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Wikipedia added to child pornography blacklist
London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
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The British Government-backed Internet Watch Foundation blacklisted Wikipedia over an article on the 1976 album Virgin Killer by German heavy metal band Scorpions. At issue was a screen shot of the album cover, published with the article, that featured...
Tags: wikipedia, internet, Scorpions Wikipedia, censorship, Block Wikipedia Page, ZDNet UK, isps, Virgin Killer, internet service, service provider
Wikipedia hopes to make editing user-friendly
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 12 months ago
Credibility Concerned that many would-be contributors to Wikipedia are being scared away, the foundation that runs the Internet encyclopedia is getting a $890,000 grant to try to make the editing process more user-friendly. Anyone can contribute to Wikipedia, but...
Tags: Wikipedia
TechRadar UK: Wikipedia is not an accurate medical guide
Palm Beach Gardens :: FL :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility It may not come as the biggest surprise for anyone with half a brain, but apparently Wikipedia is not a reliable source of medical information...Clauson of Nova Southeastern University in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida and his colleagues in the popular community...
Tags: Wikipedia
German Wikipedia back online after dispute
Frankfurt :: Germany | about 1 year ago
Credibility The German-language version of the Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia is back online after a left-wing lawmaker dropped a legal complaint. Luebeck state court had ordered the site shut down over the weekend after Left Party lawmaker Lutz Heilmann claimed...
Tags: wikipedia, lawmaker, parliament, Lutz Heilmann
Linke MP blocks wikipedia.de internet site
Berlin :: Germany | about 1 year ago
Credibility It appears that four passages of the Wikipedia entry on the MP have insulted him so badly he has gone to court to prevent anyone seeing them. German media reporting on the story have not repeated the passages, saying that they might also be affected by...
Tags: wikipedia
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
Palin's Wikipedia entry received an overnight makeover
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility In the 24 hours before the McCain campaign put the finishing touches on its surprise announcement Friday that Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska would be the Republican vice-presidential candidate, one Wikipedia user was putting the finishing touches on the governor's...
Tags: wikipedia, palin, governor, alaska, sarah, mccain, john, presidential, pro, vice
Sarah Palin's Wikipedia page scrubbed before Announcement
NPR is reporting that someone edited Sarah Palin's Wikipedia page on Friday right before the word got out that she was John McCain's pick for a running mate. Obviously, the edits were made to make her look good. The changes were made by one person. ...
Tags: Sarah Palin, Wikipedia
Sarah Palin's Wikipedia Whitewash [Coverup]
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Sarah Palin's Wikipedia Whitewash We now know that Sarah Palin probably isn't baby Trig's grandma (damn!) but someone on her team seemed to think her past needed a little bit of a touch up. On Friday, just 15 minutes before rumors started circulating...
Tags: Sarah Palin, wikipedia, palin, mccain, sarah, john, politics, video, comedy, Sarah Palin's Wikipedia
The Politico: Enthusiasm gap plagues GOP convention
Tbilisi :: Georgia | about 1 year ago
Credibility A Wikipedia editor emailed Political Wire to point out some similarities between Sen. John McCain's speech today on the crisis in Georgia and the Wikipedia article on the country Georgia. Given the closeness of the words and sentence structure, most would...
Tags: georgia, russia, Russia-Georgia Speech, Georgian, news, South Ossetia From, Russian, Soviet Union, Kosovo, Wikipedia
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