Wikipedia grows up
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- Wikipedia grows up
- Hewlett Foundation ponies up cash for Wikipedia
- Doctor investigated for posting inkblots to Wikipedia
- Fanbase Launches Wikipedia-Style Directory f All Things Sports
- Roundup: Jobs hard at work on new tablet Wikipedia to review …
- Free-to-edit Wikipedia appoints ‘volunteer editors’ to vet changes …
Wikipedia grows up
Kansas City Star
Abouhalkah Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnistWikipedia is growing up now that it’s going to put a little more power in the hands of editors. At least that’s one way of looking at what’s happening with the popular online encyclopedia. It’s trusted by many for its up-to-date information — and distrusted by millions more because of its reliance on multiple authors who may or may not know what they are writing about. Now Wikipedia officials say they will rely on editors — essentially frequent to semi-frequent contributors to the encyclopedia — to keep false information off of certain pages. The AP reports: “The idea is to block the kind of high-profile vandalism that has marred the pages of some famous people.
Hewlett Foundation ponies up cash for Wikipedia
Register
Wikipedia is in no position to turn down cash from anyone considering that Wikimedia is dedicated to open source and open content and relies on the kindness of strangers for not only its content but also for the money to keep the Wikipedia project and numerous related projects afloat. But they must have been hoping for more help from the Hewlett Foundation especially when you consider that Hewlett and his partner Dave Packard were engineers from Stanford University created the original Silicon Valley IT startup and had a lifelong dedication to education and the dissemination of news and information.
Doctor investigated for posting inkblots to Wikipedia
Register
Psychologists have kept the test’s inner workings secret for decades out of concern that the inkblots won’t be as effective if they’ve been seen before. Some psychologists worry that detailed descriptions like. Including the images on Wikipedia violates the test’s secrecy and if Heilman were a psychologist it would be “viewed as serious misconduct” one of the complainants Andrea Kowaz of the College of Psychologists of British Columbia said. A different psychologist at Royal University Hospital added that Heilman “shows disrespect to his professional colleagues in psychology and disparages them in the eyes of the public.
Fanbase Launches Wikipedia-Style Directory f All Things Sports
TechCrunch
In its limited public beta period Fanbase has already attracted over 500000 users who have made more than 60000 contributions according to the company website which also reveals that there are currently over 1. 7 million athletes and 20000 teams in the directory. Fanbase hopes that next to visitors current and former athletes will contribute photos videos articles roster and schedule information upload commentary and correct inaccuracies just as enthusiasts provide much of the information in Wikipedia and IMDB. Currently 23 sports are supported – from softball to lacrosse to ice hockey – but the startup seeks to expand over the next few months to include individual sports like tennis and golf. Fanbase is also notably launching just in time for the fall sports season. The startup was co-founded by Nirav Tolia a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur who led product review site Epinions (later Shopping. com) during the last Internet boom and ultimately sold the business to eBay.
Roundup: Jobs hard at work on new tablet Wikipedia to review …
VentureBeat
Now Wikipedia’s management has accepted that letting anyone write anything about anyone doesn’t always magically lead to the best biographies on the planet. ?We are no longer at the point that it is acceptable to throw things at the wall and see what sticks? Michael Snow a lawyer in Seattle who is the chairman of the Wikimedia board.
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Free-to-edit Wikipedia appoints ‘volunteer editors’ to vet changes …
Daily Mail
Wikipedia was set up eight years ago as a free encyclopedia built on the work of volunteers. All contributors had the power to edit improve and update thecontent and it has become one of the top ten internet sites with morethan 13million entries. But well-publicised hoaxes have forced theWikimedia Foundation the nonprofit Californian body that runs thesite to curb its freewheeling ethos. They hope the switch to volunteer editors will curb malicioustampering and reduce the risk of lawsuits. Wikipedia tried to clampdown on the problem in 2005 by banning anonymous users from creatingentries. Experts said the latest change was much more significant and ‘crosses a psychological Rubicon’.
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