Omer Benjakob (February 9, 2020). “On Wikipedia, a fight is raging over coronavirus disinformation”. Wired (magazine). Retrieved February 9, 2020. While a short and generic Wikipedia page on “coronavirus” had existed since 2013, the article about the “2019–20 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak” was created on January 5, 2020. Four days later, a new article was spun off from it, dedicated solely to the “Novel coronavirus” – officially known as 2019-nCoV. Yet another was created in February to detail the symptoms of the respiratory disease caused by the virus.
Noam Cohen (15 February 2020). “How Wikipedia Prevents the Spread of Coronavirus Misinformation”. Wired. Retrieved 15 February 2020. His point, and it’s really indisputable, is that this mammoth online project has developed a personality, a purpose, a soul. Now, as the new coronavirus outbreak plays out across its many pages, we can see that Wikipedia has also developed a conscience.
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