a really strong presence in Wikipedia and having a voice," Liriano says. "It's a two-fold endeavor: having the entries there to inform people as well as giving people the skills to edit so that as time goes on people of color have those skills to contribute to Wikipedia."
Unfortunately, that strong presence isn't there right now. The gap in entries related to black people gets worse when you look beyond the U.S. to the rest of the globe, she says.
To its credit, Wikipedia has long been aware of this issue. A page on Wikipedia itself is devoted to the issue, noting that Wikipedia is "inhibited by systemic bias that perpetuates a bias against underrepresented cultures and topics. The systemic bias is created by the shared social and cultural characteristics of most editors, and it results in an imbalanced coverage of topics on Wikipedia."
"The omission of black people and black history makes it seem like it's not important," says Liriano. "Wikipedia is the go-to place for information, especially for young people who were born in the digital age. It's what they seek out. So even if they do a Google search and there is information about somebody or something online, they look for Wikipedia. The existence of an entry on Wikipedia gives it weight. It's kind of like 'Oh, it's on Wikipedia? Then it's important.' "
Liriano idenitified several articles that she hopes will be added to or improved in Wikipedia.
Roi Ottley was a journalist and author born in New York in Harlem in 1906. He was a journalist for the Chicago Tribune during World War II and is considered the first African-American war correspondent for a major news outlet. He's also said to be the first African-American to interview the Pope. A book he wrote in the '40s, called New World A-Coming, was very popular. "There is information about him on the web, but there's nothing about him in Wikipedia," says Liriano.
The National Black Theatre in Harlem has no Wikipedia entry. "That's one topic that I really hope somebody works on, given that they're still around and have a huge cultural significance not just for Harlem but really for the whole U.S," says Liriano.
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Federal correctional workers who have been using government computers to make Wikipedia edits may face disciplinary measures for posting offensive and inappropriate comments on the site, an agency spokesperson says.
The edits range from homophobic remarksto commentary about Correctional Service Canadas own institution to apparent inside jokes between employees.In some instances, names of current correctional officers were also posted on the online encyclopedia.
CSC employees are expected to act according to the highest legal and ethical standards, spokeswoman Veronique Rioux said in an email. The content (the Citizen) highlighted is indeed offensive and inappropriate. CSC is examining this matter and disciplinary measures will be taken as appropriate.
In January 2014, someone using the CSC network wrote that Fenbrook Institution in Gravenhurst, Ont. now amalgamated with Beaver Creek Institution, a medium and minimum security prison operates quite differently than other institutions by allowing protective custody inmates to operate as if they were Free Men, allowing them to shop, cook and court as if they were in Canadian Society.
The editor cited Facebook as the reference.
The edit goes on to say: While the Correctional Service of Canada does not have an official position or statement, Fenbrook is known to house the largest concentration of Homosexual Inmates in the entire Ontario Region.
In 2010, someone using the CSC network changed the Canadian Official Languages Act to the Quebec Nazi Act, and a paragraph was added saying the law gives French Canadians preferential treatment in government job contests in Ontario.
A 2011 Wikipedia edit referred to porn star Peter North as a big queer. Another edit claimed poker playerVanessa Rousso was a lesbian.
CSC declined an interview request, but thanked the Citizen for bringing the edits to the agencys attention.
The comments made by these individuals are their own and do not represent the values or opinions of the Correctional Service of Canada in any way, Rioux said.
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