Showing posts with label Wikipedia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wikipedia. Show all posts

16 February 2012

Study: Wikipedia Trustworthy Health Source

"Australian researchers say a study shows Wikipedia is the most highly rated Web site for accessing information on mental-health related topics."

11 August 2011

Wikipedia, the Online Encyclopedia, Scrambling to Keep Contributors on Board

"Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that is written entirely by volunteers and allows anyone to edit its entries, is losing contributors, its founder complained Thursday."

13 January 2011

"Q&A: Jimmy Wales on 10 years of Wikipedia"

"In a wide-ranging interview with Wired.co.uk, founder Jimmy Wales talks about censorship, staying relevant, and why nothing keeps him awake at night."

Ten Years on, Wikipedia Eyes a Better World

"Ten years after its debut as a geeky online encyclopedia, Wikipedia today wants to use its huge, growing popularity and spirit to spread knowledge across the world."

30 November 2009

Wikipedia 'Loses' 49,000 Editors

"Online encyclopaedia Wikipedia 'lost' 49,000 of its volunteer editors in the first three months of 2009, University research suggests. The figure compares with a loss of 4,900 over the same period in 2008."

23 November 2009

Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages

"Wikipedia.org is the fifth-most-popular Web site in the world, with roughly 325 million monthly visitors. But unprecedented numbers of the millions of online volunteers who write, edit and police it are quitting."

19 November 2009

Wikipedia, iPhone Among Decade's Top 10 Internet Moments

"The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, according to the annual Webby awards."

12 May 2009

Irish Student Hoaxes World's Media With Fake Quote

"When Dublin university student Shane Fitzgerald posted a poetic but phony quote on Wikipedia, he said he was testing how our globalized, increasingly Internet-dependent media was upholding accuracy and accountability in an age of instant news. His report card: Wikipedia passed. Journalism flunked."