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How accurate is Wikipedia?

[Freedom To Differ] There is another entrant in the ongoing debate over Wikipedia's accuracy. Thomas Chesney, a Lecturer in Information Systems at the Nottingham University Business School, published the results of his own Wikipedia study in the most recent edition of First Monday, and he came up with a surprising conclusion: experts rate the articles more highly than do non-experts. 

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Reporter proves self to be “citizendumb”

http://daveydweeb.com [ Daveydweeb.blog] Reporter proves self to be “citizendumb” November 29th, 2006 Adam Gaumont uses the word “citizendumb” to lampoon the Wikipedia fork, but I think the word has a certain meaning of its own. I may even start to use it myself: Citizendumb (adj.), “sit-ih-ZEN-dum”;

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Posted at 02:10 AM

November 29, 2006

How accurate is Wikipedia?

[Freedom To Differ] There is another entrant in the ongoing debate over Wikipedia's accuracy. Thomas Chesney, a Lecturer in Information Systems at the Nottingham University Business School, published the results of his own Wikipedia study in the most recent edition of First Monday, and he came up with a surprising conclusion: experts rate the articles more highly than do non-experts. 

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Posted at 02:15 AM

Reporter proves self to be “citizendumb”

http://daveydweeb.com [ Daveydweeb.blog] Reporter proves self to be “citizendumb” November 29th, 2006 Adam Gaumont uses the word “citizendumb” to lampoon the Wikipedia fork, but I think the word has a certain meaning of its own. I may even start to use it myself: Citizendumb (adj.), “sit-ih-ZEN-dum”;

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Posted at 02:10 AM

November 27, 2006

SOP Citizen Report:the EXPLODE

http://businessblogconsultant.com/stateofpunk [State of Punk] SOP Citizen Report: the EXPLODE November 26th, 2006 SOP: Please identify yourself. the EXPLODE (TEX) minju(some people called me: crow), 21...

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Posted at 07:52 AM

Wikipedia Knowledge Dump

http://nowpublic.com [The News is NowPublic.com | NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public] thingsaregood.com: Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that anyone can edit has to delete entries if they aren’t good. WikiDumper.org is the place that Wikipedia articles go to die.

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Posted at 02:09 AM

November 25, 2006

Embarassments And Humoresques

http://particle-mann.livejournal.com [ParticleBlog!] Likewise, this fark ps contest is all about employee rage. It's nice to know I haven't been the only one who's gotten an annual review that says "We love you!" in vast quantities, and the get a trip behind my couch cushions for my efforts.

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Posted at 02:11 AM

Reflections On Economics And Freedom

http://particle-mann.livejournal.com [ParticleBlog!] Friedman, and being a disciple of the Austrian school economically rather than Friedman's Chicago/monetarist paradigm, I disagree with at least some of his positions and ideas. At the same time though, there's no denying what he left behind, some of which I wasn't even aware of until I read his obituary.

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Posted at 02:09 AM

November 23, 2006

Why the Iraqis Hate Us: Iraqi Kid Runs for Water

[Police State USA] Why the Iraqis Hate Us: Iraqi Kid Runs for Water U.S. soldiers laugh while they tease poor Iraqi kids with American water. Can you say “Ugly...

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Posted at 02:20 AM

CSI: Wikipedia

[mikepop] [this is good] Because of you, I have that song "Bad, Bay Leroy Brown..baddest cat in the whole damn town.." in my head!

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Posted at 02:18 AM

November 21, 2006

Afterthought

[Threshold] I forgot to mention in the previous post that, in looking at some of the other results people get when their Web searches lead them here, I discovered that there is a Wikipedia entry on Bikini Cavegirl.

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Posted at 02:11 AM

New Face for Zedomax Blogs - Zedomax Wiki running MediaWiki

http://zedomax.com/blog [zedomax.com - blog about emerging technologies, diy, hacks, gadgets, and more!] New Face for Zedomax Blogs - Zedomax Wiki running MediaWiki Posted in DoItYourself!, Web, Blog, Business, Cool, Wordpress by max on the November 20th, 2006 aboutus, Blog, Business, Cool, DoItYourself!, extensions, mediawiki, tikiwiki, Web, wikipedia, wordpress, Zedomax We have a new face for our blog, which will be a wiki.  Wikis are becoming very popular these days among the general public and large organizations.  In our experience over the last couple months testing the wiki, the wikis provide far greater depth into how you can sort and store information. Wiki would be something between HTML and Word DOC except 100 times faster in organizing and re-organizing.  Now might be a good time to start your own wiki site, since wikipedia does all sorts of filtering now days, you can make your own encyclopedia!  There are ways to have your own wikipedia server”¦well”¦you will have to figure that one out.

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Posted at 02:10 AM

November 19, 2006

Well, it's harmless

http://redbird.livejournal.com [Defending Our Hard-Won Uncertainties] Today's game is hitting the "random article" button on Wikipedia and doing light copyedits on some of the articles. Light meaning that I'm looking at spelling and grammar, not fact checking here.

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Posted at 02:16 AM

MADE OF WIN

http://catsonmars.livejournal.com [Transient Random Noise-Bursts] Sealand - a country founded when a British naval outpost from WW2 was seized by squatters who realized it was technically in international waters. (Wikipedia Entry)

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Posted at 02:13 AM

November 17, 2006

Two more issues on Nov. 20

[Hybrid Talk] Two additional issues will join Phase III of the NYSE Hybrid Market on Monday, Nov. 20, bringing our total to 229 active issues.

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Posted at 02:10 AM

Why did China unblock Wikipedia?

[YouMeiTI 有媒体] "I believe it was because of the argument Jimmy Wales and fellow Chinese Wikipedians have consistently put forth ”” Wikipedia has a neutral point of view at its core, with no activist or subversive agenda to the site. In the end, I believe consensus among the authorities determined the benefits of Wikipedia far outweigh the risks...

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Posted at 02:09 AM

November 15, 2006

Pomegranate.

http://leahj.blog-city.com [leah in chicago|accidentally jewish] Both of the editors who read this can breath a sigh of relief, I finally looked up the spelling of the lovely fruit I had last night. I probably won't remember, but I will remember that is is specifically mentioned in Exodus and is rumored to have 613 seeds, just like we have 613 mitzvot.

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Posted at 02:18 AM

From the pages of Wikipedia comes :

http://monster-meal.livejournal.com [Stitches of a Rag Dolly Boy] * In Quebec only, for both sexes, shaking hands in a casual context implies distance. Embracing (holding each other loosely in the arms while lightly kissing each other's cheeks, once for each side) is usually expected.

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Posted at 02:13 AM

November 11, 2006

Thank You...

http://raggedthots.blogspot.com [RAGGED THOTS] (No, it wasn't me.) Quite a pleasant surprise. I wouldn't have characterized my departure from NRO exactly like that -- but why quibble?

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Posted at 02:28 AM

November 09, 2006

The reverse Wikipedia argument

[Using Wiki in Education] Brian Benzinger, author of the blog Solution Watch has an excellent piece called “Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0“, and in Part 3 he discusses Wikipedia and wiki use in education. He mentions Vicki Davis and her groundbreaking work integrating the wiki into her teaching, and includes her reflection on the debate about the integrity of information in Wikipedia:

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Posted at 02:22 AM

nielsen at adtech -> feedburner is growing quickly”¦

[donloeb.com] on monday, nielsen released data on growth in web 2.0 sites”¦and, feedburner is leading the pack - 385% y/y”¦wish i could get my hands on the presentation”¦ here’s a nice post on the data”¦ Nielsen, partnered with NetRatings, released data that showed Web 2.0 ahead of all other sites, save for the strongest and most prolific of search engines - yeah, guess which one that is. Anyway, I was somewhat struck by the news, and not because of the fact that The New York Times wasn’t the destination of billions.

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Posted at 02:15 AM

November 07, 2006

Counterpoint on Wiki

http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog [Why Dont You”¦Blog?] While I would hesitate from directly accusing a specific poster of sending messages for the wrong reasons, with Wikipedia how can you ever know? How do you know if LargePharma is paying for people to write up articles?

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Posted at 02:16 AM

Googlepedia - New Firefox Extension

[ Firefox Help, Tips and Tricks] With Googlepedia installed and you search with Google, along side your results is a relevant Wikipedia article. Clicking links in the article will trigger new Google searches, making it a very useful research tool.

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Posted at 02:14 AM

November 05, 2006

Planning: Account Planning on Wikipedia

[sparking curious mind] Someone really nice and generous posted a comprehensive entry about Account Planning on Wikipedia. Really useful for those interested to get...

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Posted at 02:11 AM

Gannett to Crowdsource News

http://www.nowpublic.com [The News is NowPublic.com | NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public] According to internal documents provided to Wired News and interviews with key executives, Gannett, the publisher of USA Today as well as 90 other American daily newspapers, will begin crowdsourcing many of its newsgathering functions. Starting Friday, Gannett newsrooms were rechristened "information centers," and instead of being organized into separate metro, state or sports departments, staff will now work within one of seven desks with names like "data," "digital" and "community conversation."

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Posted at 02:10 AM

November 03, 2006

”¦You should be proud of being white and nerdy?

http://www.didntyouhear.com [ Didn’t You Hear”¦] That’s a pretty harsh description, considering there are quite a few people (myself included) who would be proud to call themselves a nerd, yet definitely not one defined by M-W. Wikipedia does a little better, defining nerd as somebody who passionately pursues academic and intellectual interests at the expense of social traits such as interpersonal communication, fashion, hygiene and physical fitness.

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Posted at 02:12 AM

Jimmy Speaks

http://barrydahl.blogspot.com [Far From a Shining Star...] I recorded a couple of video clips of Jimmy Wales giving the keynote address at the WCET conference in Portland. Unfortunately, the stage area was so dark that the video really turned out lousy.

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