Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Says He Refuses To Bow To Chinese Officials Like
Google & Yahoo Did.
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| Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales has indicated that he will try to talk with
| China about their decision to block his user-updated online encyclopedia.
| Although Wikipedia’s content is currently blocked in China,
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http://www.ceosmack.com/2007/08/04/wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales-says-he-refuses-to-bow-to-chinese-officials-like-google-yahoo/
http://tinyurl.com/23o6t6
Wikipedia co-founder to test quality control idea
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| Florence Nibart-Devouard, chair of the board of trustees at the Wikimedia
| Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, said the color-coding idea won widespread
| support from community members attending Wikimania 2007. "We're definitely
| going to support further research and development of this idea," she said.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=2031237369&rid=-50
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Human-based search engine looks to hire would-be searchers
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| Mahalo said it is looking for part-time guides who have previous
| experience at Wikipedia, a well-known blog, a social news site or
| a social bookmarking site.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=623768654&rid=-50
Search Wikia hires Jabber founder, expands concept
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| Wales announced late last year that he was developing the Search
| Wikia offering. "The basic concept of the search project is that I
| want to create a completely transparent, open-source, freely
| licensed search engine," he said.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/050107-search-wikia-hires-jabber-founder.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
http://tinyurl.com/387zlj
Planning Lessons the Wiki Way
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| The success of Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia that is maintained
| by volunteers and revised by almost anyone with Internet access, has
| sparked an interest in fostering open source online communities that
| focus on the free sharing of ideas.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/58576.html
The pedia phenomenon
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| I have decided most critics of Wikipedia miss the point.
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| They focus on the wiki aspect, the idea that many contributors can offer
| their input, and the chance that some of that input is wrong.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1267
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