Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-11-27/In the news
| Brown row indicates the news item is "In the News" for this week | |||
| KEY: (c) Continuing Coverage • (s) Wikipedia as Source | |||
| Topic | Source type | Source name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deleted Wikipedia entries | Wire Service | The Associated Press | A story that has been talked about on blogs for for several weeks, was mentioned in an AP story on archive.org. Coyle describes Wikidumper.org as "trying to save the ever-changing web." Concluding that "Any information not truthful enough to make it into Wikipedia is probably dubious twice over..." |
| really old | LargCirc Mag(US) | Discover | Update on visual images of edits by Visual Communication Lab, IBM Research for evolution |
| wikinomics | LargeCirc news | National Post | Interview of author of Wikinomics, a new book analysing the power of collaboration, including an analysis of Wikipedia's success(?) |
| general | SmallCirc news(US) | Winston-Salem Journal | Teen reporter gives overview of Wikipedia, criticisms of the anyone-can-edit model, and recommends users verify information found on Wikipedia |
| tawker | Indy news(CA) | The Tyee (British Columbia) | Interview of User:Tawker and his use of bots, how they applied to the Stephen Colbert Wikiality television segment, and discussion of vandalism and joke edits. |
| Citizendium(US) | Univ News | The Exponent Online] | Student newspaper story on Citizendium brief quotes Sorin Matei, assistant professor of communication at Purdue |
| source | Online finance | eCommerceTimes | References Wikipedia's article on Information asymmetry to define the term. |
| China unblock | comp mag(AU) | PC Authority(unblock) | Coverage of China's unblock and reblock continue, with some news still reporting on the unblock |
| comp mag(US) | TechNewsWorld(reblock) | ||
| law online(ZA) | Legalbrief](reblock) | ||
| comp mag(UK) | InformationWorldReview(unblock) | ||
| largcirc news(AU) | The Sidney Morning Herald(reblock) | ||
| Wikipedia CD | Press Release | p2pnet.net | 2,500 entries from the English Wikipedia have been made available for download. The selected articles "aim [to] help schools enhance their curriculum, and [help] children learn." |
| Public Art Registry | Press Release | Press Release | In a challenge reminescent of Jimbo's October posting "Dream a little," the Public Art Registry is seeking $100,000,000 to create "the first and only on-line catalog of global public art and architecture." |
| source | online news | JewishJournal.com | uses Wikipedia as a source for biographical infomation on Micheal Richards |
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