In today’s Media Briefs: the world’s websites get on their SOPA box … Leveson inquiry: OK! editor denies Kate Middleton cover crossed the line … Strauss-Kahn’s wife to edit Huffington Post in France and more …
Wikipedia
Wikipedia to feel the love with WikiLove
Wikipedia volunteers sift through incredible amounts of information in their plight to keep the site accurate but encounter constant streams of criticism. That’s why the ‘WikiLove Button’ is on its way, reports Marshall Kirkpatrick.
How Jesus explains Wikipedia
One of Wikipedia’s earliest entries was a page for Jesus. It serves as an excellent chronicle of the history of Wikipedia and how the site has changed over the last decade, from being vandalised, to few edits now being made.
FBI’s latest target: Wikipedia
The FBI has demanded Wikipedia remove the FBI seal from its pages and is threatening legal action. Seems like an odd fight. Did the FBI get Wikipedia confused with WikiLeaks?
Now even easier to create havoc on Wikipedia
Wikipedia has relaxed rules on editing its most controversial topics, such as George W. Bush. Is that why First Dog on the Moon is now a “willowy brunette who likes fireside walks”?
Naomi Robson’s PR flak caught editing her Wikipedia page
mUmBRELLA catches publicist Max Markson editing all the best bits out of former Today Tonight host Naomi Robson’s Wikipedia page, including the Steve Irwin lizard, Wah Wah, and a raft of critical articles.
NYT cites Wikipedia as a news source
How times have changed: once derided as inaccurate and unreliable, Wikipedia is now being cited as a source by no less than the New York Times. Is it time to start more seriously vetting its editors and contributors?
The Vatican discovers LOLcats, Rick Astley and hax0rz
Ambassadors from the Web 2.0 — aka execs from Google, Facebook, YouTube and Wikipedia — are headed to the Vatican to introduce Catholic bishops to the mysterious ways of the internet. We think the Pope and his pals will fit riiiight in.
Wikipedia to start plugging celebrity leaks
Gone are the days of adding hilarious bogus information to politician’s Wikipedia entries: the site will now require that edits made by new contributors be checked before they go live, in an effort to stem the tide of bogus information about celebrities.
Wikipedia hits 3m articles: milestone or mess?
Collaborative online encyclopedia Wikipedia has reached its three millionth English language article. But is it a milestone for free and open knowledge, or a sign the site is becoming too bloated? The “quality or quantity” issue divides many of the site’s contributors.
Has Wikipedia already peaked?
Are bickering, unfriendly editors and spambots killing Wikipedia? A new study shows the once-booming growth of the collaborative online encyclopedia is tailing off, and the website could find itself in a vicious downward spiral of declining quality and contributor numbers.
Ink blot secrets leaked online
Want to know the “right” answers to the Rorschach test — the ink blots — so you won’t appear crazy? They’ve been published on Wikipedia, and psychologists are not happy about it.
Jimmy Wales on giving the silent treatment
The NYT asked Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales to keep info about kidnapped reporter David Rohde private. Wales speaks to NPR about the ethical dilemma that posed.
Oh, the irony: Wired editor steals content for book about free content
The Virginia Quarterly Review have found a bunch of plagarised passages in Wired magazine editor Chris Anderson’s new book Free: The Future of a Radical Price — mostly ripped from Wikipedia.
Wikipedia: the hardback edition
Artists Rob Matthews has printed all 2559 of Wikipedia’s featured articles into a lovely hardback edition of 5000 pages.
Wikipedia clams up Scientologists
Wikipedia has banned the Church of Scientology from editing of Scientology-related articles after a four-year “editing war” between Scientologists and critics.
Online hoaxes: Mars, Wikipedia and high school students
So many hoaxes online, so little time.
Memo to journos: why you can’t trust Wikipedia #569
A 22-year-old Irish sociology student managed to trap a good slice of the worldʼs media, including Australian outlets, by messing with a Wikipedia entry. Yes, the oldest trick online trick in the book.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Peter Costello … the Olympics … Wikipedia … nuclear power … monetary policy …
Keane: This Wiki sh-t is really Whack
The notion of a user-edited source of knowledge simply excites the vandal in me. And that’s why I got wacky with politicians’ Wiki. Bernard Keane explains.
Andrew Jaspan, the editor that Fairfax forgot
If Andrew Jaspan, the editor of The Age, hadn’t already twigged that he’s on the nose, the message may have now hit home, thanks to recent speeches by both the Fairfax Chief Executive and a prominent director which have been interpreted as thinly veiled assessments of Jaspan’s performance, writes Andrew Dodd.
Universities get down with web 2.0, LOL, DYKWIM etc
It’s not that putative human Julie Bishop doesn’t, necessarily, have a slinky toy where most of a brain should be properly positioned. And it’s not that I’d care for her contributions in a discussion about anything more intricate than mince. However, on one substantial issue, we concur: the kids are getting thick.
The PM has 16,050 MySpace friends, actually, make that 9
There’s a striking example of the finely honed research skills of journos in The Australian’s media section this week, ironically about the use of online media for political campaigning.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
After APEC wraps up on Sunday, John Howard will slip out of his Mambo farting dog shirt and fly to Canberra for Monday’s joint sitting to honour the visiting Canadian PM Stephen Harper. How odd that it should be Canada.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Xenical … Noel Pearson … RBA will do what it wants … AEPC et al … Howard, Bush and the GG … Howard needs a a miracle, well here it is … pulp mill … our athletes aren’t so bad …
