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How much do you trust Wikipedia?

December 7, 2005 the buzz Readers weigh in on reports that Wikipedia entries are too easily tampered with to be reliable. TAGS: Wikipedia, Wiki, Jimmy Wales, CEO

How wikis are changing our view of the world

November 15, 2005 An oddly named piece of software is fast becoming one of the most powerful tools for individuals, groups and companies to share information. TAGS: Wiki, Wikipedia, knowledge, view

Teen's warning on the gospel of Wikipedia

August 11, 2006 User-contributed info on site shouldn't be the sole basis of a term paper, CNET intern says. TAGS: Wikipedia, Wiki, teen, student

Wikipedia today, Citizendium tomorrow

April 5, 2007 Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger wants to create a scholarly wiki with a more credible pedigree. TAGS: Larry Sanger, Wikipedia, Wiki, co-founder, expert, project

Wikipedia rival makes its debut

March 26, 2007 Citizendium offers community-contributed encyclopedia content with a few editorial controls (like full-name registration). TAGS: Larry Sanger, Wikipedia, encyclopedia, Wiki, editor, article

Wikipedia's Wales touts 'free culture' movement

August 4, 2006 Jimmy Wales urges "Wikipedians" to focus on quality, announces One Laptop per Child project will include Wikipedia on machines. Photos: It's a Wikipedia world TAGS: Wikipedia, Wiki, Socialtext, Jimmy Wales, initiative, culture, OLPC, project, entry, conference, error

Wikipedia founder launches political site

July 6, 2006 Hopes Campaigns Wikia will help politics "start to be about substance and thought, rather than style and image." TAGS: Wikipedia, blogosphere, founder, Wiki

Google may host encyclopedia project

February 11, 2005 The group behind the Wikipedia online effort says the search giant offered to host some of its content on company servers. TAGS: encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Google Inc., Wiki, server

Open-sourcing the news

January 7, 2005 Jimmy Wales, leader of Net volunteers behind Wikipedia, thinks a collaborative process is needed to keep journalism honest. TAGS: Jimmy Wales, Wiki, journalism, Wikipedia, encyclopedia, volunteer, media

Wikipedia for politics? A new site gives it a try

October 9, 2007 New politics-and-government wiki PoliticalBase.com hopes to draw readers by offering neutral information and the opportunity to add to entries. TAGS: Wikipedia, Wiki, politician, politics, candidate, database, entry, CEO

Here come the 'Family 2.0' sites

June 2, 2006 A new generation of sites for parents and older people take their cues from well-known social networking sites. TAGS: social networking, JotSpot, MySpace, Wiki, parent, Wikipedia, networking, RSS, advice

Confessions of a journo-elitist

January 19, 2007 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper ponders whether the Wikipedification of the future is inevitable--and what that may mean. TAGS: Jimmy Wales, Sports Illustrated, Wikipedia, Wiki, open source

Start-up brings glitch wiki to IT pros

April 3, 2006 Splunk believes tech administrators deserve a Wikipedia equivalent for tracking system data center errors and events. TAGS: Wiki, log file, system administrator, Wikipedia, administrator, Web server, IBM Corp., start-up, open source, information technology, server, database

Year in review: New media takes center stage

December 15, 2005 Blogs continued their assault on mainstream consciousness in 2005, joined by another brash new-media upstart: the wiki. TAGS: Wiki, Weblogs Inc., podcasting, Wikipedia, blogger, tagging, blog, Flickr, open source, article, Apple Computer

This week in wikis

December 9, 2005 After two scandals in one week, Wikipedia's founder changes the rules concerning who can contribute to the collaborative encyclopedia. TAGS: Wikipedia, encyclopedia, scandal, podcasting, Wiki, talent, founder, article, knowledge, opinion

IBM developing wiki how-to tool

March 29, 2007 Wikipedia-like tool aims to help people automate repetitive tasks performed on the Web, such as filling out forms or paying bills. TAGS: script, criteria, Wiki, IBM Corp., Wikipedia, Firefox, task, field, knowledge, process, person, San Francisco, Mozilla Corp., Web browser

Open-source project treads on Google Maps turf

November 13, 2006 Volunteers with GPS devices aim to map the planet and loosen the grip of government on geographic data. TAGS: Google Maps, planet, open source, volunteer, Wikipedia, Wiki, London, U.K., Britain, map, Google Inc., GPS
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