Wikio - Wikipedia

Conservatives miss Wikipedia's threat (The Washington Times)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:10:00 GMT

Wikipedia, the community-edited encyclopedia that anyone can revise, is one of the Web's biggest success stories. What you may not know is that it also has become an important player in the political world.

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The Battle for Wikipedia (Right Wing Watch)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:09:47 GMT

Last month, the Washington Times debuted a new weekly column by NewsBusters editor Matthew Sheffield . Fresh off his latest scoop that “liberals [are] more profane than conservatives,” he returned to the pages of the Times to exhort conservative activists to realize the dangers of Wikipedia and work to counter it by spending more time editing entries to better reflect their right-wing views:...

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Jerusalem Post Plagiarizing from Wikipedia? (Media Blog)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:56:56 GMT

Here#39;s the Jerusalem Post article on the potential deployment of Russian missiles to Syria as a response to Poland#39;s hosting of the missile defe... . . .

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Free Wikipedia iPhone App Launches (CyberNet)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:01:46 GMT

Ever since Apple’s App Store launched, we have been waiting for a free app to view Wikipedia articles. Up until today, the only Wikipedia application for the iPhone that we knew of was called iWik, but you had to pay for it. Today Wikipanion launches, it’s nearly perfect, and it’s free. Wikipanion auto completes as you [...]

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Why artists should be dying to work on Wikipedia (Shankbone)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:39:00 GMT

... then one I took just a year later . The improvement is profound, IMHO. I learned a new skill on Wikipedia, and my work has been discussed in the media. Artists should take note of this, and the highly-trafficked public space Wikipedia affords. It gives you an instant audience, even if what we need might seem more mundane to you. But it helps you learn the basic skills. Picasso didn’t...

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Wikipanion Brings Wikipedia to Your iPhone or iPod touch [Featured IPhone Download] (TechBlogger)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:00:00 GMT

iPhone/iPod touch only: Free iPhone app Wikipanion searches Wikipedia through a fast, native interface. Complete with autosuggest, landscape mode, and large, readable text, Wikipanion offers a fantastic way to browse Wikipedia on-the-go. The application’s bottom row of buttons provide simple navigation (back and forward), links to sections for quick navigation of large articles, and access...

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The Wikipedia tally on whether to un-ban Greg Kohs (Shankbone)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:29:00 GMT

Below I have tallied the lengthy debate and dialogue to show how consensus is forming on whether to lift the ban of Greg Kohs of MyWikiBiz, which I wrote about earlier . The public hearing continues . If anyone feels their opinion is misrepresented, let me know and I will change it. I will also update this list periodically (feel free to drop me an e-mail to remind me). They would like Kohs ban lifted...

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics/Projects (Www.OSIR.org.in) of the Week - Wikipedia, the (www.OSIR.org.in)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:15:40 GMT

Current Projects Projects of the Week is launched!Source: en.wikipedia.org physics Projectsphysics Projects. Given below is a list of physics projects which Lecturers at Paisley are prepared to supervise. This list provides the name of the lecturer supervising the Source: www.paisley.ac.uk physics@CHSJump to some physics projects physics Course Handout (PDF format) Advanced Placement physics - This...

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Incorporating Wikipedia in Instructional Programs (Law Librarian Blog)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:37:27 GMT

As librarians grapple with how to incorporate non-traditional electronic resources into their curriculum, students are often left wondering why certain resources, which have become mainstays of their research, are often overlooked or dismissed as irrelevant. Are we doing a disservice...

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A Wikipedia of English law (Open Knowledge Foundation Weblog)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:34:45 GMT

Writing in Times Online in April 2006 the eminent Professor Richard Susskind, legal tech guru and adviser to the great and good, spelt out his vision for a “Wikipedia of English law”: This online resource could be established and maintained collectively by the legal profession; by practitioners, judges, academics and voluntary workers. If leaders in the English legal [...]

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Il Wikipedia degli Howto (Il Bloggatore)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:03:46 GMT

wikiHow è un Wikipedia degli Howto, sono disponibili diverse categorie, e se vi sentite ispirati potete partecipare inserendo il vostro Howto. Categories * Arts & Entertainment * Health * Relationships * Cars & Other Vehicles * Hobbies and Crafts [...]

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Unending Growth? Part One - Wikipedia (Portals and KM)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:21:00 GMT

Here is an interesting study that I could not resist cross posting from Fast Forward, The Collaborative Organization of Knowledg e, by Diomidis Spinellis and Panagiotis Louridas that appeared in the August 2008 issue of the Association for Computing Machinery magazine Communications of the ACM. Dimomidis summarizes it on his blog, Wikipedia Faces no Limits to Grow . Just like Mamma Mia . Diomidis...

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Should Wikipedia unban Gregory Kohs? (Shankbone)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:16:00 GMT

Gregory Kohs was banned from Wikipedia years ago for starting a business to make money writing articles. Since his initial ban in 2006, Kohs has spent years following, critiquing and trying to be noticed by the editors and admins of Wikipedia (including challenging the Wikimedia Foundation's status as a charity) He then ran for the Foundation's Board of Trustees. His campaign as a "Cassandra"...

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Wikipedia and the Democratic Convention schedule (Smartmobs)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:24:23 GMT

... convention schedule that will be nominating Senator Barack Obama for President. The fourth link is Wikipedia, where an up-to-the minute schedule is clearly set out for the convention . The Wikipedians are more objective and less worried about ruffled feathers than the democrats in charge of the convention and perform a real service for the mob that will be gathering in Denver next...

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Science fiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Www.OSIR.org.in) (www.OSIR.org.in)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:00:08 GMT

Science fiction (abbreviated SF or Sci-Fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or Source: en.wikipedia.org A Blog Around The Clock : Future Science CyberstructureEarlier today I went to UNC to talk about Science On The Web in Javed Mostafa’s [...]

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Wikipedia doesn’t have all the answers? (leŭksman)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:32:32 GMT

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The things you find on Wikipedia (Chaos Theory)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:06:24 GMT

Recurring SNL characters and sketches get their own listings.

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John McCain accused of creating his speeches from plagiarised Wikipedia content (Big News Network.com)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:01:25 GMT

London, August 19 : Senior U.S. Senator John McCain has been accused of copying material, some from Wikipedia, for the speeches he made on the campaign trail.

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Y Llyfrgell Genedlaethool yn rhannu delweddau a Wicipedia (cheisio gwenud gyda Wikipedia) (Gwenu dan Fysiau)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:25:00 GMT

Bu cryn gynnwrf ar y Wicipedia (wel, o ryw fath) pan gyhoeddodd rhywun ar ran y Llyfrgell y dymunant rannu delweddau gyda Wicipedia a Wikipedia fel arbrawf yn ystod mis Awst. Nid oes polisi cadarn ar y Wicipedia Cymraeg ynglŷn ( ar hyn o bryd! ) a derbyn delweddau nad ydynt yn rhydd, yn wahanol iawn i'r Wikpedia Saesneg sydd ond eisiau delweddau rhydd - oni bai eu bod yn cwrdd a meini prawf...

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John McCain accused of plagiarising Wikipedia for speeches (The Telegraph)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:24:28 GMT

Senator John McCain's integrity has been called into question after speeches he made on the campaign trail appeared to contain plagiarised material including some from Wikipedia.

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