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Why do these volunteers dedicate so much time to updating pages? Its fairly simple, really. If you make small insightful edits, its possible that if youre on ahighly trafficked article, your work is going to be read by aton of people, says Rauwerda. Plus, we all like the buzz of being the first to do something, dont we? Its just like chipping into the Twitter discourse with afresh, spicy take.

But on Wikipedia you tend to be anonymous, which makes the pursuit of editing its pages amore noble trade. You dont get glory. You dont get recognition beyond asmall community of media editors, says Rauwerda. You certainly dont get money. But there are alot of very smart, selfless people that spend alot of time writing history in real time.

One of these is Steven Pruitt, the most prolific (English language) Wikipedia editor of them all. Pruitt goes under the username Ser Amantio di Nicolao, which is borrowed from aminor character in Giacomo Puccinis opera Gianni Schicchi. Hes made over five million edits to Wikipedia and created well over 30,000 articles, so youve almost certainly read his work at some point. Given how prolific his edits are, hes also dipped across afew categories of wiki editor during the roughly twenty years in which hes been avolunteer. Atrue Jack of all WikiFauna, in aReddit AMA, Pruitt himself said, Wikipedias afree community it wouldnt feel right asking for money to edit. Its ahobby. One that has taken over my life abit, but ahobby nonetheless.

And yes, anyone can edit Wikipedia thats why were told not to rely on it too much for university assignments or whatever. But the people doing so are generally diligent and accurate, updating and creating pages out of the kindness of their hearts. Without them, youd still be quietly seething after not being able to prove you were right about whatever sparked your last pub debate. Wikipedia, what awonderful world.

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Wikipedia has changed the status of Taiwan as a country to "partially-recognised" on October 1, China's National Day. The edit on the article was reversed later that day though.

On Saturday morning, Wikipedia user "Genabab" changed Taiwan's status from country to "partially-recognised country" claiming that "Other countries such as West Sahara or Kosovo have similar formal recognition to Taiwan yet are identified as partially recognised states in their articles."

The anonymous editor then concluded that "I see no valid reason to not also include the status of a partially recognised country to Taiwan.

Nearly seven hours later, user "Helen Montecchio" undid Genabab's edits and wrote "F*** off wumao." The term "wumao" is used to describe China's legions of internet commentators recruited to spread disinformation on social media.

However, user "Slatersteven" restored Genab's edits within a few minutes, calling on Montecchio to make her case on the talk page, where editors can discuss changes to the article.

Nearly two hours later, user "LVTW2" restored the original reference to Taiwan as a country and wrote that before a consensus can be reached through talk, "the previous longstanding version stands still, no change is permitted before any consensus is reached."

Over the years, the Wikipedia entry for Taiwan has frequently been a target of vandalism by Chinese nationalists seeking to demote Taiwan's status as a sovereign, independent country.

In a request for comments (RFC) page created to debate the proper status of Taiwan in its Wikipedia entry, editors in May 2020 fiercely debated the merits of referring to Taiwan as a "state" or a "country."

After a month of heated back and forth, the RFC was closed for discussion on May 24, 2020 and a vote was cast. In a summary of the exchange posted on June 4, a numeric majority was reached with 33 editors voting in favor of "country," 10 opting for "state," and five others choosing a variant of "state."

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Elon Musk has gotten into a Twitter tussle with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the tech billionaire floated a divisive proposal to end Russia's invasion.The Tesla CEO, soon facing a court fight over his attempt to abandon a $44 billion offer to buy Twitter, argued in a tweet Monday that to reach peace Russia should be allowed to keep the Crimea Peninsula that it seized in 2014. He also said Ukraine should adopt a neutral status, dropping a bid to join NATO following Russia's partial mobilization of reservists.

Musk also crossed red lines for Ukraine and its supporters by suggesting that four regions Russia is moving to annex following Kremlin-orchestrated "referendums" denounced by the West as a sham should hold repeat votes organized by the United Nations.

Musk noted Crimea was part of Russia until it was given to Ukraine under the Soviet Union in 1950s and said that a drawn-out war will likely not end in a resounding Ukrainian victory.

These positions are anathema for Zelenskyy, who considers them pro-Kremlin. The Ukrainian leader has pledged to recover all the terrain conquered in the war and considers Crimea as Ukraine's to reclaim as well.

Musk also launched a Twitter poll asking whether "the will of the people" should decide if seized regions remain part of Ukraine or become part of Russia.

In a sarcastic response, Zelenskyy posted a Twitter poll of his own asking "which Elon Musk do you like more?": "One who supports Ukraine" or "One who supports Russia."Musk replied to Zelenskyy that "I still very much support Ukraine, but am convinced that massive escalation of the war will cause great harm to Ukraine and possibly the world."Andrij Melnyk, the outgoing Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, responded to Musk's original tweet with an obscenity.

"Russia is doing partial mobilization. They go to full war mobilization if Crimea is at risk. Death on both sides will be devastating," Musk wrote in another tweet. "Russia has (over) 3 times population of Ukraine, so victory for Ukraine is unlikely in total war. If you care about the people of Ukraine, seek peace."

The Kremlin itself chimed in, praising Musk for his proposal but warning that Russia will not backtrack on its move to absorb the Ukrainian regions.

"It's very positive that such a person as Elon Musk is trying to look for a peaceful settlement," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday. But, "as for the referendums, people have voiced their opinion and there could be nothing else."

Ukraine and the West have said that the hastily organized votes in four occupied regions were clearly rigged to serve Putin's purpose to try to cement his loosening grip on Ukrainian terrain.

Musk's ideas seemed to get little support on Twitter, including from Russian chess great and anti-Putin political activist Garry Kasparov, who bashed the plan."This is moral idiocy, repetition of Kremlin propaganda, a betrayal of Ukrainian courage and sacrifice, and puts a few minutes browsing Crimea on Wikipedia over the current horrific reality of Putin's bloody war," Kasparov tweeted.

In the first weeks of the invasion in early March, Musk came to Ukraine's aid when his SpaceX company shared its Starlink satellite system that helps deliver internet access to areas that lack coverage. At the time, Zelenskyy thanked Musk for the equipment that he said would help maintain communications in cities under attack.

However, in April, Musk said that as a "free speech absolutist" Starlink would not block Russian state media outlets that spread propaganda and misinformation on the war in Ukraine.

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