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“Deep Interest in Eccentric Topics”: Will Hopkins ’11 and the World of Wikipedia Editing

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Will Hopkins

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