Editing Encyclopedia:Press coverage 2004 (section)

=== October ===

* '''"Internet encyclopedia has stamp-collecting links"''' is the "Stamps on the Internet" column by [[William F. Sharpe]] in ''[[Linn's Stamp News]]'' for October 4, 2004. "Did you know that Michael Dell, founder of Dell Computers, advertised stamps for sale in ''Linn's'' classified section at age 12? That's one of the unusual facts you can discover by browsing the Wikipedia site at http://en.wikipedia.org. [...] The stamp collecting page is relatively short, but the links it provides take you to other areas. The page called [[Philatelic Investment]], for example, goes into great detail on how to invest in stamps. [...] I find Wikipedia fascinating, not only from the stamp-collecting aspect but also for the overall approach of providing free knowledge in many areas as a collaborative effort. As far as I'm concerned, this is what the Internet was intended for. [...]" He also discusses some of the community pages, and has a screenshot of the main page and what was supposed to be a image of the [[stamp collecting]] article, but a production snafu seems to have resulted in an Excel chart or something. Reading between the lines of his experience, it looks as though he didn't click deep enough to see the bulk of WP's philatelic info, and probably only saw unillustrated articles. So the takeaway is to improve the appearance and appeal of the top-level articles on a subject, and make sure to highlight routes into the depth of the content.

*'''[http://www.thelantern.com/news/2004/10/04/Campus/Larouche.Pac.Group.Sings.Shouts.Argues.With.Bush.Supporters-740977.shtml?page=2 LaRouche PAC group sings, shouts, argues with Bush supporters]''', The Lantern ([[Ohio State University]] student newspaper), 4 October 2004.  Article makes bizarre claim that LaRouche "started Wikipedia.com, a Web site functioning as both a free encyclopedia and a wiki community, which allows users to add information to posted articles." [[Howard Rheingold]] is one thing, but [[Lyndon LaRouche]]? Where do they get this stuff?

* '''[http://www.sacbee.com/content/shopping/on_computers/story/10974230p-11891577c.html Hiking, boating, and powerline maps]''', Sacramento Bee, 4 October 2004. Mentioned in an internet and computer shopping column: "A collection of articles written and edited by anyone. Despite the chaos this might bring to mind, the articles tend to be learned, though unchecked unless through subsequent editing."

* The WIPO adopts a development agenda that recognizes collaborative projects to create public goods, in response to the [http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/futureofwipodeclaration.html Geneva Declaration on the Future of the World Intellectual Property Organization]:
**'''[http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/64118/un-body-promises-greater-recognition-for-open-source-licencing.html UN body promises greater recognition for open source licencing]''', PC Pro, 5 October 2004. Quoting the Geneva Declaration: "We are witnessing ... hundreds of innovative collaborative efforts to create public goods, including the Internet, the World Wide Web, Wikipedia, the Creative Commons, GNU Linux and other free and open software projects".
**'''[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/FJ15Dj01.html Putting the brakes on intellectual property rights] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041016012947/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/FJ15Dj01.html |date=October 16, 2004 }}''', Asia Times, 15 October 2004. Mentions Wikipedia in a paraphrase of the Geneva Declaration.
**'''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3752354.stm The fight for your right to share]''', BBC News 18 October 2004. "The net's open source movement, which revolves around Linux, and its collaborative encyclopaedia, the Wikipedia, also shows how well alternative creative systems can work when rights and access are almost unlimited."

* '''[http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=10897&hed=Wild+about+wiki&sector=Capital&subsector=VentureCapital Wild about wiki]''', Red Herring, 7 October 2004. "One of the best-known wikis is wikipedia.com, a free encyclopedia where the information is uploaded by users. Though generally known to contain an enormous amount of information on an endless variety of topics, the listed facts are edited by readers, and may not be as reliable as those in more official and less-pliable sources of information."

* '''[http://www.guardian.co.uk/prius/partthree/story/0,,1322071,00.html Always connect],''' [[The Guardian]], ([[United Kingdom|UK]]), [[7 October]] 2004, in a supplement called ''The Spark''. Good paragraph on Wikipedia, in the context of a longer article on [[open source]].

* '''[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/13/viral_yelp/ Yelp! A viral recommendation system you can't resist?]''', The Register, 13 October 2004. "As we've seen with Google and the Wikipedia, there's an incentive to rig any system".

* '''[http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=10909&hed=Wiki+wars Wiki wars: Think this year's presidential debates have been rough? Check out Wikipedia.]''' Red Herring, [[14 October]] [[2004]]. "Mr. Bush and Mr. Kerry have created even more debate than entries for sex and religion. As of October 8, Wikipedia’s President Bush entry had been tweaked 3,953 times. Its entry for Senator Kerry had been modified 3,230 times. By contrast, Wikipedia’s article on Jesus has only been edited 1,855 times since the site’s inception in 2001."

* '''[http://www.thetranscript.com/Stories/0,1413,103~9054~2471955,00.html Megabits & Pieces]''', North Adams (MA) Transcript, 16 October 2004. Article about the wiki concept. "There is a movement about to use Wikis to transform research and Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org), an open source encyclopedia available in numerous languages, including Esperanto, is certainly the leader." Also discusses several other wikis, including Wiktionary and Wikibooks.

* '''[http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,,1331525,00.html Public domain],''' [[The Guardian]] Online section, ([[United Kingdom|UK]]), [[21 October]] 2004, in a article on the UK's Digital Divide. Uses Wikipedia as an example to suggest the UK's Digital Inclusion Panel is sighting a war long ago won: "My bet is that quite soon, we will notice that the web has been taken over by oldies. Wikipedia isn't being compiled by teenagers".

* '''[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041025/CHINACYBER25/TPInternational/TopStories Human rights at risk, group tells Ottawa]''', The Globe and Mail, 25 October 2004. "Reporters Without Borders says that in September the authorities blocked access to the Chinese version of the Wikipedia on-line encyclopedia, which relies on contributions and carries articles about human-rights abuses in China."

* '''[http://www.onlamp.com/pub/wlg/5794 Where's the Movable Type of the Wiki World?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041027133831/http://www.onlamp.com/pub/wlg/5794 |date=October 27, 2004 }}''', Scot Hacker, 25 October 2004, discussing the end-user experience of setting up and customizing a wiki.  Hacker chose MediaWiki as the best available option to run a course project wiki, noting that Wikipedia had inspired the course to begin with.  Still he found the software's documentation "scattered and obtuse", its customizations difficult, and its attempts at a user manual lacking, and suggests the time is ripe for someone to provide a coherent, actively-developed, well-supported wiki solution. 

* '''[http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=24&theme=&usrsess=1&id=58137 Tap in, get smart]''', Swarat Chaudhury, ''[[The Statesman]]'', 25 October 2004 - A passionate article in one of India's oldest papers disscusses the dictionaries and encyclopedias the author uses.
:"Wikipedia has spawned a sister project called Wiktionary (http://www.wiktionary.org), a collaborative multilingual dictionary with pronunciations, etymology and quotations. The grand ambition of these projects is nothing short of letting the demos beat the experts at their own game..."
:"Personally, I still rely on the OED most of the time, but I also look forward to a day when Wiktionary beats it hands down."

* '''[http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1335892,00.html Who knows?]''', ''[[The Guardian]]'', October 26, 2004, lead article in "G2" supplement about the 4-year-wonder that is Wikipedia. Broad article, that includes details about Wikipedia policies, an interview with [[Jimmy Wales]], comments from librarians and from the executive staff of [[Encyclopaedia Britannica]]. "The truth is that Wikipedia reveals what is normally hidden in an encyclopedia: the countless decisions that lie behind each entry. The only difference is that in Wikipedia, the decision-making never stops and the debates are often robust to say the least. " ([[:Image:The Guardian 26-10-04 Wikipedia front page.jpg|Shot of G2 cover]], [[:Image:The Guardian 26-10-04 Wikipedia pages 2-3.jpg|shot of article itself]])
**Reprinted in '''[http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=Leisure-Online&o=140475&sa=106 The success of Wikipedia]''' , ''Mail & Guardian'' of South Africa, October 26, 2004.  

* '''[http://www.vnunet.com/comment/1158984 Get set for the wiki revolution]''',  Lem Bingley, ''IT Week'', October 26, 2004.  Bingley suggests wikis will be important for business in the near future.  "[I]t's tempting to say that wikis have no relevance for business. But I fully expect that view to be invalidated."  Article mentions Zuckerman's September analysis of WP (and the then-lacking [[Congo civil war]] coverage). 

* '''Internet site of the week''', Bangkok Post, October 27, 2004 (in English) encourages Thais to contribute to the [http://th.wikipedia.org Thai Wikipedia]: "Everyone here agrees that more web content in the Thai language is needed to encourage more young Thais to access the Internet and to benefit from it. So, if you feel you can contribute some knowledge in your domain of expertise in Thai, please pitch in, or you could visit just to read the free content about Thailand."

* '''[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/31/weekinreview/31schw.html When No Fact Goes Unchecked]''', New York Times, 31 October 2004. "The current presidential race has even roiled forums built on cooperation and fairness. At Wikipedia, a sprawling, online encyclopedia written and researched by its users, the Bush-Kerry conflict has spilled over into the wording of the candidates' biographies, with each set of partisans editing the other's facts thousands of times in an escalating tit-for-tat."