Wikipedia News
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Wikipedia has had a problem with people putting misleading or false edits on pages for some time. They have now changed the rules so that editors must disclose whether they are being paid.
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Eleven large public relations firms have agreed to clean up the way they interact with Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia. Some of the companies have been involved in editing pages to favor their clients via pseudonymous accounts.
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Radical innovation carries great risks and potentially great rewards. If your current plans and policies are not working then think about doing the opposite.
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Wikipedia editors have identified hundreds of user accounts set up to make paid-for entries. This violates the aims and objectives of the online encyclopedia.
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Sydney -
The upgraded version of Amazon Kindle paperwhite is designed to eliminate a few of the legacy e-reader problems like battery life and other nuisances. This thing is apparently a lot more potentially useful than you might think at first glance.
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Founder Jimmy Wales announced that Wikipedia would be introducing security measures to protect site visitors, starting from August 21. This comes as the Guardian revealed that the NSA was also monitoring users who accessed web pages for referencing.
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The description on Edward Snowden's Wikipedia page was edited by an anonymous source within the US Senate to read "American traitor" instead of "American dissident."
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‘Wikipedia’ is one of the most popular and indeed one of the most trusted sites on the Internet, but just how trustworthy is it, in particular, how much information does it exclude?
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It appears there are many things Wikipedia editors can't agree on, Jesus, George W. Bush and the Prophet Muhammad among them.
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Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, the online, free encyclopedia announced on December 27 that it had raised a record $25 million in record time during its 2012 fundraiser.
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London -
British Members of Parliament are being told: if you need to edit your Wikipedia entry, better to do it at home rather than be caught in the act.
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Salt Lake City -
The old fashion term paper is being replaced by an Internet sensation in one University of Utah classroom, where students can write articles for Wikipedia in lieu of a term paper for class credit.
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The Wikipedia page of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, along with other members of his party, have been locked so users can't edit any content.
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Wikipedia's Russian website has declared a 24-hour-long blackout and boycott in protest against a child protection bill which they say would lead to Internet censorship in that country.
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Richard O’Dwyer, 24, is to be extradited from the U.K. to the U.S. on copyright charges. Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia has started a petition against this.
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Wikipedia has warned this week that users seeing advertisements on any of its pages may be infected with malware. The website emphasizes the company is a non-profit one, supported only by donations.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, the standard for reference for over 200 years, has decided to bring production of its printed 32-volume sets to an end. This decision is due to rapidly declining sales and competition with online services such as Wikipedia.
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Wikipedia's English-language site is leading a protest against the new Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) that major Internet companies consider draconian. Wikipedia, along with some others, will "blackout" on Jan. 18 for 24 hrs.
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SOPA is on hold, but Wikipedia’s “strike” threat for tomorrow and similar action by Reddit and Boing Boing are still going ahead. The White House has expressed less than fizzy enthusiasm for anti piracy proposals and is asking for help from users.
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Ottawa -
Some of the Internet's leading websites, including Wikipedia, Reddit, Mozilla, WordPress, and BoingBoing, will go dark tomorrow to protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). Here's why Canadians should care.
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Founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wales hopes certain measures lined up for Wednesday, including shutting down its online encyclopedia for 24 hours, would yield positive results as Wikipedia and thousands of other sites protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
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Sydney -
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) which has already got flak from Google, Twitter, Wikipedia, Yahoo! and others is getting a lot hotter. Wikipedia is going to be offline on Wednesday in protest.
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Washington -
The co-founder of Wikipedia has threatened a "strike action" in protest of an anti-piracy bill being discussed in the U.S. Senate. Jimmy Wales said he may be forced to protest the proposed law by turning off the English-language version of the site.
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Rome -
Italian Wikipedia is protesting Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's new wiretapping law that would force bloggers and publications to remove objectionable content and revise it within 48 hours. it.wikipedia.org is now shut down.
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Contributors to the largest community-edited encyclopedia on the Web will soon have a button similar to Facebook's “Like” button to show support to one another.
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While debate rages on as to who's right and who's wrong on the story of Paul Revere, the editing of his Wikipedia page to match what Sarah Palin said has brought up more than just history lessons.
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While former governor Sarah Palin claims she wasn't wrong in her story on Paul Revere, some of her supporters have taken to Wikipedia to make it true.
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Cancer research experts in the UK are to work with Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, with an aim to clear up clarity and data accuracy on the disease.
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Despite the ups and downs of existing in the Internet world, Wikipedia has doggedly fought off its many detractors and problems and it is ten years old today. I for one wish to congratulate Jimmy Wales and everyone else who has made that possible.
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Toronto -
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is doing the keynote address at Digital Day in Toronto. The 13th Annual Digital Day Conference is presented by the Canadian Marketing Association and Marketing Magazine, and we're there covering it live.
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Adrienne Alix, President of Wikimedia France 2010
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Wikipedia turned its site black to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) on Jan 18th 2012
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English version of Wikipedia During the Jan 18th 2012 blackout.
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Wikipedia turned its site black to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) on Jan 18th 2012
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The Lady Anne, Lady Moura and Pelorus.
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Petition by Jimmy Wales to try and stop extradition of Richard O'Dwyer
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Wikipedia turned its site black to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
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Blackout of Wikipedia Russia against new bill.
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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
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