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• The Bizarre Side of Wikipedia and Why We Love It

  Have you ever popped over to Wikipedia to quickly check on something and, hours later, found yourself among dozens of open browser tabs ranging from “Flora of Madagascar” to “Busta Rhymes Island”? We’ll bet you have. But did you know that Wikipedia has its own ever-expanding list of the most outlandish, confusing, and comical articles? It’s one of the internet’s most enticing rabbit holes – and here are a few reasons why.

  15.11.2024

• Wikipedia Is Not an Ivory Tower: ITMO Graduate On Working For The ‘Net’s Greatest Encyclopedia

  Anna Biryukova graduated from ITMO’s Science Communication Master’s program in 2018. She now works at the Polytechnic Museum in Moscow and is one of the co-founders of slovo.media, a digital agency, where she curates media projects, develops communication strategies and does research for Wikipedia. Read on to find out more about Anna’s path to science communication, the challenges she encounters in her work, and the reasons why you should learn to use Wikipedia. 

  15.01.2020