Editing Encyclopedia:Press coverage 2004 (section)

=== June ===
*'''[http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_objectid=14292033&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=-name_page.html Untitled review]''' ic Wales, June 1, 2004. Wikipedia is "the web's most stunning and exciting site."

*'''[http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/fo/20040603/bs_fo/e81976d1c5a2d1d8620bdd2922f73edd Veni, Vidi ...Wiki?]''' Forbes.com, June 3, 2004. "Wikipedia, a Web encyclopedia run by a nonprofit, boasts 274,000 articles written by 'experts' in its English edition."

*'''[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_23/b3886141.htm Wikis' Winning Ways]'''. BusinessWeek Online, June 7, 2004. "With etiquette out of the way, there's no better place to start a wiki tour than the big kahuna of wikis: Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia with 280,000 articles in English and more than 380,000 more in 49 other languages."

*'''[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_23/b3886138.htm Something Wiki This Way Comes]'''. BusinessWeek Online, June 7, 2004. "On the site, a free online encyclopedia called Wikipedia, thousands of volunteers had written a breathtaking 500,000 articles in 50 languages since 2001 -- all thanks to the defining feature of wikis."

*'''[http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/searchinsider/wpn-49-20040602WikiBackLinkSpamTactic.html Wiki Back Link Spam Tactic]'''. Webpronews.com, June 2004. "Of course wikis emerged not as an SEO tool but as a means of collaborating on content. The Wikipedia is one example of how this can work. For their entry on 'wiki' you simply click edit and see a page similar to a forum posting page where you can alter the text."

*'''[http://www.investors.com/editorial/tech01.asp?v=6/5 Need To Do Research? Go Further Than Google]''' Investors.com, June 7, 2004. "One increasingly popular online tool is wikipedia.org, a collaborative encyclopedia that lets any user edit an entry."

*'''[http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=2747734 Open source -- Beyond capitalism?]'''  Economist, June 10, 2004 (Subscription only).  "The surprisingly good open-source encyclopedia (see Wikipedia.org) is another example [of open source]. Like software, it is modular, which allows different people to work on different bits."

*'''Reporter's nose for news discovers foul play''', Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA), June 11, 2004 (story not online). Wikipedia is the victim of a cruel hoax: "The online encyclopedia "Wikipedia" created a version of [[Chesapeake, Virginia|Chesapeake]]'s history that was literally a bunch of bull."  The edit in question was put in on [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Chesapeake%2C_Virginia&diff=3860769&oldid=3414810 May 2] and not removed until June 3.

*'''[http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16551 WordIQ's use of Wikipedia content crosses licence line] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041010182100/http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16551 |date=October 10, 2004 }}''' the Inquirer, June 13, 2004. "Take for instance a search for the 'Iran-Contra affair', a subject the mass media appears to have forgotten in recent times. The results page from Wikipedia.org for such a search is [[Iran-Contra Affair|here]], and the one from wordIQ.com is [[Iran-Contra Affair|here]]. Notice any similarities?" UPDATE: [http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16564] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041019040115/http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16564 |date=October 19, 2004 }}

*Wikipedia blocked in China, related news stories below:
**'''[http://www.chinatechnews.com/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=1316 Wikipedia Inaccessible In China]''' ChinaTechNews.com, June 14, 2004. "According to several Internet reports both the Chinese and English-language versions of Wikipedia have now been blocked and are inaccessible from the Chinese mainland."
**'''[http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2987/040614wikipedia Chinese censors block access to Wikipedia]''' ITworld.com, June 14, 2004. "Chinese censors have blocked access to an online encyclopedia called Chinese Wikipedia that was created as a free and open source of information for Chinese Internet users, according to several contributors to the site."
**'''[http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/1087234431.html China blocks Wikipedia]''' arstechnica.com, June 14, 2004. "Ten days ago the Chinese government blocked Internet access to the Chinese version of the Wikipedia, a community-built encyclopedia that polices itself with a policy of political neutrality."
**'''[http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/15/0122201 China Blocks Wikipedia]''' Slashdot.org, June 14, 2004. "China government is, again, restraining the access to internet. Ars Technica says they are now blocking the Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. How much time will it take for to Slashdot be blocked?"

* Wikipedia has  '''[http://www.aec.at/en/prix/winners2004.asp won a Golden Nicas award 2004]''' in the "Digital Communities" category.

*'''[http://www.time.com/time/asia/tga/article/0,13673,501040621-650769,00.html Everyone's an expert]''' Time Asia, June 14, 2004. "Called Wikipedia.org (wiki means 'superfast' in Hawaiian and is also the name of the collaborative software upon which the site is built), the encyclopedia features more than 700,000 hypertexted articles on everything from 'Anthrax (band)' to 'Zeppelin.'"

*"COOL WEB SITE OF THE WEEK" - ''Albuquerque Journal'' (New Mexico), June 17, 2004: "Sometimes when you read an online encyclopedia, you know the information is wrong. With that in mind, Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger started Wikipedia in 2001. Three years later, more than 6,000 contributors have written about 600,000 articles."

* '''[http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901040719-653780,00.html Everyone's an Expert]''' Time Europe, June 20, 2004. Same as the above article for Time Asia, but with a different picture.

*'''[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2004/06/27/2003176755 The jury is still out on open source]''' The Guardian, June 27, 2004, p. 11 (available online with subscriber access, link is to a reprint by The Taipei Times). Mentions Wikipedia as an example of volunteer efforts in contrast with open source business models.

* Even mentioned in a small, central Wisconsin newspaper. [http://www.wisinfo.com/newsherald/mnhlocal/280839343001272.shtml Digital or print?] ''Marshfield News Herald'', June 28, 2004: "And a mass assembly of expert Uncle Joe's can actually forge an informative, albeit imperfect bond, such as found on wikipedia.com, a free encyclopedia that allows anyone to contribute."