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In 2010, Gerbic founded "Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia" (GSoW), [10] a group of editors who create and edit Wikipedia articles that reflect scientific skepticism. [ 7 ] [ 11 ] The New York Times Magazine reported in February 2019, in an interview with Gerbic, that GSoW had 144 editors who had worked on nearly 900 Wikipedia pages.
Susan Gerbic, the founder of Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia which has the mission of improving the skeptical content of Wikipedia. [26] Ben Goldacre, physician, journalist. Author of the "Bad Science" column in The Guardian (UK newspaper). [27] David Gorski, surgical oncologist. A.k.a. Orac of Respectful Insolence.
Leader of the Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia project (GSoW) Let's get this party started! Shameran81 (talk · contribs) alt health, religions, medicine, and more. Shibbolethink (talk · contribs) PhD Student in Virology and Immunology, interested in alternative medicine, creationism, and the pathology of conspiracy theories.
WikiProject Skepticism is a WikiProject dedicated to creating, improving, and monitoring articles related to Scientific skepticism (British English spelling: scepticism), also known as rational skepticism or skeptical inquiry. The focus includes articles about claims which are contrary to the current body of scientific evidence, or which ...
I love this idea of creating new pages for Newspapers and repairing existing ones. I run the Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia project (GSoW) we have found that editing Wikipedia is a daunting task for new people. I have a team of editors that function off Wikipedia itself in order to make training and mentoring more "friendly" to new people.
Reed Esau received the James Randi Award for Skepticism in the Public Interest at TAM 2012 for his work inventing SkeptiCamp. At TAM 2013, the award winner was Susan Gerbic for her work with crowd-sourced activism, specifically her work as the leader of the Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia (GSoW) project. The award reads:
The Free Thought / De Vrije Gedachte (DVG) 1856 Netherlands: Focuses on atheism/secular humanism. [4] Edinburgh Skeptics Society (EdSkeptics) 2009 United Kingdom: European Council of Skeptical Organisations (ECSO) 1994 Europe: A European umbrella organization, based in Roßdorf, Germany.
This is a list of notable magazines that promote or practice scientific skepticism. [1] [2] Magazine Language Founded Publisher ... Free Inquiry [1] English: 1980 ...