"We’re letting people program Wikipedia unsupervised," Harihareswara wrote. " Anyone can write a chunk of code to be included in an article that will be seen by millions of people, often without much review."
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Information may want to be free, but the organization behind Wikipedia wants knowledge to be free too. So Wikimedia has formed a partnership with the world's sixth-largest telecom, VimpelCom, to deliver Wikipedia mobile sites for free to developing countries.
A look at the most viewed articles on Wikipedia in 2012, broken down by language.
Wikia is raising $11 million to support its growing network of pop culture wikis.
It's like NPR's Pledge Week: A necessary annoyance for the greater good.
The wait is over. Wikipedia now widely supports HTML 5 video content on its millions of entries with the launch of its TimeMediaHandler, soon with support for mobile.
Referred to as China’s Wikipedia, Hudong.com is a Chinese-language online encyclopedia. The company is reportedly raising a $50 million third round of funding, sources told Fortune.
Created in 2005, Hudong.com calls itself the world’s largest Chinese-language wiki with 6.4 million …
Encyclopaedia Britannica, mortally wounded by the Web and Wikipedia, is ending the production of its print edition in favor of a strictly digital strategy, the company announced Tuesday.
“It’s a rite of passage in this new era,” Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. …
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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales had fighting words for Motion Picture Association of America chairman Christopher Dodd, calling the former Senator and current lobbyist out on his recent threats and pronouncing that the MPAA should fire its chief.
“Candidly, those who …
The founder of Russia’s largest social network proclaimed his love and support for Wikipedia today by promising to donate $1 million to the not-for-profit organization while onstage at the Digital Life Design conference in Munich.
Twenty-seven year-old entrepreneur Pavel Durov …
Whether you’re doing homework, researching the latest advances in sedation dentistry, or just wasting time “educating” yourself on the bottomless pit of trivia that is Wikipedia, you’re probably a little bit inconvenienced by today’s site-wide blackout.
Here’s how you can …
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) have definitely gotten the Internet’s attention, but not in the good Elmo orders Taco Bell sort of way. This is more like Rebecca Black announcing she’s obtained the license …
