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Dayramir Gonzalez faced threats if he didn’t pay up for edits to his Wikipedia page. Now, his scammer and 380 other blackhat editors have been banned for blackmail.

In an excerpt from his new book, The Innovators, Walter Isaacson recounts the improbable story of the online encyclopedia that has proven its detractors wrong time and again.

The Daily Beast picks the best journalism from around the web this week. By David Sessions.

Journalist Michael Moynihan was inspired to start a newspaper in Prague—or so his Wikipedia entry states. Never mind that he’s never been there. He investigates the perils of trusting the online encyclopedia when you’re a nobody.

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Despite its reputation for openness, the online encyclopedia has long been ruled by a tight clique of aggressive editors who drive out amateurs and newcomers.