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A recent university study showed that Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, "lost" some 49,000 of its volunteer editors in the first three months of this year.BBC compared this figure to a loss of 4,900 over the same period last year.Felipe Ortega, from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, carried out the research and said that if the trend continues, it could spell problems for the site."If ...
Twitters from the pope... do you go to hell if you unfollow the catholic church? VATICAN CITY - Vatican officials and Catholic bishops are getting a lesson on the Internet from Facebook, Wikipedia and Google executives as the church struggles to get its message out in the digital age.
Executives of the world’s top web properties have attended a Vatican symposium Thursday in order to educate Pope Benedict XVI and Catholic bishops about the secrets of the Internet, the Associated Press reported. A string of high-ranked executives from Wikipedia, Google, and Facebook have covered the topics like social media, hacking, and Internet copyright issues. [...]
Wolfgang Werlé, a man convicted of murder in Germany in 1990, has recently filed a cease and desist letter requesting the removal of his name from Wikipedia’s English language article regarding Walter Sedlmayr, his victim.
A convicted murderer demands that Wikipedia remove his name from an entry about the actor he killed in 1990. The ex-convict cites a German law to bolster his censorship argument.
A German man convicted of murdering an actor sues online encyclopedia under privacy law he claims prevents his name being mentioned in connection with the murder.
Who doesn't rely on Wikipedia – at least once in a while – these days? But for those of us who do, here's a startling statistic: Wikipedians (those who write and edit the info we find at the online encyclopedia) are “80 percent male, more than 65 percent single, more ...
Image Caption: The world's highest ski resort at the Chacaltaya glacier in La Paz, Bolivia. Courtesy Ville Miettinen - Wikipedia
WASHINGTON (Reuters)- Drug makers, Internet companies and nonprofits called for clarity on what is a gray area for U.S. health regulators: how drug promotion on Twitter, Wikipedia, blogs and other social media can be regulated.
The online encyclopedia's volunteers, who write, edit, and fact-check, are dropping out at a suddenly quickened pace, says The Wall Street Journal.
The founder of the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia has created a new Web site that helps Tampa Bay area's homeless.
TAMPA: The founder of the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia has created a new Web site that helps Tampa Bay area's homeless.
By the time Nick Andrews entered college, he already had a hit YouTube video under his belt and a Wikipedia page. Now, he is in the running for a national comedy competition.
Budget negotiations at the capitol have reached an impasse over health and education cuts. WIKIPEDIA Lawmakers in Albany are on familiar ground again after Gov. David Paterson ordered a series of extraordinary sessions to resolve this year’s nearly $4 billion budget deficit.
The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, according to the annual Webby awards.
Budget negotiations at the capitol have reached an impasse over health and education cuts. WIKIPEDIA Lawmakers in Albany are on familiar ground again after Gov. David Paterson ordered a series of extraordinary sessions to resolve this year’s nearly $4 billion budget deficit.
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