Winners of Wikipedia’s biggest award still haven’t received prize money
Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales pledged to give $5,000 to each recipient, but he’s failed to deliver.
On Apr 26, 2013 by Kevin Morris
Can an official wiki unite “Star Trek” fandom?
Trek fans have their first officially-endorsed fan site … and it’s a wiki.
On Apr 26, 2013 by Aja Romano
Wikipedia’s list of American novelists leaves women out to dry
Wikipedia’s women problem surfaces again.
On Apr 25, 2013 by Kevin Morris
The greatest movie that never was
Director Yuri Gadyukin did not owe money to a gangster. His final film was not swirling out of control. In fact, he never existed in the first place.
In times of crisis, Wikipedia could be a breaking news source
Researchers from Google have developed a new Web app that tracks breaking news events around the world by monitoring edits to Wikipedia.
On Apr 19, 2013 by Tim Sampson
Wikipedia pot article loses bongs, gets OK’d in Russia
Now that bongs, joints, and vaporizers have disappeared from a Russian Wikipedia article about smoking pot, the government has declared it safe for the general public.
On Apr 9, 2013 by Kevin Morris
Russia may ban Wikipedia over article on smoking pot
The country’s controversial 2012 Internet blacklist law is primed to take down its most prominent victim yet.
On Apr 8, 2013 by Kevin Morris
Intelligence agency threatens Wikipedia admin with prison time
France’s Central Directorate of Interior Intelligence found something it didn’t like in a Wikipedia article, so it threatened a volunteer with jail time unless he deleted it.
Wikipedians put Wikipedia ahead of political parties
Unlike every other place on the planet, Wikipedia is not a cesspool of partisan bickering.
On Apr 4, 2013 by Kevin Morris
Wikipedia editors accuse professor of administering plagiarism
The University of Toronto’s Steve Joordens sent his 1,700 students to work editing psychology articles on the user-edited encyclopedia.
On Apr 4, 2013 by Chase Hoffberger
Group threatens to sue Wikipedia editor over deleted page
A Wikipedia editor who participated in a discussion that got a group’s page removed for violating Wikipedia standards is now facing a lawsuit.
On Apr 2, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III
Sue Gardner, who oversaw Wikipedia’s rise, is leaving
Gardner took the nonprofit that runs Wikipedia from a tiny group working out of a shopping center in St. Petersburg, Fla., to a fundraising behemoth with nearly $50 million in assets.
On Mar 28, 2013 by Kevin Morris
How major research institutions adjust to a Wikipedia world
A Washington, D.C. edit-a-thon got information from the Historical Society Of Washington off the shelves and onto Wikipedia.
On Mar 28, 2013 by Tim Sampson
Wikipedia for the Weird: Odd facts about aglets
How many times have you stopped and wondered, “What’s the proper name for those things on the ends of my shoelaces?” Hopefully never. Otherwise, consider therapy.
On Mar 25, 2013 by Mike Fenn
Jane Goodall apologizes for plagiarizing Wikipedia
Even the most venerable nonfiction writers can find themselves accused of plagiarism.
On Mar 22, 2013 by Tim Sampson
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