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Wikimedia pegs future on education, not profit
In many ways, the rented office befits the Wikimedia Foundation, the 5-year-old nonprofit group that runs Wikipedia, and an organization rich in dichotomies.
WikiTaxi [Delphi Inspiration]
The huge English Wikipedia easily fits on a 8 GB memory stick.
By the people - web - Technology - smh.com.au
The freedom of collaborative sites like Wikipedia is also their biggest flaw, reports Leon Gettler.
Wikipedia Campaign - a set on Flickr
An assignment for Holly Shields' Art Direction II class at Texas State University. Spring 2008.
infolitland - What to Do With Wikipedia
If you want to get five opinions from four information professionals, just mention Wikipedia. Often banned by professors, panned by traditional reference book publishers, and embraced by just about everyone else, Wikipedia marches on like a great beast, g
Science Library Pad: Wikipedia death watch?
For example, I find it very convenient to go to WIkipedia to lookup Cylon model numbers, while The WikiPowers That Be are beginning to tag such pages fancruft.
Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: Nature's Flawed Study of Wikipedia's Quality
Kapor's remarks inspired me to take a look at that much-cited Nature article. I found that it was something less than I had expected.
Use with caution: The perils of Wikipedia - CNN.com
So should we turn our backs on Wikipedia -- scratch it and start again? Absolutely not. As a project -- to gather together our collective knowledge -- Wikipedia is admirable. As a repository for human knowledge, it is invaluable. As an introductory resour
Language Lab Unleashed! - it’s not your middle school language lab…
Middlebury College’s Department of History made headlines at the end of January when they announced a ban on the use of Wikipedia as a reference. Later in February, a Classics course at Oberlin College was required to use Wikipedia for a research assign
Jimmy Wales » Blog Archive » Free Knowledge requires Free Software and Free File Formats
People sometimes ask me why I’m so adamant that Wikipedia must always use free software, even when in some cases it might be the case that proprietary software might be more convenient or better suited for some particular need that we have.
An empirical examination of Wikipedia's credibility
Wikipedia is an free, online encyclopaedia which anyone can add content to or edit the existing content of. The idea behind Wikipedia is that members of the general public can add their own personal knowledge, anonymously if they wish. Wikipedia then evol
Will Wikipedia Mean the End Of Traditional Encyclopedias? - WSJ.com
Can Wikipedia's everyone's-an-editor approach produce a reliable resource tool without scholarly oversight? Are traditional encyclopedias like Britannica limited by lack of input? The Wall Street Journal Online invited Mr. Wales to discuss the topic with
Wikipedia:School and university projects - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wikipedia:WikiProject Classroom coordination exists to provide guidance to educators who incorporate Wikipedia writing assignments into their classes.
Wikipedia for the rest of us: audio encyclopaedia with your mobile phone - FLOSSE Posse
In the MobilED initiative we are working on this direction. We are right now implementing an experimental audio encyclopaedia that makes it possible to search articles in a mediawiki server with SMS message. The server then calls you back and a speech syn
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In the MobilED initiative we are working on this direction. We are right now implementing an experimental audio encyclopaedia that makes it possible to search articles in a mediawiki server with SMS message. The server then calls you back and a speech syn
Wikipedia in the classroom
Andy Carvin and Jimmy Wales have started a public conversation to see what educators have to say about Wikipedia.
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