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Image: Although "all-round" editors helped contribute to high-quality articles, the study's findings don't negate the imp...

From Fabius Maximus: Summary: This is a hat trick. About effective propaganda. And climate science. And more evidence that Wikipedia can...

Photo: Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of the site contested the claim that 49,000 volunteer editors had left in the first three months of 2009...

From CNET: Wikipedia's exponential growth over this decade is due to the efforts of the millions of volunteers who write, edit, and chec...

From The Threat Level: Wikipedia is under a censorship attack by a convicted murderer who is invoking Germany’s privacy laws in a bid to rem...

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales From The Guardian: 'My greatest hope for the next 10 years? That we will, on the internet, continue to for...

From PC World: Wikipedia's just announced plans to restrict the editing of some of its articles. Under the new system, any changes made ...

From Wired Science: Starting this fall, you’ll have a new reason to trust the information you find on Wikipedia: An optional feature called ...

From The BBC: The online encyclopaedia Wikipedia is on the cusp of launching a major revamp to how people contribute to some pages. The site...

From New Scientist: Wikipedia has rapidly become one of the most used reference sources in the world, but a new study shows that the website...

From Ars Technica: A cyberlaw professor argues that Wikipedia is doomed. The online encyclopedia will need to choose between being "hig...

From CBS/CNET Tech News: The User-Generated Resource Looks At Allowing Only Trusted Users To Immediately Publish Content Changes (CNET) Just...

From College On The Record: Most college professors discourage students from using Wikipedia as a reliable source of information, and if you...

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