A one-week ban on IP addresses associated with the US Congress will stay in effect until the Wikipedia Foundation can collect comments on abuses of Wikipedia by Congressional staffers.
Wikipedia Unmasks Plagiarism But Gets no Credit
The brief article by editor Frank Bridgewater in the January 13 edition of the Honolulu Star Bulletin informs readers that entertainment reporter Tim Ryan has been dismissed for “phrases or sentences that appeared elsewhere before being included, un-attributed, in stories that ran in the Star-Bulletin.”
Aloha To Hawaiian Wikipedia Plagiarist
A long-time entertainment columnist with the Honolulu Star Bulletin plagiarized work from a number of sources, with Wikipedia among them, and lost his job over it.
Wales Scuttles Wikipedia Ad Talk, Kind Of
Advertising was the hot issue after a Times Online UK interview with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales seemed to indicate they would be part of the online encyclopedia’s future.
Ad Potential Weighs On Wikipedia
Thousands of visitors, tons of content, and advertisers begging for a bit of that real estate may be a dream to site publishers, but for Jimmy Wales it’s a different concern.
My Wikipedia Policy
I’m not sure that Scoble has the right idea (Tim Bray thinks it’s a good one) about pledging not to edit their own Wikpedia page.
Wikipedia Close to Brittanica, Sets Donations Goals
As Wikipedia becomes larger and more widely accepted, now with an Alexa rank in the range of the top 30 websites on the Internet, it’s beginning to have an impact on people’s perception, accuracy, and donations strategies. All of which have been, for the most part, positive.
Ten More Wikipedia Hacks
About a month ago I blogged about my 10 favorite Wikipedia “hacks.” (Some prefer I call these tips.)
Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica
A lot of angst has been suffered in recent weeks over Wikipedia, the free open-source encyclopedia.
Wikipedia is the Next Google
Fear. You can just feel it in the air, can’t you? There is fear everywhere that Google has become too powerful. As John Battelle notes, the tide of public opinion is starting to turn from loving Google to fearing them.