Media Articles And News About Wikipedia

Critical News And Information About Wikipedia:

YEAR 2004

The Messiness of WikiDemocracy - by M.R.M. Parrott, 2004
Studying Cooperation and Conflict between Authors with history flow Visualizations (PDF) - by Fernanda Viégas, Martin Wattenberg, Kushal Dave, April 29 2004
"Why Wikipedia sucks. Big time" - by Horst Prillinger, June 2 2004
Wikidmedia - by Ross Mayfield, The Industry Standard, July 12 2004
Wiki-fiddlers defend Clever Big Book - by Andrew Orlowski, The Register, July 23 2004
"Wikipedia Reputation and the Wemedia Project", quoting many people criticizing Wikipedia and others rebutting them. - by Ross Mayfield, August 29 2004
Dispatches from the Frozen North - by Peter Leppik, September 4 2004
"From Aaan to ZZ Top" - by Jo Twist, BBC News, September 6 2004
Who knows? - by Simon Waldman, The Guardian, October 26 2004
The Faith-Based Encyclopedia - by Robert McHenry, Robert, Tech Central Station, November 15 2004
"The Great Failure of Wikipedia" - by Jason Scott, textfiles.com, November 19 2004
"Why Wikipedia Must Jettison Its Anti-Elitism" - by Larry Sanger (co-founder of Wikipedia), Kuro5hin, December 31 2004

YEAR 2005

"A Criticism of Wikipedia Now Exceeding a Scream" - by Jason Scott, textfiles.com, January 3 2005
Academia and Wikipedia - by Danah Boyd, Many-to-Many, January 4 2005.

Why encyclopaedic row speaks volumes about the old guard

"Wikipedia is a real-life Hitchhiker's Guide: huge, nerdy, and imprecise" - by Paul Boutin, Slate Magazine, May 3 2005
"Swastikipedia" - by Jason Scott, textfiles.com, May 4 2005
"Wikipedia: The Agony of Delete" - by Rogers Cadenhead, August 31 2005
"Esquire wikis article on Wikipedia" - by Daniel Terdiman, CNET News, September 25 2005
The amorality of Web 2.0 - by Rough Type October 3 2005
"Information quality discussions in Wikipedia" - by Besiki Stvilia, et al., October 19 2005 (PDF)
"Can you trust Wikipedia?" - by Mike Barnes, The Guardian, October 24 2005
"Wikipedia: magic, monkeys and typewriters" - by Andrew Orlowski, The Register, October 24 2005
"Why Wikipedia isn't like Linux" - by Andrew Orlowski, The Register, October 27 2005
The Examined Life - November 4 2005
"Can you trust Wikipedia?" - by Elvira van Noort, Mail & Guardian (South Africa), November 7 2005
"A false Wikipedia 'biography'" - by John Seigenthaler Sr., USA Today, November 29 2005
"The Danger of Wikipedia", Editor and Publisher, November 30 2005 (login required)
"Snared in the Web of a Wikipedia Liar" - by Katharine Q. Seelye, The New York Times, December 3 2005
"What Wikipedia doesn't want you to know..." - by Rex Curry, OpinionEditorials.com, December 5 2005
Who owns your Wikipedia bio? - by Andrew Orlowski, The Register, December 6 2005
"Help, I've Been Wiki'ed!" - by Michael Graham, Charleston City Paper, December 7 2005
"Unreliable (adj): log on and see" - by Rosemary Righter, The Times (UK), December 9 2005
"Wikipedia hoaxster found, but a solution for Wikipedia is still lacking" - by Ken "Caesar" Fisher, ars technica, December 11 2005
"There's no Wikipedia entry for 'moral responsibility'" - by Andrew Orlowski, The Register, December 12 2005
"'Open Source Content' Has No Quality Control" - by David Coursey, Ziff-Davis eWEEK, December 13 2005
"Online encyclopedias put to the test" - by Stephen Cauchi, The Age, December 14 2005
The Faith-Based Encyclopedia Blinks - by Robert McHenry, TCS Daily, December 14 2005
Wikipedia: "A Work in Progress" - by BusinessWeek, December 14 2005
Internet encyclopedias go head to head - by Jim Giles, Nature, December 14 2005
Log on and join in, but beware the web cults - by Charles Arthur, December 15 2005
"Founded On Porn, Wikipedia Shapes The Way You Think" - by Jennifer Monroe, December 15 2005
"Wikipedia science 31% more cronky than Britannica's" - by Andrew Orlowski, The Register, December 16 2005
What is it with Wikipedia? - by Bill Thompson, BBC, December 16 2005
I Have The Power - by Penny Arcade, December 16 2005
"Wikipedia founder admits to serious quality problems" - by Andrew Orlowski, The Register, December 18 2005
"Wikipedia Founder Looks Out for Number 1" - by Rogers Cadenhead, December 19 2005
"Wikipedia, Porn and the Airbrushing of History" - by Jeremy Wagstaff, December 20 2005
Supplementary information to accompany Nature news article "Internet encyclopedias go head to head" (DOC) - by Nature, December 22 2005
"Putting Wikipedia Flap in Perspective" - by Dan Gillmore, December 23 2005
"Identity question for world's encyclopaedia" - by Rhys Blakely, The Times (UK), December 30 2005

YEAR 2006

Fatally Flawed (PDF) - by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2006
Technical solutions: Wisdom of the crowds - by Nature, 2006
Wiki: Web Collaboration, Chapter One: "The Wiki Concept", p. 28-29 - by Anja Ebersbach, Markus Glaser and Richard Heigl, 2006
"Wikipedia editing hobby goes nationwide" - by Andrew Orlowski, The Register, January 19 2006
"Wikipedia target of House 'editors'" - by Evan Lehmann, North Adams Transcript, January 30 2006
Politicians notice Wikipedia - by Margaret Kane, January 30 2006
Senator staffers spam Wikipedia - January 30 2006
"Profs knock Wikipedia" - by Brittany Anas, Daily Camera, February 6 2006 (login required)
Heise Online: "Court overturns temporary restraining order against Wikimedia Deutschland - by Torsten Kleinz, February 9 2006
"Bias, sabotage haunt Wikipedia's free world" - by David Mehegan, The Boston Globe, February 12 2006
"Site throws schools a Wiki'd curve" - by Nicole Gaudiano, The Indianapolis Star, March 1 2006
"Nature mag cooked Wikipedia study" - by Andrew Orlowski, The Register, March 23 2006
Encyclopædia Britannica and Nature: a response - Press release, Nature, March 23 2006
Wikipedia study 'fatally flawed' - by BBC News, March 24 2006
"University president's bio smeared online" - by Bill Sloat, The Plain Dealer, March 25 2006
Britannica attacks - by Nature, March 30 2006
"Putting Wikipedia to the truth test" - by Elaine Wang, The Sun Herald, April 4 2006
"The Great Failure of Wikipedia" - by Jason Scott, textfiles.com, April 8 2006. (transcript)
The Great Failure of Wikipedia - by Jason Scott, April 8 2006
"Wikipedia site filled with major mistakes" - by Warren Boroson, The Daily Record, April 11 2006
"A thirst for knowledge" - by Andrew Orlowski, The Guardian, April 13 2006
PBS' MediaShift, hosted by Mark Glaser - April 14 2006
"Wikipedia Protest Site 'A Hoax' - Founder" - by Antone Gonsalves, TechWeb, April 17 2006
"Wales and Sanger on Wikipedia" - by Andrew Orlowski, The Register, April 18 2006.
"The Wikipedia FAQK" - by Lore Sjöberg, Wired News, April 19 2006
Wide World of WIKIPEDIA - by The Emory Wheel, April 21 2006
"Campaign manager resigns amid Wikipedia flap" - by Peter Hamby, CNN, April 26 2006
"Wikipedia Proves Fertile Ground for Political Shenanigans" - The New York Times, April 30 2006
"Turf Wars: Wikipedia spars with a splinter site for truth" - by Julian Dibbell The Village Voice, May 2 2006
"Wikipedia strikes again", The Tennessean, May 4 2006
"Cuts both ways" - by Russell Brown, New Zealand Listener, May 6-12 2006
"Chinese 'Wikipedia' launched", The Daily Telegraph, May 11 2006
Neil Gaiman: What Bears Do On the Lawn - May 11 2006
"Wikipedia Promotes Free Speech, Encourages "Global Conversation"" - by Tim Receveur, U.S.A. Department of State, May 22 2006
"The death of Wikipedia" - by Nicholas Carr, Rough Type, May 24 2006
"Now, let's bury the myth" - by Nicholas Carr, Rough Type, May 25 2006
Can History be Open Source? Wikipedia and the Future of the Past - by Roy Rosenzweig, The Journal of American History 93 (1): 117–146, June 2006
"The real bias in Wikipedia" - by Robert McHenry, openDemocracy, June 7 2006
"Coke gets slammed on Wikipedia" - by Ryan Mahoney, Atlanta Business Chronicle (MSNBC), June 11 2006
"Avoid Wikipedia, warns Wikipedia chief" - by Andrew Orlowski, The Register, June 15 2006
"Growing Wikipedia Refines Its 'Anyone Can Edit' Policy" - by Katie Hafner, New York Times, June 17 2006
"Here come the Wikipedia police" - by Ivor Tossell, The Globe and Mail, June 23 2006
"Wikipedia may be fallible, but we'd be crazy to stop consulting it" - by Robbie Hudson, The Times (UK), June 25 2006
"The Six Sins of the Wikipedia" - by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D., Global Politician, June 26 2006
"Wikipedia a lesson on verifying research" - by Linda Knapp, Seattle Times, July 1 2006
"Death by Wikipedia: The Kenneth Lay Chronicles" - by Frank Ahrens, The Washington Post, July 9 2006
"Spawn Of Wikipedia" - by Alice LaPlante, InformationWeek, July 14, 2006
Professor James Fetzer Exposes Wikipedia.org - link to a video on Google, July 16 2006
"Catholic high school sues over Wikipedia posting", Fremont Tribune (Associated Press), July 22 2006
"Know It All" - by Stacy Schiff, The New Yorker, July 24 2006
"Why Wiki Can Drive You Wacky" - by Bernard Haisch, Los Angeles Times, July 24 2006
Wikipedia Celebrates 750 Years Of American Independence - The Onion's satirical view, July 26 2006
"Defacing Wikipedia" - by Brian C. Wilson, PopMatters, July 26 2006
"Wikipedia Celebrates 750 Years Of American Independence", The Onion, July 26 2006. (satire)
"How Accurate Is Information On Wikipedia?", NBC10.com, July 27 2006
"School sues over Wikipedia posts" - by Andrew Orlowski, The Register, July 28 2006
"Wikipedia mocked by Stephen Colbert, The Onion" - by Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, August 1 2006
"Why I Quit Wikipedia" - by Mike Harris, Musings of a Chicagoan, August 2 2006
"Can Wikipedia Handle Stephen Colbert's Truthiness?" - by James Montgomery, MTV News, August 3 2006
"It's on Wikipedia, So It Must Be True" - by Frank Ahrens, The Washington Post, August 6 2006
"Wikimania 2006: Geek nation" - by Gary Younge, The Guardian, August 9 2006
"Wikipedia Empire Based on Open Source Worst Practices?" - by Thomas Lord, Dasht, August 11 2006
"Wikipedia geeks battle scourge of vandals and sock puppets" - by Gary Younge, The Guardian, August 14 2006
"Gutknecht joins Wikipedia tweakers" - by Kevin Diaz, Star Tribune, August 16 2006
"Gutknecht Caught Attempting To Edit Wikipedia Bio", WCCO (Associated Press), August 17 2006
"Read at your own risk: Wikipedia politics play loose with facts" - by Mara Lee, Evansville Courier & Press, August 24 2006
"German Wikipedia plans to stop vandals" - by Daniel Terdiman, CNET News, August 24 2006
"The Hive - Can thousands of Wikipedians be wrong?" - by Marshall Poe, The Atlantic, September 2006
"Questions of credibility make for a sticky Wiki" - by Tom Best, Winona Daily News, September 3 2006
"Who Writes Wikipedia?" - by Aaron Schwartz, Raw Thought, September 4 2006
"Irwin's Wikipedia page defaced", NEWS.com.au, September 4 2006
"Wikimedia's First GC Prepares to Tread 'Legal Minefield'" - by Andy Peters, LAW.COM, September 7 2006
"Will Wikipedia Mean the End Of Traditional Encyclopedias?" - an exchange between Jimmy Wales and Dale Hoiberg, The Wall Street Journal, September 12 2006
Will Wikipedia Mean the End Of Traditional Encyclopedias? - by The Wall Street Journal, September 12 2006
Toward a New Compendium of Knowledge (longer version) - by Citizendium.org, September 15 2006
"New Citizendium to correct Wikipedia's wrongs?" - by Ken Fisher, ars technica, September 19 2006
"Wikipedia co-founder looks to add accountability, end anarchy" - by Jonathan Sidener, The San Diego Union-Tribune, September 23 2006
"Guerrilla Wikipedians rate rival's chances" - by Andrew Orlowski, The Register, September 23 2006
"I'm on Wikipedia, get me out of here" - by Seth Finkelstein, The Guardian, September 28 2006
"Giving the Heave-Ho in an Online Who's Who" - by Noam Cohen, The New York Times, October 8 2006
"Wikipedia founder signs up academics for rival site" - by Stephen Foley, The Independent, October 18 2006
The Big Question: Do we need a more reliable online encyclopedia than Wikipedia? - by Paul Vallely, Paul, The Independent, October 18 2006
"A better version of Wikipedia?" - by Kirsten Smith, channel4.com, October 20 2006 (contains audio)
"Wikipedia and the Trust Factor" - by Paul Vallely, The Independent, October 22 2006
"Niles West student accused of threat" - by By Liam Ford and Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, November 1 2006
"Wikipedia Blaster 'fix' points to malware" - by John Leyden, The Register, November 3 2006
"Critic whacks Wikipedia", St. Paul Pioneer Press, November 4 2006
"Critic of user-contributed Wikipedia identifies entries with evidence of plagiarism" - Anick Jesdanun, Northwest Indiana Times, November 4 2006
"More Accurate Wikipedia Warnings" - by Brian Sack, CRACKED.com, November 16 2006
"Archive gives access to Web's past" - by Jake Coyle, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 25 2006
"Look Me Up Under 'Missing Link'; On Wikipedia, Oblivion Looms for the Non-Notable" - by David Segal, The Washington Post, December 3 2006
Our love/hate relationship with Wikipedia - by David Segal, Washington Post, December 3 2006
Look Me Up Under 'Missing Link' - by Paul McNamara, NetworkWorld, December 3 2006
"The Dark Side of Wikipedia," - a Something Awful satire of the wikipedia editing process, December 4, 2006
"For the record, Wikipedia has some roots in Chicago" - by Brad Spirrison, Chicago Sun-Times, December 4 2006
Annalee Newitz vs. Women - Posted on AlterNet on December 19 2006
"Wikipedia semen shortage filled by User Generated Content" - by Andrew Orlowski, The Register, December 20 2006

YEAR 2007

"Wikipedia Qatar ban 'temporary'", BBC News, January 2 2007.
"Ooops: Wikipedia blocks posts from Qatar" - by Jim Krane, USA Today, January 4 2007.
"Wikipedia: garbage in, garbage out" - by John Bambenek, MercatorNet, January 4 2007.
"How do I get into Wikipedia?" - by Paul Boutin, ValleyWag, January 8 2007.
"Idea of Paid Entries Roils Wikipedia" - by Brian Bergstein, Wired News, January 24 2007.
A Stand Against Wikipedia - by Inside Higher Ed, January 26 2007
College Bans Wikipedia as Academic Source - by Inside Higher Ed, February 15 2007
Wary of Wikipedia - Global search engine's accuracy questioned - by Ralph Loos, February 18 2007
Dokdo: One of Wikipedia's 'Lamest Edit Wars' - by Todd Thacker, February 18 2007
Cornell Profs Slam Use of Wikipedia - by Ben Eisen, February 20 2007

YEAR 2007

Wikipedia Blog - By WikiCritic: A Critical Look At Wikipedia, The Online 'Encyclopedia' That Anyone Can Edit.