Tag: wikipedia

Russia Bans Wikipedia Over Drug Article, Promptly Reverses Course After Edits
Roskomnadzor, Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (basically its internet watchdog) has been in the news quite a bit l...
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Google Algorithm Gets Mysterious Jolt
Google changes its algorithm constantly, so an update is hardly newsworthy unless it causes major changes. Something pretty big apparently happened with the algorithm on June 17 -...
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Wikipedia Lists Ten Most Edited Pages Of 2014
Earlier this month, the Wikimedia Foundation released its first-ever annual video looki...
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Here’s What 2014 Looked Like On Wikipedia
It's that time of year. Everybody's putting out their year-end round-ups. Sometimes they come in the form of lists. Sometimes they're videos. Sometimes both. The Wikimedia Foun...
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Wikipedia Mobile Apps Get Nearby Feature
Last year, Wikipedia added "nearby" functionality to its desk...
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Wikipedia Banks $140,000 in Bitcoin Donations in First Week
The Wikimedia Foundation lives on donations – that's how you can read the Wikipedia entry on World of Warcraft and not be bombarded with ads for Mountain Dew Code Red. And garnerin...
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Wikipedia Shows Content Google ‘Forgets’
It was recently reported that Google is removing links to Wikipedia article...
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Wikipedia Articles Not Exempt From ‘Right To Be Forgotten’
Okay, if this thing wasn't already getting out of hand (it was), it certainly is now. A Wikipedia link is reportedly being removed from Google search results as a result of Google'...
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Wikipedia Donations Can Now Be Made in Bitcoin
If you've been putting off donating to the Wikimedia Foundation, waiting to do so in a cryptocurrency, today's the day. The Wikimedia Foundation, which is responsible for the i...
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Wikipedia Wins One Battle Against Black Hat Paid Editing
The Wikimedia Foundation announced that it successfully obtained orders preventing four sites, which advertise paid Wikipedia article editing, from using the Wikipedia trademark. T...
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Wikipedia Gets A Revamp On Tablets
The Wikimedia Foundation unveiled a new look for Wikipedia and its other properties for tablets. There are similarities to the mobile web version you've already been seeing on your...
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Will Policy Changes Make Wikipedia More Trustworthy?
The Wikimedia Foundation announced changes to its terms of service to address the problem of black hat paid editing of content such as Wikipedia articles. With half a billion peopl...
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Lila Tretikov Replaces Sue Gardner As Executive Director Of Wikimedia Foundation
It's been over thirteen months since Sue Gardner announced that she'd...
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Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales Calls Bullsh*t on Alt-Medicine Petitioners
If you look up "Emotional Freedom Techniques" on Wikipedia, you'll see that it is "is generally characterized as pseudoscience and has not garnered significant support in clinical...
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Respected Wikimedia Employee Busted And Fired For Paid Wikipedia Edits
Back in the fall, the Wikimedia Foundation announced that it was shutting d...
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