It’s a little confusing around Wikipedia these days. You can search Wikipedia from within Wikipedia, or seek data from Wikipedia from WikiSeek. Eventually there will be another Wikipedia search from Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales and company, but everyone who thinks it will be called Wikiasari is mistaken because that’s a different project entirely and not the Search Wikia that Wales is developing.
Wikipedia Did Not Ban Qatar (Not Exactly)
Wikipedia founder Jim Wales wants everybody to know that he or his editing team did not ban the entire country of Qatar. While he shouts that correction to the zealous blogosphere, we are suddenly chilled at David Utter’s proclamation that the Scoop is dead.
Wikipedia Ban Back On In China
Only one week after the Chinese government released the ban placed on encyclopedia site Wikipedia, the ban appears to be back in effect.
Wikipedia No Longer Banned in China
Almost one year to the day after the Chinese government placed a ban on both the English and Chinese-language versions of online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, both have been lifted.
Wikipedia Ads, People Hating Ads and Calacanis
Just some thoughts from a post by Jason Calacanis about the good Wikipedia could do for the world if it donated ad revenue money, and then Fred Wilson’s response pointing out in the comments of Jason’s post that people hate ads, and Jason himself.
Wikipedia, YouTube Driven By Heavy Traffic
The comScore numbers for top global web properties saw Wikipedia and YouTube pick up 12 percent gains in their unique visitors age 15 and up from around the world.
An Alternative to Wikipedia
In a Tuesday press relese, Wikipedia founder Larry Sanger announced plans to launch a rival site to the online encyclopedia. The new wiki project, Citizendium, will draw upon community experts to offer greater reliability of information.
Wikipedia Founder to Unveil Citizendium
Wikipedia founder Larry Sanger plans to unveil Citizendium, a Wikipedia facsimile that adds user registration and editorial control.
Wikipedia Restored in China
I was asked by a journalist to comment on China selectively granting access to Wikipedia, so I thought I would share my response here.
Is There Life After Wikipedia?
Pondering where surfers go after Wikipedia is interesting enough, but what was more interesting was the cyclical pattern of behavior among them that begins with Google and ends with Google or Google-related services (just to generalize – you could say search – Wikipedia – search – blog – social networking).