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As I reflect on my internship journey, it's amazing to see how far I've come, and how much there is to be thankful for. So without much further ado, here is my final wrap-up blog post on my Outreachy internship with the Wikimedia Foundation ...
Mar 15, 2021
My internship with Outreachy has now reached the halfway point. Since starting on the project, I've been learning a lot about the Wikipedia ecosystem, and how it pertains to the goals of the project. The theme for this week's Outreachy chat was 'Modifying Expectations', which is a theme I found ...
Jan 26, 2021
Is Wikipedia reliable? It’s an age-old question that most of us have probably encountered, and has also been the subject of some tongue-in-cheek references. Since 2001, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, has grown to become the world’s largest reference website, due largely in part to the collaborative nature of the project...
Jan 15, 2021
I’m closing in on the first month of my Outreachy internship with Wikimedia. My project is on creating Machine Learning datasets to measure content reliability. The Wikipedia ecosystem includes template pages, which could be interpreted as tags that add recurring messages to a page that might serve as a “warning” for the page. Some examples ...
Dec 22, 2020
Hi, I’m Kay Wong. I’m an Outreachy’21 intern from Malaysia under the Wikimedia project, where I’ll be working on creating Machine Learning datasets to measure content reliability on Wikipedia. For my first blog post, I wanted to introduce myself and share a bit about my core values, and how that led to me applying for the Outreachy internships program ...
Dec 02, 2020