Wikipedia Now Has 10 Million Articles
Posted on 16. Sep, 2007 by Salman in news, wikipedia news
Considering only the English version on September 10Th wikipedia published its 10 Millionth article which is on “El Hormiguero,” a popular Spanish TV show and was created by Wikipedia contributor Zzxc. The English version of Wikipedia alone has signed up 3.4 million volunteer contributors. The German and French editions of the Wikipedia, the next two [...]
Wikipedia Criticizing Itself
Posted on 07. May, 2007 by Salman in news, wikipedia news
Honesty is the best policy. Who follows this now? Wikipedia does! It was good to see that Wikipedia has a complete article on criticism which have been raised on Wikipedia. Some interesting articles are: Male Domination Humorous Criticism Copyright Issues Anonymous Editing Threat To Traditional Publishers Wikipedia is truly the real open source. No Profits. [...]
Virginia Tech Collected At Wikipedia
Posted on 23. Apr, 2007 by Salman in news, wikipedia news
Contributions of 2,074 editors, 107 references and no supervisors or managers to speak of, at last count, wikipedia has created a polished, detailed article on the massacre, with more than 140 separate footnotes, as well as sidebars that profiled the shooter, Seung-Hui Cho, and gave a timeline of the attacks. According to the foundation that [...]