Tag Archives: Wikipedia

MUST READ: This #Free #Online #Encyclopedia Has Achieved What Wikipedia Can Only Dream Of | Quartz #websites #content #Internet #reference

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Fantastic article relating to authoritative content on the web. Well worth the read start-to-finish.

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy may be the most interesting website on the internet. Not because of the content—which includes fascinating entries on everything from ambiguity to zombies—but because of the site itself. Its creators have solved one of the internet’s fundamental problems: How to provide authoritative, rigorously accurate knowledge, at no cost to readers. It’s something the encyclopedia, or SEP, has managed to do for two decades. READ MORE: This free online encyclopedia has achieved what Wikipedia can only dream of | Quartz

The Covert World of People Trying to Edit #Wikipedia for Pay | The Atlantic #longform #studies #reference

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This is a long form article discussing editing of Wikipedia content specific to the medical field.

Can the site’s dwindling ranks of volunteer editors protect its articles from the influence of money? READ MORE: The Covert World of People Trying to Edit Wikipedia for Pay | The Atlantic.

“Monkey Selfie” is Making Everyone Bananas! |Information Space

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It’s Wildlife Photographer vs. Wikimedia in who has the rights to a photograph taken by an ape.

READ MORE: “Monkey Selfie” is Making Everyone Bananas! | Information Space

News: Education & Technology, Librarianship

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Education & Technology

With MakerBot Academy, the 3-D Printing Movement Aims for Schools | AllThingsD
The company announced on Tuesday an initiative to begin seeding its Replicator 3-D printing machines inside of K-12 schools across the U.S. The effort comes in partnership with DonorsChoose.org, a site that allows public school teachers to make online requests for classroom projects, which are then backed by a Kickstarter-like funding drive.

Twitter goes for the masses with new storytelling feature | CNET
Twitter excels in capturing the “moment” as events happen, but it isn’t great at telling a story. With custom timelines, the company hopes to lure a broader audience by giving it coherent narratives rather than just the raw materials.

Librarianship

How Iran Uses Wikipedia To Censor The Internet | BuzzFeed
A new study from the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School claims that Wikipedia might hold the key to understanding how Iran censors, and controls, the internet. The answer, in four words: with a heavy hand.

The Decline of Wikipedia: Even As More People Than Ever Rely on It, Fewer People Create It | MIT Technology Review

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Snip: Wikipedia and its stated ambition to “compile the sum of all human knowledge” are in trouble. The volunteer workforce that built the project’s flagship, the English-language Wikipedia—and must defend it against vandalism, hoaxes, and manipulation—has shrunk by more than a third since 2007 and is still shrinking. Those participants left seem incapable of fixing the flaws that keep Wikipedia from becoming a high-quality encyclopedia by any standard, including the project’s own.

via The Decline of Wikipedia: Even As More People Than Ever Rely on It, Fewer People Create It | MIT Technology Review

Wiki editing session at Brown University recognizes women in science | Brown University

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For generations, including this one, women in science have remained underrepresented and underrecognized. On Oct. 15, 2013, from 3 p.m. to 8:30 p.m, people who want to change that can gather at a Wikipedia “edit-a-thon” to increase the representation of women in science and technology. The event marks Ada Lovelace Day, named for the 19th-century female scientist who pioneered computational programming.

Read: Wiki editing session at Brown University recognizes women in science | Brown University News and Events

Ada Lovelace Day Edit-a-Thon

Edit Wars Reveal The 10 Most Controversial Topics on Wikipedia | MIT Technology Review

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An analysis of the most highly contested articles on Wikipedia reveals the controversies that appear invariant across languages and cultures.

See the full article: Edit Wars Reveal The 10 Most Controversial Topics on Wikipedia | MIT Technology Review. The 10 most controversial topics are:

  1. George W Bush
  2. Anarchism
  3. Muhammad
  4. List of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. employees
  5. Global Warming
  6. Circumcision
  7. United States
  8. Jesus
  9. Race and intelligence
  10. Christianity

Wikipedia’s ‘Nearby’ Feature Pulls Up Articles Related to Your Location | Mashable

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Currently, the page is designed to pull up articles that lack images, and invites users to “illustrate” articles, which they can do via their mobile device. 

Although Nearby was built for mobile, it can also accommodate Wikipedia’s desktop version.

via Wikipedia’s ‘Nearby’ Feature Pulls Up Articles Related to Your Location | Mashable

Wikipedia Nearby

Future Librarians for Intellectual Freedom: Wikipedia and Gender Bias

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Future Librarians for Intellectual Freedom: Wikipedia and Gender Bias

Wikipedia's Gender Gap

View All Unregistered Wikipedia Edits in Real Time | Co.Create

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The Wikipedia Recent Changes Map, shows where every unregistered user is editing from in real time. You can watch the titles of Wikipedia entries that have just been altered on a map of the world, or you can watch a quickly moving list of items scroll by. Via View All Unregistered Wikipedia Edits in Real Time | Co.Create: Creativity \ Culture \ Commerce.

Wikipedia Edits