Remember that study published in the journal Nature about how Wikipedia is only slightly less accurate than the Encyclopedia Britannica when it comes to certain articles about science? Apparently, it made the folks at Britannica nervous enough to look into the study itself. They sent around an e-mail to a select group today encouraging people [...]
sj reports the English Wikipedia has its millionth article.
At the Berkman Center for Internet & Society right now, David Weinberger is talking about authority and Wikipedia. http://harmony.law.harvard.edu/webcast.s… is the webcast link. The talk should last until approximately 7:30 pm.
We spent a few minutes talking about the value of names and why many people uses pseudonyms in the Wikipedia community. I’ve been thinking about the [...]
If you’re more into wikis than Gary Price, go to Grafton Street tonight (3/8) at 6 pm for some wikilicious discussion and drinks instead of going to a wonderful discussion about Web tools and search engines and stuff at Simmons College. Either will probably be equally satiating.
sj, of course, will be at Grafton. He claims [...]
Paula Berinstein examines Wikipedia in Searcher, a magazine for librarians, researchers, and information professionals.
link from Jessamyn
Brett pointed me to Comedy of errors hits the world of Wikipedia in The Sunday Times, which focuses on vandalism related to entries of prominent Brits. The Independent has its own version of the article. As I was cleaning off my desk, I found a Joseph Janes column* in the October American Libraries about [...]
Part two of The Boston Globe’s brief series on Wikipedia ran today–just in time for our event at Simmons College tonight at 7 pm. One article includes brief profiles of several local volunteers. David Mehegan didn’t mention that Aaron Swartz is actually famous enough to have his own entry in Wikipedia legitimately. sj, of course, [...]
"Can [Wikipedia] stop sabotage and distortion without losing the freedom and openness that made the reference possible?"
asks David Mehegan in part one of a 2 part series about Wikipedia in The Boston Globe.
"I think that global universal access to basic information can have a transformative impact on the world,"
explains Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales about why [...]
The Dowbrigade, who teaches English to international students, is using a wiki to keep up with his class while he’s recovering from an injury.
Have a speedy recovery, Michael! If only rearranging innards were as easy as editing a wiki!