Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-11-20/In the news
| In the News articles are in brown | |||
| KEY: (c) Continuing Coverage • (s) Wikipedia as Source | |||
| Topic | Source type | Source name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| China lifts ban(c) | wire service | Reuters "news service" | Quoting spokeswoman - |
| China lifts ban(c) | large circ US | WSJ print-B10 | "Activity on the ... Chinese Wikipedia has skyrocketed" since the ban was lifted. "No one can be certain the current access will remain." Quotes Tim Starling. |
| Pearson book wiki | large circ US | WSJ print-B1 | "Pearson PLC is joining with" the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and the MIT's Sloan School "to create a business book authored and edited by a "wiki" -- an online community dedicated to writing." (wikipedia is mentioned as "inspiring" the effort) |
| China reblock | large circ US | The Boston Globe | "Andrew Lih... wrote on his blog Thursday night that [they] are unable to contact Wikipedia. The report was confirmed by Rebecca MacKinnon, former Beijing bureau chief at CNN... MacKinnon said that a number of Chinese friends wrote to her complaining about the shutdown." |
| Information everywhere | large circ UK | The Observer (part of guardian.co.uk) | "So much information seems to mean its degradation." "The pessimists are right except in one respect - they underestimate the ability of individuals collectively to want to understand, notwithstanding their prejudices and beliefs, and, thus, ultimately the power of truth to win out." |
| Wikipedia quality | large circ AU | Sidney Herald | Short article on popular view of Wikipedia's credibility despite its flaws |
| China ban lifted(c) | large circ AU | Sidney Herald | Noting ban, lift of ban, increase in users, mentions Baidu (and interestingly that "Entries on "Baidupedia" are, however, censored by the Chinese government.") |
| China reblocks | major news | Fox News CNN |
Major news coverage of reblock by China |
| Wikipedia quality | TV News | Syracuse ABC-9 | Students use it, reports on experiments with false info. |
| Citizendium(c) | TV News | San Diego CBS-8 | Interview of Sanger - Sanger billed as creator of Wikipedia - names advantages |
| ?? | TV News | TV Ontario | Interview of Thomas Homer-Dixon discussing a potential societal collapse due to multiple stresses to the world. Don't think the Wikipedia mention is particularly easy to find. |
| China ban lifted(c) | Aggregator | International Herald | Ban lifted but some topics blocked - lists sources as NY Times and Boston Globe. |
| Vandalism (German) |
large circ DE | Die Welt | General article on Wikipedia with reporting on an alleged campaign by the Bild-Zeitung to discredit Wikipedia. Reports that the campign lead to an increased amount of vandalism on the German Wikipedia. "Wikipedianer, which want .. their on-line forum to become a respectable alternative to printed encyclopedias. The consider Wikipedia not [a] chaotic playground, but a platform for up-to-date knowledge transfer." (translation google and me) |
| Wikipedia in depth | Small circ | Mankato Free Press | Overview of Wikipedia, use as a research source, and coverage of local information |
| Hoax article | Small circ UK | Crawley Observer | Councillor Adam G Brown moaned that no one knew who he was ... 40 minutes later an article ... was posted on internet encyclopaedia Wikipedia. |
| Wikipedia quality | Print Magazine | The Chronicle Review\ | Excellent article by Ann Kirschner who explains Wikipedia, the Wikipedia phenomenon and her own edits. "For now, Wikipedia works. ... I'm prepared to believe that Wikipedia's millions of eyes will continue its evolution and improve its quality." |
| Citizendium | College US | Gateway (U Alberta) | Standard Citizendium - with quotes from school admins |
| Atlantic storms(s) | College US | Colorado State Univ | Report by Philip J. Klotzbach and William M. Gray credits Wikipedia as being "...very helpful in putting together this tropical cyclone summary." |
| Wikipedia quality | College CA | The Dartmouth | Explains Wikipedia. Pros/cons from professors. "not the same as a peer-reviewed journal." "Wikipedia is often useful as a quick orientation tool that requires verification." etc |
| Computer Print | Information Week | Very brief - ban in place - ban lifted | |
| Milton Friedman | Online News | Marketwatch.com | Uses Wikipedia to demonstrate Friedman's free markets theory and how they produce efficiencies. |
| China reblocks | Online News | itwire.com p2pnet |
Reports indicate that Wikipedia is blocked again. Not unexpected but hope it is not final. |
| Smallest hole(s) | Online News | ZD Net | uses Wikipedia as source for Electrical discharge machining and Focused ion beam" |
| China ban lift(c) | Various | Digital Trends itwire pocket-lint AsiaMedia ucla.edu Times of India |
Basically same stuff |
| China reblocks | Various | The Inquirer WebProNews PC Authority Journal NOW Winston-Salem Variety Dalls Star Telegraph from Bloomberg Taipei Times Daily Tech arstechnica |
Coverage of reblock |
| Vandalism | Game Print | GamePro Magazine | Reports PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 are locked because of reoccuring vandalism |
| China ban lift(c) | slashdot | slashdot | brief - mentions explosion in use |
| Conflicts | Online news? | jewcy.com | Reports being pleased with the neutrality of articles such as Sabra and Shatila massacre, the Massacre of Deir Yassin, the Khazars, and the Exodus of Jews from Arab lands. Reports taht the discussions "are protracted, repetitive, and often cantankerous, but they have yielded hard-earned compromises and excellent, dispassionate articles on each of these topics." |
| Virus(c) | Self-pub | [www.israelnewsagency.com/wikipediacomputerviruseswoolwaleshillelblasterworm8491119.html Isreal News Agency] | Reports on experiments with false information, German virus issue, etc. |
| Citizendium(c) | Self-pub | Purdue Exponent | Short article - New project - editorial process |
| Vandalism | PR site | nintendorevolution.ca | Nintendo site documents vandalism of Wii and Playstation 3 articles |