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• Calling all amateurs. Your expertise is needed.

  
  What Comes Around — Authority: 114
  On November 24 th , a  story  in the New York Times Magazine used Wikipedia as a source –  a first  for them. A bit more unexpected—at least  100 judicial rulings  have relied on Wikipedia for research. Despite its rise as a reliable source for, well, almost anything, there have been some rumors of a ...
  2 days ago

• Is Wikipedia Decaying or Growing Up?

  
  gnovis - Georgetown University's Journal of Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT) — Authority: 125
  In the Wall Street Journal, the article titled "Volunteers Log off as Wikipedia Ages" (subscription only) reports on statistics showing the rapid decline of active Wikipedians (volunteer editors of Wikipedia).  "In the first three months of 2009, the English-language Wikipedia suffered a net loss of more ...
  4 days ago

• Arguing Over a Meaningless Concept

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 451
  I continue to be surprised that Wikipedia has never been on the receiving end of a Chutzpah of the Week award. I gave one to Jimmy Wales this past April ; but that was not for anything specifically having to do with Wikipedia. Rather, it was for an outrageous act of cultural amnesia , which, ironically, could ...
  6 days ago

• Cheap books vs. lit and diverse political views—plus Wikipedia’s denial of volunteer crisis

  
  TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Authority: 645
  Links via Gary Price at ResourceShelf —along with some comments from me: – Cheaper Books Come at a High Cost to Worthy Literature , in the New York Times . Not only does the Times article discuss pricing issues, but also Wal-Mart ’s favoritism toward politically conservative writers such as Glenn ...
  6 days ago

• Future of Wikipedia Uncertain As 49,000 Volunteers Abandon Site

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 552
  The free internet encyclopedia is one of the world’s most popular websites and uses volunteers to create pages and check factsFears are rising that the usefulness of Wikipedia could be undermined as thousands of volunteer researchers abandon the site.  The free internet encyclopedia is one of the world’s most ...
  1 week ago

• Wikipedia Under Threat Of Closure With The Loss Of 49,000 Volunteers

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 581
  The biggest and the most prolific of all online encyclopedias, Wikipedia might soon lose its reputation as the one stop resource for any and all information for just about anything, as the knowledge treasure chest has reportedly lost 49,000 contributors in the first three months of 2009. The loss has largely been in ...
  1 week ago

• Thousands of Wikipedia volunteers quitting

  
  Blowin' In The Wind — Authority: 473
  Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales top priority is improving the accuracy of Wikipedias articles while thousands of online volunteers are quitting, reports the Wall Street Journal . Hopefully, for online users like me, Wikipedia looks too big to fail. It has more than three million active contributors in 10 languages, ...
  1 week ago

• Wikipedia’s ‘increasing focus on quality and referencing’

  
  Sociology Lens — Authority: 123
  by paulabowles Many lecturers and teachers will recognise the feeling of disheartenment when confronted by an undergraduate essay containing multiple references to Wikipedia. Despite regular exhortations for students to resist its charms, its appeal seems almost overwhelming. Although the site is loved by many, its ...
  1 week ago

• Another case for the news wiki

  
  Daniel Bachhuber's weblog — Authority: 100
  From Steve Myers’ interview with Jimmy Wales , published yesterday: People do often come to Wikipedia when major news is breaking. This is not our primary intention, but of course it happens. The reason that it happens is that the traditional news organizations are not doing a good job of filling people in on ...
  2 weeks ago

• Jimmy Wales interview: Wikipedia is focusing on accuracy

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  Jimmy Wales cofounder of Wikipedia tells Emma Barnett of the sites increasing focus on quality and referencing.
  2 weeks ago

• Jimmy Wales speaks with Poynter about AP topic pages

  
  Hypercrit — Authority: 120
  Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales spoke with Poynter about the Associated Press’s plan to produce some sort of topics pages for news. This comment from Wales stuck out to me. People do often come to Wikipedia when major news is breaking. This is not our primary intention, but of course it happens. The reason that it ...
  2 weeks ago

• Interview with Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales

  
  nikkypals.com — Authority: 171
  Rocketboom field correspondent Ella Morton interviews Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales at Ad-Tech NYC 2009. Wikipedia wikipedia.org Jimmy Wales http Ad Tech www.ad-tech.com For up to the minute updates, follow us on Twitter! twitter.com twitter.com For behind the scenes pics and more, follow us on Facebook! facebook.com
  3 weeks ago

• Wikipedia Threads the Story

  
  Rocketboom — Authority: 512
  Molly uses Wikipedia to thread the story - keep it going by posting a video response! Story links: American Airlines Flight 587 , Flight 587 Final Passenger List , Enrique Wilson , Gonzo’s Game Winning Hit , Luis Gonzalez , 2001 World Series , The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty , 2001 Arizona Diamonbacks ...
  3 weeks ago

• Interview with Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales

  
  Rocketboom — Authority: 512
  Rocketboom field correspondent Ella Morton interviews Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales at Ad-Tech NYC .
  3 weeks ago

• See Wikipedia Founder @ Trinity College

  
  connector.ie - irish connectors, communities, events, social media & web tv — Authority: 131
  We connected recently with Paddy Cosgrave at a recent Connector lunch. Paddy has some really interesting stuff going on and has offered us a discount for a package deal on two fantastic lectures coming up that he is organising. Tim Draper , one of the world’s most successful venture capitalists of all ...
  3 weeks ago

• Jimmy Wales on whats next for Wikipedia

  
  Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory — Authority: 167
  Founder of the online community-written encyclopedia talks to Silicon.com about whats next for the site and why it needs geeks of all kinds.
  3 weeks ago

• Review: Historian Andrew Dalby chronicles Wikipedia, its philosophy, people and headlines

  
  David Shankbone — Authority: 463
  Andrew Dalby’s The World and Wikipedia stands as one of the best chronicles to come from an active member of the site’s editing community because it is not a how-to manual, but an historical and philosophical overview.   His authority in writing such a book does not derive solely from his extensive involvement ...
  4 weeks ago

• Online Magazine Printing with HP and Wikia- how are you going to profit from your documents content?

  
  Adobe, Quark and Publisher Data Conversion and Quality Control Software Tools| Markzware — Authority: 126
  With Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, tying up with HPs MagCloud to print online content into magazines or books, brings up the perfect intro to PageZepyr.com. Markzware comes to the aid of printers, publishers and document creators whom have their valuable content locked up in proprietary file formats, such as ...
  5 weeks ago

• The Symbian Exchange 2009 – SEE2009

  
  TechGround.us — Authority: 112
  The Symbian Foundation is holding the  Symbian Exchange and Exposition (SEE)  at Earls Court 2, London on 27-28 October 2009. This is a FREE TO ATTEND event and its a must for anyone involved or interested in the future of mobile and the mobile industry. Building on 10 years of successful Symbian events, SEE 2009 ...
  5 weeks ago

• Video – Jimmy Wales speaks at GarageGeeks – October 2009

  
  ProductiveWise — Authority: 100
  I took this video of Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, at a GarageGeeks meetup. The image is bad but the sound is good. Enjoy. Jimmy Wales speaks at GarageGeeks – October 2009 from Eyal Sela on Vimeo . Post from: ProductiveWise Video – Jimmy Wales speaks at GarageGeeks – October 2009 Share: ...
  5 weeks ago

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