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By Gary Price C0-Founder, Co-Editor Here’s a story, an real life example, about Wikipedia that came about during at dinner the other night. Yes, it’s one example from one article but I think if nothing else it’s a useful example. If I said that this experience was going to stop me from ever using Wikipedia […]
From an Annual Plan Summary: The Annual Plan provides an overview of the Foundation’s main work through the fiscal year (July 1 through June 30), most importantly highlighting our efforts on diversifying and expanding the Wikimedia project editor/contributor community, growing our presence in India and Brazil, increasing our reach via mobile devices, and ensuring our […]
From the Wikimedia Web Site: The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a philanthropic grantmaking institution that supports science, technology and economic institutions, announced today that it will award a grant of $3 million (USD) to the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates Wikipedia. This is the second grant of this amount awarded to the Wikimedia Foundation […]
From the Wikimedia Blog: In April 2011, the Wikimedia Foundation conducted a survey of our editors around the globe. The survey was available in 22 languages (thanks to the work of volunteer translators) and was completed by over 5,000 editors. The aim of the survey was to better understand who the editors are? What motivates […]
Title: “Need to Categorize: A Comparative Look at the Categories of the Universal Decimal Classification System and Wikipedia” (2 Pages; PDF) Authors: Almila Akdag Salah, Cheng Gao, Krzysztof Suchecki, Andrea Scharnhorst Abstract: This study analyzes the differences between the category structure of the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) system (which is one of the widely used […]
From a USA Today Interview by Jefferson Graham: Wikipedia, which turned 10 this year, is almost a household name. Now Wales is trumpeting sister site Wikia, which he set up for fans of TV shows, movies and video games to wax poetically about their favorites, without the restrictions of the by-the-facts neutral encyclopedia. “It’s where […]