Due to a block put in place by the Dutch Ministry of Justice, 30,000 people can’t use Wikipedia at work. Yet, while it’s a bit startling to hear the development phrased like that, the move may not be entirely unreasonable.
Wikipedia War Over the Social Media Agency
Over the past week I’ve literally been in a “Wikipedia War” over an article that I had submitted about the evolving definition and role of the Social Media Agency.
Protests Grow Over Wikipedia Deletions
Do you know anything about webcomics? If not, don’t expect to learn a lot through Wikipedia – many articles on the subject have been deleted, causing an uproar that may affect the site’s fundraising efforts.
College Students Work On Wikipedia
The typical college professor warns students to steer clear of Wikipedia – even the use of that term is likely to result in red ink and a lowered grade. But one professor actually created a project that revolved around the site.
SMX: Wikipedia, Yahoo Answers & Answer Sharing
Web users rely on community-contributed-content sites such as Wikipedia and Yahoo Answers. These sites enable you to communicate directly with an engaged audience. But contribute to the conversation with care. Too much spin and you’re credibility will be shot-and your brand damaged. You’ll come away from this session knowing how these influential sites work and how to participate constructively.
Moderator: Danny Sullivan, Editor-in-Chief, Search Engine Land
Wikipedia Activity Declining
With over two million articles to its name, the English-language edition of Wikipedia is far from dead. But new statistics indicate that it may be hurt, as participation has dropped in almost every way possible.
Google Becoming Wikipedia Without the Talk Page
In a recent post about paid links, Danny Sullivan wrote about how Google’s army of engineers are going to start hand editing PageRank scores if they think you are selling links, which is a move that wreaks of desperation.
Yahoo oneSearch Finds Answers And Wikipedia
Yahoo oneSearch has gotten a whole lot smarter – the mobile service is integrating content from both Yahoo Answers and Wikipedia. Frequent travelers will be happy to hear that airline information is getting added, as well.
On Wikipedia, Bush More Popular Than Jesus
You may have heard already that Wikipedia hit a milestone recently with its two-millionth English article, which was, ironically, about a Spanish TV show called El Hormiguero. As interesting as that is, it’s also interesting to note that George W. Bush is officially more popular than Jesus.
Can You Trust Wikipedia?
Trust – reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
How confident are you that a particular Wikipedia page has reliable information? How sure are you in the ability of all the people who may have edited that page? Thanks to Luca de Alfaro and colleagues at the University of California, Santa Cruz you may soon be able to know which parts of a given Wikipedia page you can and can’t trust.