Scots Wikipedia (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Scots Wikipedia" in English language version.

Last modified: 09:03:27, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

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Global rank English rank

159web.archive.org

1^st place

32slate.com

409^th place

260^th place

31scotsman.com

502^nd place

274^th place

21stats.wikimedia.org

9,939^th place

low place

21inews.co.uk

1,784^th place

903^rd place

21vice.com

247^th place

175^th place

21theguardian.com

16^th place

11^th place

21worldcat.org

4^th place

11qz.com

1,740^th place

1,127^th place

11gizmodo.com

763^rd place

486^th place

gizmodo.com (Global: 763^rd place; English: 486^th place)

Song, Victoria (25 August 2020). "Alleged Teen Brony Has Filled the Scots Wiki With Thousands of Fake Translations [Update: Confirmed Teen, No Longer Brony]". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on 26 August 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2026.

inews.co.uk (Global: 1,784^th place; English: 903^rd place)

McDonald, Karl (26 August 2020). "Scots Wikipedia taken over by American teenager who wrote thousands of 'very odd' articles without learning language". inews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.

qz.com (Global: 1,740^th place; English: 1,127^th place)

Rivero, Nicolás (21 July 2022). "How a Scots Wikipedia scandal highlighted AI's data problem". Quartz. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2026.

scotsman.com (Global: 502^nd place; English: 274^th place)

Horne, Marc (24 February 2008). "Scots finds home on gey muckle website". Scotland on Sunday. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

slate.com (Global: 409^th place; English: 260^th place)

Harrison, Stephen (9 September 2020). "What Happens to Scots Wikipedia Now?". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
Jane C. Hu (5 August 2014). "The Free Enclopaedia That Awbody Can Eedit: Scots Wikipedia Is No Joke". slate.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.

stats.wikimedia.org (Global: 9,939^th place; English: low place)

"Wikipedia Statistics - Tables - Scots". stats.wikimedia.org. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

Brooks, Libby; Hern, Alex (26 August 2020). "Shock an aw: US teenager wrote huge slice of Scots Wikipedia". The Guardian. ISSN 1756-3224. OCLC 60623878. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2023.

vice.com (Global: 247^th place; English: 175^th place)

Ongweso, Edward Jr. (26 August 2020). "Most of Scottish Wikipedia Written By American in Mangled English". VICE. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2026.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"Wikipedia Statistics - Tables - Scots". stats.wikimedia.org. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
"Learnin's jist a wee click awa". Daily Mirror. London, England. 25 February 2008. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2012 – via HighBeam Research.
Horne, Marc (24 February 2008). "Scots finds home on gey muckle website". Scotland on Sunday. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
Jane C. Hu (5 August 2014). "The Free Enclopaedia That Awbody Can Eedit: Scots Wikipedia Is No Joke". slate.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
McDonald, Karl (26 August 2020). "Scots Wikipedia taken over by American teenager who wrote thousands of 'very odd' articles without learning language". inews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
Rivero, Nicolás (21 July 2022). "How a Scots Wikipedia scandal highlighted AI's data problem". Quartz. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
Ongweso, Edward Jr. (26 August 2020). "Most of Scottish Wikipedia Written By American in Mangled English". VICE. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
Song, Victoria (25 August 2020). "Alleged Teen Brony Has Filled the Scots Wiki With Thousands of Fake Translations [Update: Confirmed Teen, No Longer Brony]". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on 26 August 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
Brooks, Libby; Hern, Alex (26 August 2020). "Shock an aw: US teenager wrote huge slice of Scots Wikipedia". The Guardian. ISSN 1756-3224. OCLC 60623878. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2023.

worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)

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Brooks, Libby; Hern, Alex (26 August 2020). "Shock an aw: US teenager wrote huge slice of Scots Wikipedia". The Guardian. ISSN 1756-3224. OCLC 60623878. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2023.

Scots Wikipedia (English Wikipedia)

gizmodo.com (Global: 763rd place; English: 486th place)

inews.co.uk (Global: 1,784th place; English: 903rd place)

qz.com (Global: 1,740th place; English: 1,127th place)

scotsman.com (Global: 502nd place; English: 274th place)

slate.com (Global: 409th place; English: 260th place)

stats.wikimedia.org (Global: 9,939th place; English: low place)

theguardian.com (Global: 16th place; English: 11th place)

vice.com (Global: 247th place; English: 175th place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1st place; English: 1st place)

worldcat.org (Global: 4th place; English: 4th place)