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Unit 1: Digital Footprints & Trends
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Wikipedia Analysis:
Content vs. Metadata

Explore Wikipedia data to understand the difference between what people say and how they behave.

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Reflection Pause: Who Writes History?

For thousands of years, knowledge was controlled by those with power: priests, scribes, scholars, kings. They decided what stories got told and whose voices mattered.

Wikipedia promised something revolutionary: anyone can edit. Knowledge would be democratic, not controlled by gatekeepers.

Questions to Consider:

  • If anyone can edit Wikipedia, why do edit wars happen? Whose version wins?
  • When two people have different versions of the truth, how does Wikipedia decide which one to keep?
  • Is "neutral point of view" actually neutral, or just the perspective of whoever has more time to argue?
The promise of democratized knowledge is beautiful. But does "anyone can edit" mean "everyone has equal voice"?

🎮 Wikipedia Wars (1/5)

Is this an edit war or normal editing?

🎮 Wikipedia Wars (2/5)

Is this an edit war or normal editing?

🎮 Wikipedia Wars (3/5)

Is this an edit war or normal editing?

🎮 Wikipedia Wars (4/5)

Is this an edit war or normal editing?

🎮 Wikipedia Wars (5/5)

Is this an edit war or normal editing?

🎮 Pageview Detective (1/3)

Which Wikipedia page got MORE views?

🎮 Pageview Detective (2/3)

Which Wikipedia page got MORE views?

🎮 Pageview Detective (3/3)

Which Wikipedia page got MORE views?

🏗️ Context Engineering

Analyze Wikipedia edit patterns using multi-agent orchestration.

📋 Analysis Context

🤖 Select AI Agents

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Analyst

Analyzes patterns

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Coder

Writes analysis code

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Validator

Tests accuracy

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Critic

Questions assumptions

🎯 The Three Questions

Validate your understanding

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Reflection Pause: Whose Stories Get Told?

Wikipedia has 6.8 million English articles. But representation is deeply unequal:

  • Only 19% of biographies are about women
  • Most articles are about Western figures and topics
  • Editors are 90% male, mostly from North America and Europe

Questions to Consider:

  • If Wikipedia is "the sum of all human knowledge," whose knowledge is being summed?
  • Who has the time and privilege to spend hours editing Wikipedia for free?
  • When history is written by those with the most free time, whose stories get erased?
Wikipedia is "open to anyone," but openness doesn't guarantee equality.

Optional reflection: Search for a person or topic important to YOUR community. Is there a Wikipedia page? Is it detailed or sparse? Who wrote it?
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Lesson Complete!

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You've learned about Wikipedia edit wars, pageviews, and the politics of knowledge.