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Wikipedia gets $2M from Omidyar Network
New York City :: NY :: USA | 3 months ago
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The investment firm was started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, so the two groups seem like an obvious fit, with their shared do-gooder missions and tech roots. Wikipedia, of course, is extremely popular (the press release cites comScore numbers showing...
Wikipedia plans to launch editorial controls
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | 3 months ago
Credibility After eight years of allowing anyone to edit entries on Wikipedia, the non-profit foundation that runs the online encyclopedia is planning to add a feature that requires editors to sign off on some entries. The Wikimedia Foundation is planning on testing...
Tags: Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, online encyclopedia, curbing false, false information
Wikipedia Blocks Edits by Church of Scientology
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility In an unprecedented move, Wikipedia has banned edits from an entire religion — the Church of Scientology. After four months of internal discussion, Wikipedia's top administrators decided Thursday to block Scientology-affiliated computers from changing...
Tags: Church of Scientology Run, Wikipedia supreme court, addresses owned, wikipedia ban, ip addresses, online encyclopedia, ban contributions
Microsoft shutting Encarta encyclopedia
Redmond :: WA :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility Most MSN Encarta Web sites will shut down on Oct. 31, the company said Monday on its Web site...Encarta, which helped end the era of print encyclopedias, is losing importance as more users employ search engines and community-driven sites like Wikipedia...
Tags: MSN Encarta, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft', web sites, Wikipedia, encarta online, online encyclopedia, encarta encyclopedia, encarta websites
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
Public servants changing MP wiki entries
Victoria :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility THE embarrassing details of Federal MPs listed on a popular online encyclopedia are being systematically removed by public servants. The politicians and their staff have also received editing instructions from Parliamentary Librarian Roxanne Missingham...
Tags: parliament, public servants, popular online, embarrassing details, online encyclopedia
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