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Wikipedia and Political Science: Addressing Systematic Biases with Student Initiatives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2022

Brooke A. Ackerly
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University, USA
Kristin Michelitch
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University, USA

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Wikipedia and Political Science
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association

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