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Anyone with internet access can edit most Wikipedia articles.

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Is it true that anyone with internet access can edit most Wikipedia articles?

Yes. Multiple sources state that Wikipedia can be edited by anyone with Internet access, and that anyone can access and edit most of its articles. One classroom-project essay questions the 'anyone can edit' framing in that specific context.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 7 sources for, 1 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 7
The Anyone-Can-Edit Syndrome: Intercreation Stories of Three Featured Articles on Wikipedia
2014
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Mattus, M. (2014). The Anyone-Can-Edit Syndrome: Intercreation Stories of Three Featured Articles on Wikipedia. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2014-0112

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Can Anyone Edit?
2023
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DuBose, T. (2023). Can Anyone Edit?. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.31719/pjaw.v7i2.144

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References that anyone can edit: review of Wikipedia citations in peer reviewed health science literature
2014
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Bould, M., Hladkowicz, E., Pigford, A. E., Ufholz, L., Postonogova, T., Shin, E., & Boet, S. (2014). References that anyone can edit: review of Wikipedia citations in peer reviewed health science literature. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g1585

Wikipedia:Ten simple rules for editing Wikipedia - Wikipedia
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Wikipedia:Ten simple rules for editing Wikipedia - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ten_simple_rules_for_editing_Wikipedia

Categorization of Wikipedia Articles and Formation of Collective Knowledge via the Massive History of an Open-editing Encyclopedia
2016
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Categorization of Wikipedia Articles and Formation of Collective Knowledge via the Massive History of an Open-editing Encyclopedia. (2016). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3938/phit.25.006

Intellectual interchanges in the history of the massive online open-editing encyclopedia, Wikipedia
2015
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Yun, J., Lee, S. H., & Jeong, H. (2015). Intellectual interchanges in the history of the massive online open-editing encyclopedia, Wikipedia. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/arxiv-1510.06092

Intellectual interchanges in the history of the massive online open-editing encyclopedia, Wikipedia
2016
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Intellectual interchanges in the history of the massive online open-editing encyclopedia, Wikipedia. (2016). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.93.012307

The need to contribute to Wikipedia. The improbability of an African Wikipedian
2017
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Pensa, I. (2017). The need to contribute to Wikipedia. The improbability of an African Wikipedian. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7515032

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