1. Welcoming the Posterous team to the flock (via Twitter Blog) and Posterous Acquisition FAQ Posterous will continue online at least for time being. 2. Yahoo Suing Facebook Over Patent Infringement (via AllThingsD) Yahoo says Facebook infringed on 10 patents. 3. “Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia chief to advise Whitehall on policy” (via The Telegraph) It’s an [...]
SOPA/PIPA and the Wikipedia Blackout
Filed by on January 18, 2012
We would like to ENCOURAGE all INFOdocket readers to CONTACT their representatives in Congress and let them know that SOPA/PIPA is bad legislation. This post has articles and links to learn more about SOPA/PIPA. Those of you outside of the U.S. might want to take a look at this petition to the U.S. State Department. [...]
Video: Wikipedia Discussed on C-SPAN's "Q&A" with William Buetler from The Wikipedian
Filed by on January 3, 2012
From the C-SPAN Web Site: William Beutler Talked about his role as an editor, commentator and consultant for the Wikipedia website. Among the topics he addressed were potential problems, such as vandalism, which could be encountered on the website. He related the story of former USA Today editor John Seigenthaler’s battle to have malicious biography [...]
Enhancing Multilingual Content in Wikipedia: Learn About the WikiBasha Tool From Microsoft Research
Filed by on December 8, 2011
From a Microsoft Research News Article: Making Wikipedia more multilingual inspired a Microsoft Research India team to develop a tool called WikiBhasha, which was launched Oct. 18. WikiBhasha—“Wiki,” signifying its community-oriented approach; “Bhasha,” a Sanskrit word meaning “language”—features a content-creation platform that combines linguistic services, such as machine translation, with a Wikipedia-friendly content editor. Everyday [...]
Visualizations: The World of Wikipedia's Languages Mapped
Filed by on November 11, 2011
From The Guardian: What happens if you map every geotagged Wikipedia article – and then analyse it for language use? A team of Oxford University researchers has found out. [Clip] Mark Graham and the team at the Oxford Internet Institute (who’ve mapped zombies and every geotagged picture on Flickr) decided to find out as part [...]
