Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-12-26/In the news
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| KEY: (c) Continuing Coverage • (s) Wikipedia as Source |
| Interest | Rank | Topic | Source type | Source name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1900 | Google earth | pub blog | O'Reilly Radar | |
| 8 | 50000 | Hackers | online pub | IT Pro | Web 2.0: a growing target for hackers |
| 8 | 26000 | Hackers | online pub | Webuser | More web attacks in 2007 |
| 3 | 20000 | Scholarpedia | online pub | TechNewsWorld | TechNewsWorld reports on the creation of Scholarpedia, tagged the first "free peer-reviewed encyclopedia." Although it reports that "initial response may be, not another Wikipedia wannabe!...Scholarpedia could be very different." The article claims Scholarpedia "is not as elitist as Citizendium," but approval is still required. Each article has "a 'curator,' who approves all changes and ensures the article is an approved version." |
| 2 | 29 | Top search | Mainstream | BBC | Wikipedia one of the top 10 google searches |
| 8 | 22000 | Hackers | Online pub | eetimes.com | "Wikipedia ...[is] a growing phenomenon and increasingly attractive to cybercriminals." |
| 1 | 900 | Person of Year | Mainstream | Time Magazine | Wikipedia was prominently mentioned as part of Time Magazine's annual Person of the Year Award. Time awarded the honor to "You" obstensibly the internet users which are creating content that is revolutionizing the dissemination and creation of information. Wikipedia was also cited as the source for the beginning of the World Wide Web. Many additional news outlets covered Time's award and wikipedia including The Boston Globe |
| 6 | 600 | Slang | Mainstream | Sydney Morning Herald | Wikipediaholism makes it to a list of internet slang |
| 6 | 500 | Success | Mainstream | Marketwatch.com | Wikipedia takes advantage of the "I-am-somebody" desire to be recognized in each of us. |
| 1 | 1 | Citing Wikipedia | Mainstream | yahoo.com | Nielsen BuzzMetrics released a "Top 10 Cited Wikipedia Entries - 2006" |
| 10 | 900 | Wikipedia quirks | Tabloid | The Register | The creation of a free image for Semen is used to illustrate criticism of Wikipedia's pus for copyright-free images. |
| 1 | 11300 | Citing Wikipedia | Online pub | iTWire | A new study claims that Technology related topics are the most popular entries on Wikipedia, quotes Nielson Buzzmetrics. |
| 7 | 700 | Wikipedia as source | Mainstream | LA Times | Wikipeda is cited as the source of the first use of "regifting". |
| 2 | 69000 | Women in Wikipedia | Alternative news | San Francisco Bay Guardian | Notes formation of Wikichix, http://wikichix.org/wiki/WikiChix), and claims it is in response to "how male-dominated Wikipedia has become." A related mailing list was briefly hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, but is now hosted by . |
| 7 | 22000 | Hoaxes | Online Pub | American Chronicle | MZ is reporting that the rumors that Halle Berry is working on a new CD appears to be a hoax which utilized Wikipedia to propogate. |
| 4 | 600 | Wiki searching | Mainstream | The Times | Wikia announced a wikiesque search engine (Wikiasari) using venture capital from amazon.com and others "Essentially, if you consider one of the basic tasks of a search engine, it is to make a decision: "this page is good, this page sucks" [...] Computers are notoriously bad at making such judgments, so algorithmic search has to go about it in a roundabout way." |
| 4 | 5500 | Bio/History | Mainstream | Orlando Sentenel | Coverage of Wikipedia and biography of Jimmy Wales. |
| 8 | 2100 | Wikipeda as source | Mainstream | Ottawa Sun | Article is attributed to AP and Wikipedia |
| 5 | 600 | New project | Mainstream | The Times | "The inquisitive founder of Wikipedia is working on his next project - a free internet education for everyone." Quotes Wales as saying, "Imagine a free college education for everyone anywhere in the world with all the resources that you could ever need online," he says. "The implications for the Third World are astounding." |
| 9 | 70000 | Citizendium | Small circ | The Tyee | "Larry Sanger doesn't trust the wisdom of the crowd, so he's no big fan of Wikipedia..." |
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