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Wales interviewed by WSJ

Will Wikipedia Mean the End Of Traditional Encyclopedias? Jimmy Wales and Dale Hoiberg, Encyclopædia Britannica editor in Chief, were interviewed through email by the Wall Street Journal. Wales and Hoiberg discussed issues of editorial control, the differing approaches to content gathering, the balance between quality and open editing, and Wikipedia policies. Hoiberg took offense that Wales included links [1][2] refering to articles where Britannica received bad publicity; however, Wales responded that links are one of the powerful advantages of being online and that Wikipedia had a "fine article on the [criticism of Wikipedia]". The accompanying WSJ online poll showed strong support for the open editing approach.

Wikipedia articles average 11th in search results

Steve Rubel found that the Wikipedia article for the top 100 advertisers (by marketing dollars spent) was result 11 on Google. Rubel posted a blog entry, Study: Wikipedia Dominates Brand Search Results, that supplemented and quoted an article he wrote in last week's issue of Advertising Age. Rubel opined that 11 was "just shy of the magic number 10 required to make Google's first page of results." He discussed the impact that a Wikipedia article can have on shaping brand identity. Rubel also discussed Wikipedia's neutrality policy and suggested that Wikipedia provide space in the article "where brand managers ... can respond in an official capacity."

Wikipedians appear on Nightline

Jimmy Wales appeared on the ABC News program Nightline to discuss Wikipedia: Getting to Truth by 'Community'. Wales responded to Comedy Central's "Colbert Report" where Stephen Colbert asked fans to falsely report data about elephants saying, "Stop it Colbert. You know in terms of vandalism people were in a panic for a few minutes, [but] it was a pretty minor spate of vandalism." Kat Walsh and Mark Pellegrini were also among those interviewed.

Wikipedia standing in academia

The Indiana Daily Student carried three articles on Wikipedia. In Wikipedia to take on academia, the Daily Student revealed that 44% of faculty allow Wikipedia to be cited as a source, but 35% do not. A followup article, Some professors doubt credibility of site, discussed faculty objections to citing Wikipedia and using poor sources in general. See also Students debate Wiki. At the University of Alberta, Students warned to be wary of Wikipedia.

Continued coverage of China's block of wikipedia.org

Wikipedian Baffled by China Ban - Interview of Jimmy Wales by Red Herring on the ban of wikipedia.org
No end in sight for Wikipedia block in China - Reuters
Wikipedia rejects Chinese censorship - PC Pro
Wikipedia tells China's censors to bog off - The Inquirer

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Wikipedia shaping view of business
9/12	Big Brands: Do You Know What Wikipedia Saying About You Via Google	Search Engine Watch - USA	Steve Rubel produced a small study on the top 100 advertisers, according\nto AdAge, to see where in the Google rankings, does the brand\'s Wikipedia entry fall.
9/12	INTERNET DAILY Why Wikipedia can be an advertiser's problem	MarketWatch - USA<	Google and Yahoo. That's because Wikipedia, the Internet's encyclopedic reference resource, has become so prominent. And because ...
9/13	Checking Back Links From Wikipedia Articles	Search Engine Watch - USA	Steve Rubel spotted a new page at Wikipedia that allows you to quickly locate all the links pointing to a specific site from within the Wikipedia. ...
WSJ article - interview with Jimbo and EB editor				Could be an special story on this
9/12	DIGGITY DIGGITY FUCKING DOT com/article/58204/wikipedia_vs_the_encyclopedia_britannica.html\ Wikipedia Vs the Encyclopedia Britannica	Associated Content - Denver,CO,USA	“Since its creation in 2001, Wikipedia has rapidly grown into\nthe largest reference website on the Internet. The content of Wikipedia ...
9/12	Will :Wikipedia Mean the End	Wall Street Journal	Wikipedia, the community-edited online encyclopedia, has blossomed. ... Does Wikipedia's open-editing approach yield better\nresults than traditional encyclopedias? ...
9/14	Britannica versus Wikipedia heads to the WSJ	Ars Technica - Boston, MA, USA	... of reading them. This week they pit Dale Hoiberg, editor-in-chief of Britannica, against Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales. Rather than summarize ... See all stories on this topic
Wikipedia processes: "3rd party heresay...;" "truth by community"
9/12	Is Wikipedia 'knowledge' merely third party hearsay?	ZDNet - USA	Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder, is a master communicator and salesman. The quality of the product that he touts, however, does not ...
9/13	Wikipedia: Getting to Truth by 'Community'	ABC News - USA	In just five years, the Web-based, user-written encyclopedia called Wikipedia has grown exponentially. ... Wikipedia was launched on Jan. 15, 2001. ...
Wikipedia rejection/acceptance in academia
9/13	Wikipedia to take on academia	Indiana Daily Student - USA	Because it's so easily accessed and covers such a wide range of topics -- 1.3 million and growing -- Wikipedia has become a major resource for college students ...
9/14	Students warned to be wary of Wikipedia	Gateway.ualberta.ca - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	VANCOUVER (CUP)—Although Wikipedia continues to be a popular online resource for students, some doubt its credibility and usefulness as an academic resource. ...
9/14	Some professors doubt credibility of site	Indiana Daily Student - USA	With more than 1.3 million articles and counting, Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, provides a wealth of information. ... See all stories on this topic
Tools that access use wikipedia
User generated content mentions
9/11	UK latches on to user-generated content	VNUNet.com - UK	Figures released by web monitoring company ComScore show Wikipedia as the 16th most visited online property in July 2006 with 6.5 million visitors (up 253 per ... See all stories on this topic
9/12	'Web 2.0' sites see traffic explosion	Silicon.com	The Wikipedia network, which includes an online encyclopedia and dictionary written and edited entirely by users, has jumped from being the 78th most visited ... See all stories on this topic
9/12	Facebook to students: Zuckerberg and VCs are 'in control'	ZDNet - USA	When will MySpace, YouTube, Digg, Wikipedia…start flexing their own Web 2.0 muscles and let their non-paying users know loud and clear who is "in control!".
9/13	Wikipedia…Friend Or Foe?	Donklephant - USA	... Yes, of course…but still…some change and some change it back. Wikipedia, the community-edited online encyclopedia, has blossomed. ... See all stories on this topic
9/13	Web 2.0 sites enjoy traffic explosion	Crave - London,UK	... The Wikipedia network, which includes an online encyclopaedia and dictionary written and edited entirely by users, has jumped from being the 78th most visited ... See all stories on this topic
9/13	User generated content becomes a hit in UK	E-consultancy - London,UK	The firm found Wikipedia to be the top UGC property, and the sixteenth most popular site overall with 6.5m visitors in July 2006, up 253% from a year earlier. ... See all stories on this topic
Other
9/11	The Wilsons, and Wikipedia, on Instant Messaging	ZDNet - USA	A VC teased me today. Who could possibly resist the TechCrunch worthy headline “How AOL Ruined Email”? I eagerly clicked over ...
9/12	On the Net: Wikia Gathers the Gatherers	San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA	By JAKE COYLE, AP Entertainment Writer. You might be familiar with Wikipedia, but how about Wookieepedia? ... There's even a Wikipedia spoof, Uncyclopedia. ... See all stories on this topic
9/14	Wikia.com a gathering	Long Beach Press-Telegram - Long Beach, CA, USA	By Jake Coyle, Associated Press. YOU MIGHT BE familiar with Wikipedia, but how about Wookieepedia? From Wookiees to the Muppets, there's ... See all stories on this topic
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Wikipedia and China Censorship - list of links on this topic for the many mentions - review for unique content different that Reuters wire story.
9/11	Wikipedia rejects Chinese censorship	PC Pro - London,UK	The founder of Wikipedia has refused to bow the Chinese government and censor entries on the world's biggest online encyclopaedia. ... See all stories on this topic
9/12	Wikipedia tells China's censors to bog off	Inquirer - Harrow, Middlesex, UK	THE FOUNDER of Wikipedia has told the Chinese government to go forth and multiply over the issue of politically sensitive entries. See all stories on this topic
9/13	Wikipedia Founder Baffled by China Ban	Red Herring - CA,USA	Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has got a problem. ... Q: What do people inside China think of Wikipedia’s user-driven editing process? ...

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