The Wikipedia in China: Politically Neutral, in a Blurry Sense

“Wikipedia is still blocked in mainland China,” Mr. Wales said at the news conference. “Wikipedia is neutral, politically neutral, so we should not be blocked in China. It is a wonderful educational resource to help with economic growth.”

Jimmy Wales: 2 Million Articles Down and More to Do
As Wikipedia reaches the two million article milestone, here are some postings from ResourceShelf from the past few years.

Btw, the library community should review what Larry Sanger and Citizendium is up to. It’s a project with (with several positive differences (in our view) vs. Wikipedia). Sanger was a co-founder of Wikipedia with Jimmy Wales. Here’s an IWR interview with Mr. Sanger.

++ New program color-codes text in Wikipedia entries to indicate trustworthiness

++ Webcast: Distinguished Speaker Series, Jaron Lanier Speaks at Yahoo

++ Wikipedia Users: A New Report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project

++ Wikipedia Notes: Credentials Required; To Delete or Not to Delete

++ Law Professor Predicts Wikipedia’s Demise
Comments from Law Professor and popular law blogger, Eric Goldman

++ Experts Debate: Will Wikipedia Mean the End Of Traditional Encyclopedias? (via WSJ)
An online “debate” between Jimmy Wales, the founder/head of Wikipedia/Wikimedia and Dale Hoiberg, senior vice president and editor in chief of Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc.

++ What’s Popular on Wikipedia?; Jimmy Wales on Growth; No More Wikipedia at the USPTO

++ Wikipedia Story in The New Yorker and Other Issues

++ NY Times Reports: Wikipedia Makes Some Revisions to its Own Editorial Policy; Free Full Text Access to Encarta Continues

++ Encyclopaedia Britannica strikes back…Rebuttal to Recent Nature Article

++ Can Wikipedia Survive Its Own Success?

++ Editors Coming to Wikipedia?

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 at 12:57 am and is filed under Access to Information, Information Industry, Libraries and Librarianship, Search News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.