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[ResourceShelf] Wikimedia Begins Its Annual Fundraising Drive « ResourceShelf: Wikipedia has become more than just a website,” said Jimmy Wales, founder of the free online encyclopedia, which is now one of the five most popular websites in the

[TECH.BLORGE.com] Number of Wikipedia editors on the decline - TECH.BLORGE.com: Wikimedia feels it can maintain the site with a smaller pool of editors, but, personally, I think the idea that people are departing because their area of interest has been throughly covered sounds about right.  How much editing really needs to be done on the entry for author Jane Austen on an ongoing basis?

[philippewiki timeline] Wikimedia/Wikipedia boss Sue Gardner in the HuffPo's running for ...: Wikimedia/Wikipedia boss Sue Gardner in the HuffPo's running for Ultimate Game Changer! (currently #1) Vote! http://bit.ly/2Xcbwb.

[Ub News] Wikipedia Volunteers ebbing: what next? | Ub News: Eight years after Wikipedia commenced with an objective to furnish everyone in the world free access to “the sum of all human knowledge,” the wane in participation by the editors for Wikipedia have raised questions about the encyclopedia’s capability to continue expanding its breadth and improving its accuracy. Even dependability of the information is now under radar.

[Posts from the Econsultancy blog] Wikipedia is losing editors. Is free user generated content dying ...: "In the first three months of 2009, the English-language Wikipediasuffered a net loss of more than 49,000 editors, compared to a net lossof 4,900 during the same period a year earlier, according to Spanishresearcher Felipe Ortega, who analyzed Wikipedia's data on the editinghistories of its more than three million active contributors in 10languages."

[Your Story] Wikimedia and comScore partner to improve understanding of the ...: SAN FRANCISCO November 3, 2009 - Wikimedia Foundation today announced an on-going partnership with comScore that will help expand the Foundation’s awareness of global Web audience trends and demographics, particularly for top ten projects like Wikipedia.  To support the partnership, comScore is providing access to its global Web measurement tool, Media Metrix, which the non-profit Foundation will use to augment its global site-usage statistics, interpret project participation and editing trends, and develop a long-term strategy to expand awareness and usage in new markets - such as Asia.

[Mediacaster : Headline News] mediacastermagazine.com - Mediacaster - 11/24/2009: Now, comScore is providing access to its global Web measurement tool, Media Metrix, to Wikimedia Foundation, and the non-profit organization says it will use it to augment its global site-usage statistics, interpret project participation and editing trends, and develop a long-term strategy to expand awareness and usage in new markets. 

[The H Open Source] Wikimedia receives $500000 from Hewlett Foundation - The H Open ...: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is a philanthropic organisation with declared assets totalling $6.3 billion. It makes grants to help solve social and environmental problems and last year made gifts and grants totalling $378 million.

[CNET News - Digital Media] Wikimedia receives $500000 from Hewlett Foundation | Digital Media ...: "We've just begun the planning that will help us identify how to maximize our impact around the world," Sue Gardner, the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, said in the statement. "This support will help us to execute our priorities for the current year, and enable us to plan for the future."

[Lebenszeichen...] Spendet für Wikipedia! @ Lebenszeichen”¦: Thank you for your gift of XXXXX to the Wikimedia Foundation, received on November 23, 2009. Your donation celebrates everything Wikipedia stands for: the power of information, freedom, sharing, learning and discovery.

[The Volokh Conspiracy] The Volokh Conspiracy » Blog Archive » Murderers' Right to ...: Now , in suits in German courts, is demanding that the Wikimedia Foundation, the American organization that runs Wikipedia, do the same with the English-language version of the article. ...

[Stupid Dog | Blog Syndication at it's Finest] Breakfast briefing: Wikipedia's loss, Bing's gain? meteors and ...: Executives at the Wikimedia Foundation, which finances and oversees the nonprofit venture, acknowledge the declines, but believe they can continue to build a useful encyclopedia with a smaller pool of contributors. “We need sufficient people to do the work that needs to be done,”

[Raw art Weblog] Wikimedia Foundation receives Ford Foundation Grant to grow ...: The Wikimedia Foundation, the non- profit organization which operates Wikipedia, has received a $300,000  Ford Foundation grant to make it easier for people around the world to  participate in Wikimedia Commons, the Internet’s largest repository of  high quality, freely reusable educational illustrations, photographs,  maps, sound, and video files. Available in 85 languages, Wikimedia Commons is a global community  dedicated to sharing media.

[en.Wikizine.org] The English language edition of Wikizine: [Bookshelf Project: Manager Announced] - Frank Schulenburg (Head of Public Outreach) announced that Wikimedia's Bookshelf Project will be led by Marlita Kahn.  The Bookshelf project aims to develop a slate of basic educational materials -- print, online and video -- to attract new authors and editors to Wikipedia.

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