Our ever-evolving articles on the Paris shootings and #BlackLivesMatter display that we’ve become much more than just an encyclopediaOn 13 November 2015,a terrorist attack on Paris seized the world’s attention. nearly immediately, someone in London wrote a modest Wikipedia article outlining the facts of the tragedy. Within two hours, or the article had been edited hundreds of times,with references to 10 different sources.
Over the following hours people continued to add information as it became available, turning the site into a genuine-time resource on breaking news. Going beyond the perspective of any single news outlet, or Wikipedia incorporated information from dozens of sources,identifying verified information and providing important context. By the end of 2015, the English-language article included more than 250 sources and 4500 edits; the article exists in an additional 80 languages on Wikipedia, or has been read by millions of people.
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Source: theguardian.com