Forget the term paper: These students write Wikipedia articles for class credit
Professor Gunseli Berik’s students contributed 15 articles to the free encyclopedia last year.
On Aug 23, 2012 by Kevin Morris
Google fighting proposed copyright law in Germany
News aggregators also oppose the law, which would charge a licensing fee for any reposted content.
On Aug 22, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Wikipedia for the Weird: Pizza delivery
Learn about the innovators of the practice, as well as all the porn with pizza-bearing protagonists.
On Aug 21, 2012 by Lindsey Weber
Wikipedia for the Weird: List of organisms named after famous people
Even Simon (Avalanchurus simoni) and Garfunkel (Avalanchurus garfunkeli) have their own fossils.
On Aug 14, 2012 by Lindsey Weber
A sneak peek at Wikipedia’s radical, controversial redesign
With Athena Project, Wikipedia’s senior designer Malcolm Harris hopes to inject the site with a healthy dose of social networking.
On Aug 13, 2012 by Kevin Morris
Italian creative agency proposes Wikipedia redesign
New!’s “The Wikipedia Refined” includes dramatic changes to the crowd-edited encyclopedia’s design, but users aren’t convinced.
On Aug 9, 2012 by Lindsey Weber
Repubican vice presidential contenders’ Wikipedia pages locked after Colbert calls for edits
A segment on Monday’s edition of The Colbert Report encouraged viewers to edit the Wikipedia pages of Mitt Romney’s prospective running mates.
On Aug 9, 2012 by Fidel Martinez
Wikipedia for the Weird: Inventors killed by their own inventions
In her new column, Lindsey Weber examines the curious case of James Heselden, Li Si, and Thomas Midley, Jr.
On Aug 7, 2012 by Lindsey Weber
Is Wikipedia the key to unlocking Romney’s VP nomination?
If so, it looks like Wisconsin’s Paul Ryan is in the hot seat.
On Aug 7, 2012 by Justin Franz
Wikipedia chairman banned after pornography row
Ashley van Haeften claimed he was the victim of a homophobic harassment campaign stemming from bondage pornography he had once posted to the Wikimedia Commons.
On Jul 31, 2012 by Kevin Morris
Founder Jimmy Wales denies admin crisis at Wikipedia
At Wikimania, Wales said the number of volunteer administrators has remained stable. It’s the decline of ordinary users that’s troublesome.
On Jul 19, 2012 by Kevin Morris
The mass rebellion that inspired Wikipedia’s new travel guide
Feeling overshadowed by parent company Internet Brand’s bottom line, admins from Wikitravel are leaving en masse to help launch Wikipedia’s new rival site.
On Jul 18, 2012 by Kevin Morris
Russia’s Internet blacklist bill passes, despite protests
Bill 89417-6, opposed by Wikipedia, Livejournal and top Russian search engine Yanex, has been approved by lawmakers and awaits President Putin’s signature.
On Jul 11, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Russian Wikipedia blacks out to protest censorship bill
The bill, currently being considering by Russia’s State Duma, would create “a unified digital blacklist.”
On Jul 10, 2012 by Jennifer Abel
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales launches petition to support Richard O’Dwyer
The 24-year-old O’Dwyer is due to be extradited from the U.K. to the U.S. on copyright charges, and Wales has started a wildly popular petition opposing the move.
On Jun 25, 2012 by Kevin Collier
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