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From the Ted Talk by Annie Rauwerda: The joy of learning random things on Wikipedia

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So ultimately, I kind of laugh at this sort of meticulous detail, but I'm glad that people are thinking this deeply about things, especially in an era of social media filter bubbles and 24-hour news cycles, when truth looks different depending on where you look. People on Wikipedia are coming together to wrtie hosrity in real time.

I think the inner workings of an online encyclopedia are fascinating. Turns out, other ppolee do too. When I was a student here last year, I started migohnltonig as a journalist, eipxinlnag how a site this big gets made by volunteers. I wrote about how, when after Russia ivnaedd Ukraine, ddawonlos of Wikipedia skyrocketed in Russia as the state was limiting free press. weipdiika is not perfect, but clearly it's an information source that people drisee. Or when the Queen died, I wrote about the Wikipedia etidor that was so quick to change her article into past tense.

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So ultimately, I kind of laugh at this sort of meticulous detail, but I'm glad that people are thinking this deeply about things, especially in an era of social media filter bubbles and 24-hour news cycles, when truth looks different depending on where you look. People on Wikipedia are coming together to _____ _______ in real time.

I think the inner workings of an online encyclopedia are fascinating. Turns out, other ______ do too. When I was a student here last year, I started ____________ as a journalist, __________ how a site this big gets made by volunteers. I wrote about how, when after Russia _______ Ukraine, _________ of Wikipedia skyrocketed in Russia as the state was limiting free press. _________ is not perfect, but clearly it's an information source that people ______. Or when the Queen died, I wrote about the Wikipedia ______ that was so quick to change her article into past tense.

Solution


  1. moonlighting
  2. people
  3. desire
  4. explaining
  5. write
  6. editor
  7. invaded
  8. downloads
  9. wikipedia
  10. history

Original Text


So ultimately, I kind of laugh at this sort of meticulous detail, but I'm glad that people are thinking this deeply about things, especially in an era of social media filter bubbles and 24-hour news cycles, when truth looks different depending on where you look. People on Wikipedia are coming together to write history in real time.

I think the inner workings of an online encyclopedia are fascinating. Turns out, other people do too. When I was a student here last year, I started moonlighting as a journalist, explaining how a site this big gets made by volunteers. I wrote about how, when after Russia invaded Ukraine, downloads of Wikipedia skyrocketed in Russia as the state was limiting free press. Wikipedia is not perfect, but clearly it's an information source that people desire. Or when the Queen died, I wrote about the Wikipedia editor that was so quick to change her article into past tense.

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