Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2006-12-11/In the news
| Brown row indicates the news item is "In the News" for this week | |||
| KEY: (c) Continuing Coverage • (s) Wikipedia as Source |
| Topic | Source type | Source name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikidemise | Major comp mag | Information Week | Law professor Eric Goldman, in a recent blog post Goldman confirmed his earlier prediction that Wikipedia will not exist in its current format by 2009. In doing so he affirmed his postition from December 4, 2005 that Wikipedia had less than 5 years left. |
| Disputes ITN | ~30,000 | The Roanoke Times | Carilion Health System edited to criticise chief executive Dr. Edward Murphy's plan to convert to Carilion Clinic |
| Amazon invests Wikia | city news | Houston Chronicle San Jose Mercury Times Information Week |
Amazon invests in Wikia |
| ? | College News | Bowdoin Orient | College editor uses Wikipedia to become a "celebrity" by inserting himself in the college's article and creating an article on himself. |
| source | city news | The Statesman Journal | References wikipedia for definition of governance, "Wikipedia is this touchy-feely, democratic version of an online encyclopedia. ... Wikipedia has been criticized for occasionally getting things wrong, but most people who understand governance probably would go along with..." |
| workplace | comp news | IT Week (UK) | companies that allow access to Wikipedia could be putting their company at risk. |
| Good/Bad | major news | CBS News | We're a bunch of geeks," Jimmy Wales, the inventor of Wikipedia, told Sunday Morning correspondent Serena Altschul. "
"Wikipedia says it takes fact-checking seriously, too, but since it only has volunteers and a shoestring budget funded by donations, everything about it is radically different." |
| linking | blog | Google Official Blog | Google Earth will now make wikipedia articles available while looking at geographic information. When Wikipedia information is available it will be visually identified by the Wikipedia Globe. |
