| Brown row indicates the news item is "In the News" for this week
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| KEY: (c) Continuing Coverage • (s) Wikipedia as Source
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| Topic
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Source type |
Source name |
Notes
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| Deleted Wikipedia entries |
Wire Service |
The Associated Press
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A story that has been talked about on blogs for for several weeks, was mentioned in an AP story on archive.org. Coyle describes Wikidumper.org as "trying to save the ever-changing web." Concluding that "Any information not truthful enough to make it into Wikipedia is probably dubious twice over..."
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| really old |
LargCirc Mag(US) |
Discover
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Update on visual images of edits by Visual Communication Lab, IBM Research for evolution
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| wikinomics |
LargeCirc news |
National Post
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Interview of author of Wikinomics, a new book analysing the power of collaboration, including an analysis of Wikipedia's success(?)
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| general |
SmallCirc news(US) |
Winston-Salem Journal
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Teen reporter gives overview of Wikipedia, criticisms of the anyone-can-edit model, and recommends users verify information found on Wikipedia
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| tawker |
Indy news(CA) |
The Tyee (British Columbia)
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Interview of User:Tawker and his use of bots, how they applied to the Stephen Colbert Wikiality television segment, and discussion of vandalism and joke edits.
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| Citizendium(US) |
Univ News |
The Exponent Online]
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Student newspaper story on Citizendium brief quotes Sorin Matei, assistant professor of communication at Purdue
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| source |
Online finance |
eCommerceTimes
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References Wikipedia's article on Information asymmetry to define the term.
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| China unblock |
comp mag(AU) |
PC Authority(unblock)
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Coverage of China's unblock and reblock continue, with some news still reporting on the unblock
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| comp mag(US) |
TechNewsWorld(reblock)
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| law online(ZA) |
Legalbrief](reblock)
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| comp mag(UK) |
InformationWorldReview(unblock)
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| largcirc news(AU) |
The Sidney Morning Herald(reblock)
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| Wikipedia CD |
Press Release |
p2pnet.net
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2,500 entries from the English Wikipedia have been made available for download. The selected articles "aim [to] help schools enhance their curriculum, and [help] children learn."
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| Public Art Registry |
Press Release |
Press Release
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In a challenge reminescent of Jimbo's October posting "Dream a little," the Public Art Registry is seeking $100,000,000 to create "the first and only on-line catalog of global public art and architecture."
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| source |
online news |
JewishJournal.com
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uses Wikipedia as a source for biographical infomation on Micheal Richards
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