July 28, 2022

How Wikipedia influences judicial behavior

getting a Wikipedia article increased a case’s citations by more than 20%. The increase was statistically significant and the effect was particularly strong for cases that supported the argument the citing judge was making in their decision (but not the converse).

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Context, which is weird in itself

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Remote upgrading Linux 0.93R5 (from 1993) to Debian bullseye.

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Some amusing drama with Glen Greenwald.

Not only didn’t he get invited, he’s a spokesperson for a vendor

It’s an Erik Prince company too.

And then…

And of course, the whole thing is just a rebadged open source app.

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