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Wikipedia Volunteer Uncovers Decade-Long Campaign That Created 335 Articles About One Composer
Wikipedia volunteer Grnrchst uncovered a decade-long campaign that created articles about composer David Woodard in 335 languages. The investigation identified 200 accounts and IP addresses systematically creating Woodard articles across 92 languages between 2017 and 2019, averaging one new article ...
Wikipedia volunteer Grnrchst uncovered a decade-long campaign that created articles about composer David Woodard in 335 languages. Larger Wikipedia communities banned numerous accounts and deleted 80 additional articles. Grnrchst called it "the single largest self-promotion operation in Wikipedia's history."
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