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By Doug Gross, CNNJuly 24, 2013 -- Updated 1518 GMT (2318 HKT) | Filed under: Webif (typeof cnnArticleGallery=="undefined"){var cnnArticleGallery={};if(typeof cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList=="undefined"){cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList=[];}}var expGalleryPT00=new ArticleExpandableGallery();expGalleryPT00.setImageCount(11);expGalleryPT00.setAdsRefreshCount(3);//cnn_adbptrackpgalimg("The 10 most controversial Wikipedia pages", 1);.cnn_html_slideshow_metadata > .cnn_html_media_utility::before{color:red;content:'>>';font-size:9px;line-height:12px;padding-right:1px}.cnnstrylccimg640{margin:0 27px 14px 0}.captionText{filter:alpha(opacity=100);opacity:1}.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:visited,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:link,.captionText a,.captionText a:visited,.captiontext a:link{color:#004276;outline:medium none}.cnnVerticalGalleryPhoto{margin:0 auto;padding-right:68px;width:270px}
Oxford University researchers took a look at Wikipedia's most controversial pages, studying which ones saw the most instances where an editor changed something, then someone changed it back to its previous form. Here are their top 10.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":true,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":1,"title":"The 10 most controversial Wikipedia pages"}The polarizing 43rd U.S. president topped the list. The busiest period of editing was in the days before Bush's 2004 re-election. It got so bad that Wikipedia froze Bush's page, as well as that of Democratic rival John Kerry.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"1. George W. Bush"}Chaos on a page about anarchism? Who would have thought? Many changes on the page about the political philosophy -- which opposes the control of official government states -- add or clean up loaded language.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"2. Anarchism"}
The polarizing 43rd U.S. president topped the list. The busiest period of editing was in the days before Bush's 2004 re-election. It got so bad that Wikipedia froze Bush's page, as well as that of Democratic rival John Kerry.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"1. George W. Bush"}
Chaos on a page about anarchism? Who would have thought? Many changes on the page about the political philosophy -- which opposes the control of official government states -- add or clean up loaded language.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"2. Anarchism"}
The prophet of Islam (CNN's style is "Mohammed") is no doubt targeted in some cases because of anti-Islamic sentiments. But a big number of the changes on the page come because of disputes about the dates of significant events in his life.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":"3. Muhammad"}No, we didn't see a pro wrestling page making the list either. But with an ever-changing roster and the titles, descriptions and even names of its performers constantly changing, it makes sense that it would be among the site's most frequently tweaked pages.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"4. List of WWE personnel"}Mainstream science is pretty much in lockstep over the reality of climate change. But a handful of vocal dissenters, and the political nature of the global-warming debate, keep its page in flux.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":6,"title":"5. Global warming"}Circumcision has become a controversial medical procedure in some circles. Some Wiki editors have been removing positive information about it, while others delete negative reports.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"6. Circumcision"}Hey, it's a big country. On its expansive page -- which includes sections on history, population, government, demographics and more -- there are a lot of moving parts, as well as lots of things to disagree over.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":8,"title":"7. The United States"}There's the obvious controversy that comes from most religious discussions here, as well as frequent tweaking of terminology, abbreviations and other details.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":9,"title":"8. Jesus"}It's pretty well documented that there are systemic differences on IQ tests among various racial and ethnic groups. And yes, there are opposing views among Wikipedia editors about the role genetic factors play in those differences.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":10,"title":"9. Race and intelligence"}Again, almost any religion produces strong differing views. On this page, it's usually references to the fine points of Christian doctrine that are tweaked, and retweaked, and tweaked again.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":11,"title":"10. Christianity"}HIDE CAPTIONThe 10 most controversial Wikipedia pages1. George W. Bush2. Anarchism3. Muhammad4. List of WWE personnel5. Global warming6. Circumcision7. The United States8. Jesus9. Race and intelligence10. Christianity<<<
No, we didn't see a pro wrestling page making the list either. But with an ever-changing roster and the titles, descriptions and even names of its performers constantly changing, it makes sense that it would be among the site's most frequently tweaked pages.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"4. List of WWE personnel"}
Mainstream science is pretty much in lockstep over the reality of climate change. But a handful of vocal dissenters, and the political nature of the global-warming debate, keep its page in flux.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":6,"title":"5. Global warming"}
Circumcision has become a controversial medical procedure in some circles. Some Wiki editors have been removing positive information about it, while others delete negative reports.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"6. Circumcision"}
Hey, it's a big country. On its expansive page -- which includes sections on history, population, government, demographics and more -- there are a lot of moving parts, as well as lots of things to disagree over.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":8,"title":"7. The United States"}
There's the obvious controversy that comes from most religious discussions here, as well as frequent tweaking of terminology, abbreviations and other details.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":9,"title":"8. Jesus"}
It's pretty well documented that there are systemic differences on IQ tests among various racial and ethnic groups. And yes, there are opposing views among Wikipedia editors about the role genetic factors play in those differences.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":10,"title":"9. Race and intelligence"}
Again, almost any religion produces strong differing views. On this page, it's usually references to the fine points of Christian doctrine that are tweaked, and retweaked, and tweaked again.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":11,"title":"10. Christianity"}HIDE CAPTIONThe 10 most controversial Wikipedia pages1. George W. Bush2. Anarchism3. Muhammad4. List of WWE personnel5. Global warming6. Circumcision7. The United States8. Jesus9. Race and intelligence10. Christianity<<<
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The two topics dominated a list of the most controversial pages on the crowdsourced Web encyclopedia.Topping the English-language version of the list? Former President George W. Bush.To determine the most controversial pages, researchers from Oxford University looked at their number of "reverts" -- instances in which an editor changes something on a page, only to have someone else come along and change it back to the previous wording.var currExpandable="expand15";if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);}var mObj={};mObj.type='video';mObj.contentId='';mObj.source='business/2012/12/05/qmb-wikipedia-jimmy-wales-intv.cnn';mObj.videoSource='CNN';mObj.videoSourceUrl='http://business.blogs.cnn.com/category/quest-means-business/';mObj.lgImage="C:\Program Files\Auto Blog Samurai\data\CNN\Technology\121205075234-qmb-wikipedia-jimmy-wales-intv-00022712-story-body.jpg";mObj.lgImageX=300;mObj.lgImageY=169;mObj.origImageX="214";mObj.origImageY="120";mObj.contentType='video';CNN.expElements.expand15Store=mObj;
Wikipedia asks for your cashAlongside Bush, the political philosophy of anarchism made the list. So did global warming and the United States -- two topics that, while not exclusively political, certainly have political elements.As for religion, Mohammed, Jesus and Christianity were all among the top 10.Circumcision and "race and intelligence," both with obvious controversy attached, made the list, alongside a possibly more surprising page: a list of professional wrestlers on the roster of World Wrestling Entertainment.The authors of the study, which will be part of an upcoming book, said that on a site as expansive and ambitious as Wikipedia, disagreements are bound to happen."While the common aim in the collaboration is clear, unavoidably differences in opinions and views occur, leading to controversies," they wrote. "Clearly, there is a positive role of the conflicts: if they can be resolved in a consensus, the resulting product will better reflect the state of the art than without fighting them out."However, there are examples, where no hope for a consensus seems in sight -- then the struggle strongly limits efficiency."The guiding principle behind Wikipedia, which launched in 2001, is cooperation. The thinking is that with a team of volunteer editors spanning the globe, rough edges will eventually be smoothed out and good information will triumph over falsehoods and misinterpretations.With more than 470 million unique visitors monthly, Wikipedia is one of the most-visited sites on the Web. It's written and edited collaboratively by Internet volunteers, most of them anonymous. According to its own pages, the site has more than 77,000 active contributors working on more than 22 million articles in 285 languages.By default, any change that an editor makes on the site is published immediately, subject to cleaning up by editors who come afterward.But disagreements, even among well-meaning editors, are bound to happen and, over the years, Wikipedia has adopted rules to deal with them.On the English-language version, only registered users may create new articles. And certain controversial pages get "protection" -- either full protection, which means they can only be edited by administrators, or semi-protection, under which they can only be edited by logged-in users whose accounts have been verified.When pages become home to "edit wars," as the entries for Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry did during the 2004 election, they may be given temporary protection by administrators.On the English-language version of the site, sweeping issues such as religion dominated the most-disputed list. But the study's authors noted that with most other languages, more local or regional topics prevailed."The English Wikipedia, in particular, occupies a unique role," they wrote. "The language's status as a 'lingua franca' (a widely used working language) means that English Wikipedia ends up being edited by a broad community beyond simply (those) that have the language as a mother tongue."In German, the page on Croatia was the most controversial, with Adolf Hitler, Scientology and Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner making the top 10. Socialist politician Segolene Royal topped the French list (followed, curiously, by UFOs) and "Gypsy crime" topped the Hungarian list.In an interesting look at cultural interests, five of the 10 most disputed pages in Spanish were those of soccer teams -- Club America, Athletic Bilbao, Newell's Old Boys, FC Barcelona and Alianza Lima.0Comments »SHARE THISPrintEmailMore sharingRedditStumbleUponDelicious/* push in config for this share instance */cnn_shareconfig.push({"id" : "cnn_sharebar2","url" : "http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/24/tech/web/controversial-wikipedia-pages/index.html","title" : "Wiki wars: The 10 most controversial Wikipedia pages"});var OB_permalink='http://edition.cnn.com'+location.pathname;var OB_langJS='http://widgets.outbrain.com/lang_en.js';var OB_widgetId='AR_1';var OB_Template="cnnedition";if (typeof(OB_Script)!='undefined'){OutbrainStart();}else{var OB_Script=true;var str="cnnad_createAd("730968","http://ads.cnn.com/html.ng/site=cnn_international&cnn_intl_pagetype=mmst&cnn_intl_position=607x95_adlinks&cnn_intl_rollup=technology&page.allowcompete=no¶ms.styles=fs","95","607");cnnad_registerSpace(730968,607,95);cnnad_createAd("834503","http://ads.cnn.com/html.ng/site=cnn_international&cnn_intl_pagetype=mmst&cnn_intl_position=336x850_rgt&cnn_intl_rollup=technology&page.allowcompete=no¶ms.styles=fs","850","336");cnnad_registerSpace(834503,336,850);
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A woman uses her smartphone as crossing street in Washington, DC, on May 9, 2012. We've become annoying, rude and antisocial with our phones and tabletsSet ground rules when friends begin filming; anything can go viralSticking to your smartphone screen keeps you from having creative a ha! momentsIt almost goes without saying: No texting while drunk Editor's note: Brenna Ehrlich and Andrea Bartz are the sarcastic brains behind humor blog and book "Stuff Hipsters Hate." Got a question about etiquette in the digital world? Contact them at netiquette@cnn.com.
Why did the chicken cross the road? Because it flew out of an overturned truck in Oregon this month!A truck carrying more than 5,000 chickens crashed in Salem, OregonPETA tried to erect a memorial statue for the chickensOregon Department of Transportation denied the statueAlso? A chicken foot in your pack of breastsEditor's note: Each week in "Apparently This Matters," CNN's Jarrett Bellini applies his warped sensibilities to trending topics in social media and random items of interest on the Web.
"Apparently This Matters" Is Jarrett Bellini's weekly (and somewhat random) look at social-media trends.Was there a big crash? Yes. Was there negligence involved? Possibly. Did hundreds of live animals on a roadway have to be rounded up by humans. Abso-freakin-lutely!It was gold.But just when the Salem truck story seemed to go away -- as oddball stories eventually do -- it magically came roaring back. All thanks to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).In response to the crash, the organization proposed a 5½-foot-tall, 250-pound statue of a giant bloody chicken on crutches, memorializing the hundreds that perished in the crash. PETA hoped it could stand at the intersection near where the accident happened to alert livestock truckers to be extra careful and to remind motorists that "chickens are among the most abused animals on the planet."PETA spokeswoman Shakira Croce added that "the best way to prevent crashes like this is to go vegan so that chickens don't have to make the trip to the slaughterhouse in the first place."Personally, I love the idea. Mind you, not because of my politics -- when it comes to such matters, I have no opinion. But I do love absurd landmarks. And every city needs something delightfully wackadoo.Like a big chicken.Oddly enough, we actually have a big chicken right here in Atlanta's northern suburb of Marietta. We call it ... the Big Chicken.The huge structure stands 56 feet high, rising into the air from a KFC. So, in a sense, it, too, is a monument to dead chickens. Dead chickens coated with 11 herbs and spices.
Metro Atlantans are really proud of Marietta's famous Big Chicken. It's pretty amazing.The best part about Marietta's Big Chicken is that people actually use it as a directional landmark."Make a left at the Big Chicken. Go one block up. And you'll find me on the sidewalk. I'll be the one not wearing pants."So it's helpful. And I've actually seen it used in serious news stories. This is a real excerpt from a 2009 article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:"A Marietta police officer involved in a two-car accident Saturday afternoon is fine, according to police officials. The incident occurred around 3:25 p.m. at Cobb Parkway and Roswell Road in front of the Big Chicken."Naturally, if you didn't know about the landmark, reading this would blow your mind."That must've been one crazy-ass chicken."Unfortunately, PETA's Bloody Chicken of Salem statue was officially shot down this week by the Oregon Department of Transportation. Kevin Hottman, a city traffic engineer, noted that it's a congested area and the statue "would be a distraction and possibly a hazard."So, now, chickens in Salem will just have to live in constant fear of another roadside tragedy while they're on their way to get slaughtered.And speaking of chicken slaughter, there was another story that started trending this week. It was about an Arizona woman who found a chicken foot in a package of breast meat from Safeway.
Chicken foot mixed in with breasts - in other countries, this counts as a bonus.The disgusted shopper tweeted, "Hey, @Safeway, does this look like 'chicken breast' to you? I'm vomiting."Despite the Internet chastising the woman for overreacting, Safeway nevertheless confirmed that the chicken foot was real and issued a statement saying, "While the part does not pose a health risk, we are investigating how it became packaged in with our product."And then the ghost of the chicken issued its own statement:"I'm incredibly sorry that my severed foot somehow ended up in the same package as my severed breast. I know that must've been unsettling. PS: My head is in a landfill."Yep. It's been a rough month for chickens.Follow Jarrett Bellini on Twitter./* push in config for this share instance */cnn_shareconfig.push({"id" : "cnn_sharebar2","url" : "http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/26/tech/social-media/apparently-this-matters-rough-month-for-chickens/index.html","title" : "Apparently This Matters: A rough month for chickens"});
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