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The Flint Journal - Mon Nov 30, 6:18 am ET
Friday was “Black Friday,” which is of course the anniversary of the 1921 decision by British rail and transport members not to join a strike in support of miners. Or so Wikipedia tells me. We celebrate Black Friday, oddly enough, by shopping. Or at least my wife and the rest of femaledom does. I, personally, spend Black Friday at home digesting. Just as well. I’m not much of a shopper. For me ...
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Crosscut - Sun Nov 29, 2:19 pm ET
Regarding global warming, Democrats claim Republicans are in denial while Republicans counter that Democrats are in a state of panic. Why are “denial” and “panic” derogatory terms? I find panic and denial indispensable. In fact, my reaction to anything is either panic or denial. These are all I need. Denial is underrated. Wikipedia explains: "Denial is a concept introduced by Sigmund Freud. A ...
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redOrbit - Thu Nov 26, 1:13 pm ET
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 ...
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PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 2:01 am ET
NJ Web development company, Business Edge Services & Technologies Inc., recently completed a project lead by Larry Sanger, Editor-in-Chief of the Citizendium and co-founder of Wikipedia, to create WatchKnow.org – an organized collection of educational videos for kids.
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TechWorld - Thu Nov 26, 6:29 am ET
But Wikimedia says site 'definitely not dying' Research has shown that almost 50,000 editors left online encyclopedia Wikipedia in the first quarter of this year: 10 times the number who deserted the site in the same period of 2008.
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Network World - Thu Nov 26, 1:10 pm ET
Research has shown that almost 50,000 editors left online encyclopaedia Wikipedia in the first quarter of this year: 10 times the number who deserted the site in the same period of 2008.
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Lowell Sun - Sun Nov 29, 7:26 am ET
By Jimmy Toscano Guest Columnist Ubuntu -- (philosophy), an ethical concept of African origin emphasizing community, sharing and generosity (Wikipedia). BOSTON -- Together on the court. Together off the court.
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UPI - Wed Nov 25, 3:14 pm ET
MADRID, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The number of people contributing to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia shrank by 49,000 in the first three months of the year, a Spanish researcher said.
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Greeley Tribune - Sat Nov 28, 7:36 am ET
Another Thanksgiving Day has come and gone. Did you give thanks? If so, to whom? Wikipedia defines Thanksgiving as "a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general." That free online dictionary also informs us that "while perhaps religious in origin, Thanksgiving is now primarily identified as a secular holiday." In light of these statements, consider the following ...
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ReadWriteWeb - Wed Nov 25, 7:24 pm ET
One of the risks facing any enterprise is how to deal with people who use the corporate network to post rude, sexist or even racist material on public facing web sites. That issue is coming home to roost for Volvo , following the news that Wikipedia has banned editing from machines inside the Volvo IT Department for racist remarks left on the pages of two well-known Pakistani Cricket players ...
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Slashdot - Wed Nov 25, 12:11 pm ET
Hugh Pickens writes "CNET reports that the volunteers who create Wikipedia's pages, check facts and adapt the site are abandoning Wikipedia in unprecedented numbers, with tens of thousands of editors going 'dead' — no longer actively contributing and updating the site — a trend many experts believe could threaten Wikipedia's future. In the first three months of 2009, the English-language version ...
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e-Consultancy - Mon Nov 23, 7:03 pm ET
Wikipedia may be the fifth-most-popular website in the world, but most of those viewers come to look without adding or changing any of the content on the site. And if viewers stop contributing content, Wikipedia will cease to survive.
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Journal of Commerce Online - Fri Nov 27, 1:04 pm ET
They go by many names: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, Windows Live, Xing, Friendster, Hi5, Yelp, Qzone. To say nothing of sites such as YouTube, Flickr, Wikipedia and more than 200 million blogs (That’s right, 200,000,000).
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CBS4 Miami - Sat Nov 21, 9:53 am ET
The founder of one of the most popular websites in existence has created a new web site that helps the Tampa Bay area's homeless. Jimmy Wales, who founded Wikipedia, launched tampabayhomeless.wikia.com on Friday.
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IGN Gear - Tue Nov 24, 10:45 pm ET
Users can now access movie Wikipedia pages direct through VUDU.