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Search Home : Computers : Open Source : Open Content : Encyclopedias : Wikipedia
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- Wikipedia: A free encyclopedia built collaboratively using Wiki software. (GNU Free Documentation License).
- CNN.com - Wikipedia: The know-it-all Web site: Short article describing one individual's experiences.
- Disinfopedia: Wikipedia: Provides several reasons of why Wikipedia will have problems.
- First Monday - Phantom authority, self–selective recruitment and retention of members in virtual communities: The case of Wikipedia: Journal article by Andrea Ciffolilli. Explains the success of Wikipedia thanks to a solution to the problem of the submission of undesirable pieces of information.
- Free-Definition: Wikipedia: Offers brief overview, similar projects, and issues with vandalism.
- Frozen North: How Authoritative is Wikipedia?: Blog entry. Describes the author's process of putting errors into Wikipedia and watching for corrections to them. Suggests how fact-checking needs to be improved at Wikipedia, and gives ideas for further experiments.
- Guardian Unlimited - Wikipedia's success: Summary primarily of the positive aspects and milestones of the online encyclopedia.
- ITworld.com - Chinese censors block access to Wikipedia: Chinese censors have blocked access to Chinese Wikipedia that was created as a free and open source of information.
- Many-to-Many: Wikipedia Reputation and the Wemedia Project: Attempts to look at the core issues of collaborative editing: accuracy and trust.
- Poynter Online - Wikipedia for Journalists: Proclaims that the use of Wikipedia is a good source for basic background information for journalists.
- Redherring.com - Wiki Wars: Wikis have become the latest battleground in the presidential election as users of online encyclopedia Wikipedia squabble over entries related to President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry.
- Salon.com: Everyone is an Editor: Attempts to examine the pros and cons of Wikipedia. Plus, comparisons to previous similar projects.
- Slashdot: Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Responds: Wikipedia founder responds to a dozen highly moderated questions.
- Slashdot: Wikipedia Hits Million-Entry Mark: Lovely forum discussion.
- Syracuse.com: Librarian: Don't use Wikipedia as Source: Librarian explains why Wikipedia is not an authoritative source.
- TCS: Tech Central Station - The Faith-Based Encyclopedia: Robert McHenry, former Editor in Chief of the Encyclopædia Britannica, wonders about the Wikipedian assumptions that writings and editings by contributors of greatest expertise will survive and that articles will eventually reach a very high degree of accuracy.
- The Importance of... The Great Wikipedia Authority Debate: Offers excerpts from previous articles written on open source projects, and offers arguments that support it.
- The Register - Wikipedia's Emergent People fail to impress readers: Criticisms of Wikipedia and of arguments used by its admirers.
- The Register - Wikipedia 'to make universities obsolete': Opinion article by Andrew Orlowski suggesting that Wikipedia has a long way to go before it's a stand-in for libraries and scholarly publications.
- The Register - Wiki-fiddlers defend Clever Big Book: Commentary by Andrew Orlowski. "Our jibe that the Wikipedia is the world's most useless encyclopedia drew precisely two angry responses. But both illustrate the condition perfectly."
- USATODAY.com - Today's best encyclopedia might surprise you: Overview of Wikipedia's growth, quality, and editing process.
- Wikinfo: Critical views of Wikipedia: Provides a basic history, plus some limitations of using a wiki as an encyclopedia.
- Wikipedia Encyclopedia on Pocket PC, Palm and EPOC OS: Wikipedia can now be downloaded to a handheld. The English, German, French, Dutch and Esperanto Wikipedias can be browsed on a handheld or Windows PC with TomeRaider as viewer (shareware).
- Wikipedia Shows Power of Cooperation: Dan Gillmor explains what a wiki is, and how Wikipedia can be a success.
- Wikipedia as Participatory Journalism: Reliable Sources?: Studies the growth of Wikipedia and analyzes the technologies and policies that made it prosper.
- Wired News: Not Your Father's Encyclopedia: Early article that describes the advantages of an open-source encyclopedia, plus its shortcomings.
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