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Wikipedia Founder Creates Help Site for Homeless
Tampa :: FL :: USA | 11 days ago
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Fla. The founder of the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia has created a new Web site that helps Tampa Bay area's homeless. Jimmy Wales was in town Friday to introduce the launch of tampabayhomess.wikia.com. The project creates an online resource...
Tags: Tampa, Busking, Socioeconomics, Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia, St. Petersburg Florida, Homelessness, New encyclopedism, Wikimedia Foundation, Technology Internet
Jimmy Wales interview: Wikipedia is focusing on accuracy
Monte Carlo :: Monaco | 15 days ago
Credibility Jimmy Wales is eating dinner alongside Princess Caroline of Monaco ...Wales , the man who co-founded Wikipedia eight years ago, is in Monaco to be awarded the Monaco Media Prize at the principality’s annual invite-only media forum.
Tags: Wikipedia, Mr Wales, Jimmy Wales, version offing, Wikia Search, Monaco Media Prize, group offing, Monaco, Monte Carlo, Social information processing, Online encyclopedias, Technology Internet, Wikia, Human-computer interaction, Hypertext
Wikipedia sued by German killers in privacy claim
Berlin :: Germany | 19 days ago
Credibility The case has become an instant online cause celebre – with one lawyer saying that the integrity of history itself is at stake – because it ranges the US's First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech, against German privacy and criminal laws, which...
Tags: Germany, Berlin, Tron, Privacy, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Jimmy Wales, Wikimedia Foundation, Mike Godwin, Wikipedia, Law Crime, New encyclopedism, Web 2.0, Human-computer interaction, Hypertext
Wiki-Wisdom: Jimmy Wales implies Popular Consensus Compliments Credentials
Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia (with Larry Sanger), readily admits that his site has, and probably always will have, errors, inaccuracies or worse, although the same can be said of any encyclopedia (09/01/15 CBC Interview). But, he adds, the advantage...
Tags: Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia, consensus, credentials
Wikia Search comes to an end
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales, founder of Wikipedia, announced the end of the search tool in his personal blog. "While I personally believe in the opportunity for free software to make serious inroads into the search space, our project, Wikia Search, has not been...
Tags: Jimmy Wales, Wikia Search, Wikipedia
Wales: Poor economy killed Wikia Search
London :: United Kingdom | 8 months ago
Credibility Wikipedia has been one of the biggest successes in the history of the Internet...So on paper it makes some sense that combining the two would result in a service that would also be hugely popular. Unfortunately, that didn’t work out so well for Wikia...
Tags: Wikia Search, Jimmy Wales
Premature obituaries may force new Wikipedia rules
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility Entries on the internet encyclopedia Wikipedia may have to be pre-approved after it wrongly claimed that Senator Edward Kennedy had died. The user-generated site, in which members of the public are encouraged to provide the entries, is to review the...
Tags: AP Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, online encyclopedia, founder jimmy, wikipedia founder
Ars Technica: Wikipedia passes $6 million donation goal
Washington :: DC :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility The campaign, headed up by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, asked users to dig deep into their pockets and couch cushions to help the Wikimedia Foundation keep the site running. Now that the organization has met its goal, Wales has posted an update saying...
Tags: media, Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, founder jimmy, wikipedia founder, fundraising goal
WebProNews: Wikipedia Begging, Needs New Revenue Model
Lyman :: WY :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility When all is said and done, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales’ legacy is secured. He created one of the best resources of information in history. Keeping that legacy alive, though, may require a new revenue model. Across the top of collective knowledge, Wales...
Tags: wikipedia, Wikipedia Begging, Jimmy Wales
Wikipedia Founder Accepts Internet Downturn
Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, is widely considered one of the founding fathers of the Web 2.0. His non-profit online encyclopedia which can be edited by anyone around the world is a popular if not fully reliable resource for web surfers. But...
Tags: wikipedia, wikia, yahoo, internet, Jimmy Wales
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