WikiTribune WikiTribune WikiTribune (stylized as WikiTRIBUNE) is a news website where volunteers write and curate articles about widely publicised news by proofreading, fact-checking, suggesting possible changes, and adding sources from other, usually long established outlets. Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, announced the site in April 2017 as a for-profit site, not affiliated with Wikipedia or its support organisation, the Wikimedia Foundation. Until October 2018, WikiTribune employed journalists with established backgrounds in the profession who researched, syndicated, and reported news. Initial crowdfunding for the site was completed in May 2017. In August 2017, Peter Bale was named as the first editor of
Mirsky's Worst of the Web Mirsky's Worst of the Web Mirsky's Worst of the Web (WOTW) was a website devoted to showcasing what David Mirsky, a former "Harvard Lampoon" writer, considered "the worst web sites ever". WOTW was the first well-trafficked site to feature "bad" web sites for entertainment purposes. His commentary was short on constructive criticism and long on insulting the web site layout, content and graphics, and sometimes the web designers themselves. WOTW was created by Mirsky in January 1995, in response to sites such as Glenn Davis's "Cool Site of the Day". The format was simple: three days a week, Mirsky would