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Reducing Bias in Wikipedia’s Coverage of Political Scientists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2022

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Wikipedia and Political Science
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 55 , Issue 2 , April 2022 , pp. 439 - 444
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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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