Wikipedia:Press coverage 2010

January

 * Describes Wikipedia's various quality issues, including the possibility of flagged revisions, the potential decline in editorship, and ways to detect the quality of articles.
 * Describes Wikipedia's various quality issues, including the possibility of flagged revisions, the potential decline in editorship, and ways to detect the quality of articles.


 * Interview with New Hampshire Wikipedian, Ken Gallager.
 * Interview with New Hampshire Wikipedian, Ken Gallager.


 * Report on the closure of the 2009/2010 fund raiser.
 * Report on the closure of the 2009/2010 fund raiser.


 * Advises companies how to get listed in Wikipedia and what to expect of it. The company giving the advices has actually managed to get their own wikipedia article: PacketTrap.
 * Advises companies how to get listed in Wikipedia and what to expect of it. The company giving the advices has actually managed to get their own wikipedia article: PacketTrap.


 * UK governments's Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (OFQUAL) warns students not to trust Wikipedia.
 * UK governments's Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (OFQUAL) warns students not to trust Wikipedia.


 * A Wikipedian's unfortunate experience during WP:GAC. Happy ending - The article is now GA-class.
 * A Wikipedian's unfortunate experience during WP:GAC. Happy ending - The article is now GA-class.


 * Review of the Wikipedia project at 9 years of age.
 * Review of the Wikipedia project at 9 years of age.


 * Looks at the way Wikipedia is embracing Indian languages and hopes that it will fuel the growth of vernacular content online.
 * Looks at the way Wikipedia is embracing Indian languages and hopes that it will fuel the growth of vernacular content online.


 * The author suggests U.S. government operations might improve if it incorporates some practices by "collective knowledge systems", such as Wikipedia and Google.
 * The author suggests U.S. government operations might improve if it incorporates some practices by "collective knowledge systems", such as Wikipedia and Google.


 * Review of the book 'Drive' By Daniel Pink which uses Wikipedia as one example of how monetary rewards do not necessarily produce creative or motivated work.
 * Review of the book 'Drive' By Daniel Pink which uses Wikipedia as one example of how monetary rewards do not necessarily produce creative or motivated work.


 * "Google...is sponsoring a contest to encourage students in Tanzania and Kenya to create articles for the Swahili version of Wikipedia, mainly by translating them from the English Wikipedia. The winners are to be announced Friday, with prizes including a laptop, a wireless modem, cellphones and Google gear. So far the contest, Google says, has added more than 900 articles from more than 800 contributors."
 * "Google...is sponsoring a contest to encourage students in Tanzania and Kenya to create articles for the Swahili version of Wikipedia, mainly by translating them from the English Wikipedia. The winners are to be announced Friday, with prizes including a laptop, a wireless modem, cellphones and Google gear. So far the contest, Google says, has added more than 900 articles from more than 800 contributors."

February

 * Hebrew Wikipedia passed its 100,000th article and The Knesset’s Science and Technology Committee invited Wikipedia contributors and users to join in a meeting at which the project received praise and some criticism. At the meeting Dr. Gilad Raviv, from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, said that use of Wikipedia was not problematic in academia, and that "the solution is to teach students the proper ways to engage in critical reading of Wikipedia entries."
 * Hebrew Wikipedia passed its 100,000th article and The Knesset’s Science and Technology Committee invited Wikipedia contributors and users to join in a meeting at which the project received praise and some criticism. At the meeting Dr. Gilad Raviv, from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, said that use of Wikipedia was not problematic in academia, and that "the solution is to teach students the proper ways to engage in critical reading of Wikipedia entries."


 * Wikipedia's plan to open a chapter in India reported there.
 * Wikipedia's plan to open a chapter in India reported there.
 * Report of a spin doctor's attempt to "clean up" his clients Wikipedia page causes an editing war.
 * Report of a spin doctor's attempt to "clean up" his clients Wikipedia page causes an editing war.


 * British market research survey finds that Wikipedia is close behind the BBC in attracting users from the top ABC1 demographic.
 * British market research survey finds that Wikipedia is close behind the BBC in attracting users from the top ABC1 demographic.


 * Joseph Janes speculates on the future of Wikipedia in an article at the American Library Association online magazine.
 * Joseph Janes speculates on the future of Wikipedia in an article at the American Library Association online magazine.


 * Google is giving $2 million to support Wikipedia.
 * Google is giving $2 million to support Wikipedia.


 * Report on how Lundquist, an Italian communications consultancy, advices companies on how to tactfully amend the Wikipedia article about themselves.
 * Report on how Lundquist, an Italian communications consultancy, advices companies on how to tactfully amend the Wikipedia article about themselves.

March

 * Research by Sudha Ram, an Arizona University Professor, has found that the quality of entries in Wikipedia depends on how authors collaborate.
 * Research by Sudha Ram, an Arizona University Professor, has found that the quality of entries in Wikipedia depends on how authors collaborate.


 * A study shows students mostly use Wikipedia to gain an introduction to a subject at the beginning of their research.
 * A study shows students mostly use Wikipedia to gain an introduction to a subject at the beginning of their research.


 * A DNS failure prevented access to Wikipedia.
 * A DNS failure prevented access to Wikipedia.

April

 * A project at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis that promotes documenting the world's public art, i.e. statues etc, on Wikipedia.
 * A response by an author to issues regarding the Wikipedia articles about him and his works.
 * A response by an author to issues regarding the Wikipedia articles about him and his works.
 * A response by an author to issues regarding the Wikipedia articles about him and his works.


 * An online poll of readers put Wikipedia at the top of the list. Netimperative's audience is largely people in the media and marketing.
 * An online poll of readers put Wikipedia at the top of the list. Netimperative's audience is largely people in the media and marketing.


 * Description of the inner working of the German Wikipedia and conflicts between editors. As a particular example it uses an edit war over the Donauturm article in the German Wikipedia, that triggered an excessive lengthy discussion over a rather minor naming issue (view tower versus tv tower).
 * Description of the inner working of the German Wikipedia and conflicts between editors. As a particular example it uses an edit war over the Donauturm article in the German Wikipedia, that triggered an excessive lengthy discussion over a rather minor naming issue (view tower versus tv tower).


 * Appraisal of various on-line Wikis, tending to the favorable.


 * Fox News reporting Larry Sanger's accusations about Wikipedia and child pornography.  Includes later additional rebuttals by the Wikimedia Foundation and Erik Moeller.
 * Fox News reporting Larry Sanger's accusations about Wikipedia and child pornography.  Includes later additional rebuttals by the Wikimedia Foundation and Erik Moeller.


 * British actor Laurence Fox expresses amusement at a quote by him on his Wikipedia page: "[M]y Wikipedia page is the most horrific thing in the world. It quotes me as saying, 'There ain't no method to my acting' or something like that!"
 * Emphasizes importance of Wikipedia as a multilingual resource for teachers and translators. The article Translation, in its various language versions, is used as an example. "For minority languages ... Wikipedia is likely to be one of the best teaching resources available ... It tempts any observant reader to correct errors, both linguistic and factual, to add material from one language to another, to translate and to create."
 * Emphasizes importance of Wikipedia as a multilingual resource for teachers and translators. The article Translation, in its various language versions, is used as an example. "For minority languages ... Wikipedia is likely to be one of the best teaching resources available ... It tempts any observant reader to correct errors, both linguistic and factual, to add material from one language to another, to translate and to create."
 * Emphasizes importance of Wikipedia as a multilingual resource for teachers and translators. The article Translation, in its various language versions, is used as an example. "For minority languages ... Wikipedia is likely to be one of the best teaching resources available ... It tempts any observant reader to correct errors, both linguistic and factual, to add material from one language to another, to translate and to create."

May

 * Details the removal of some of the sexual content material from Wikimedia Commons.
 * Details the removal of some of the sexual content material from Wikimedia Commons.




 * "A simmering clash between free speech and religious sensibilities in Pakistan burst from the streets onto the Internet on Thursday, as the government blocked the video-sharing site YouTube and other pages it deemed 'sacrilegious' to the nation's Muslim majority. The move followed a similar shutdown Wednesday of the social-networking site Facebook, which had drawn the ire of Islamist activists over a page inviting people to post drawings of the prophet Muhammad. At least 450 sites, including Wikipedia, were also cut off by midday Thursday, and the government said more blockages could come as its newly created 'crisis cell' scoured the Web for inflammatory content."
 * "A simmering clash between free speech and religious sensibilities in Pakistan burst from the streets onto the Internet on Thursday, as the government blocked the video-sharing site YouTube and other pages it deemed 'sacrilegious' to the nation's Muslim majority. The move followed a similar shutdown Wednesday of the social-networking site Facebook, which had drawn the ire of Islamist activists over a page inviting people to post drawings of the prophet Muhammad. At least 450 sites, including Wikipedia, were also cut off by midday Thursday, and the government said more blockages could come as its newly created 'crisis cell' scoured the Web for inflammatory content."




 * "One victim of the attention her breasts have received is Halep's own Wikipedia page. Over the past several days, mischievous editors have added sentences to the top of her biography that make note of her famous chest. 'Halep recently had her breasts reduced in size which resulted in widespread protests from male oglers around the globe,' wrote one."
 * "One victim of the attention her breasts have received is Halep's own Wikipedia page. Over the past several days, mischievous editors have added sentences to the top of her biography that make note of her famous chest. 'Halep recently had her breasts reduced in size which resulted in widespread protests from male oglers around the globe,' wrote one."
 * "One victim of the attention her breasts have received is Halep's own Wikipedia page. Over the past several days, mischievous editors have added sentences to the top of her biography that make note of her famous chest. 'Halep recently had her breasts reduced in size which resulted in widespread protests from male oglers around the globe,' wrote one."

June

 * "Researchers found that cancer information on Wikipedia was similar in accuracy and depth to the information on a professionally peer-reviewed, patient-oriented cancer web site, the National Cancer Institute's Physician Data Query (PDQ). But the latter was written in plainer English."
 * "Researchers found that cancer information on Wikipedia was similar in accuracy and depth to the information on a professionally peer-reviewed, patient-oriented cancer web site, the National Cancer Institute's Physician Data Query (PDQ). But the latter was written in plainer English."


 * "Derogatory remarks about two Tampines Junior College (TPJC) students in a Wikipedia entry prompted one of them to file a police report. The remarks, which bordered on racist, were posted on Sunday in an entry about TPJC in the popular online encyclopedia, which attracts billions of page views annually. Among other things, the two students were called 'dogs'. When contacted, the junior college said it was unaware of the incident and said it would look into the matter. ... [T]he remarks about the two first-year students – a Singaporean and a South Korean – were inserted under various sections of TPJC's page, including its motto, anthem, list of subjects offered and special programmes. Nineteen-year-old Srinivas Naidu, one of the two who bore the brunt of the remarks, told The Straits Times yesterday that he had been alerted to the posts by a schoolmate on Sunday and had reported it to the police three days later. 'I cannot tell whether those comments were personal attacks or whether there was a racist agenda,' he said. He added that he was on good terms with his schoolmates and had no idea who would do such a thing. 'I don't think I have done anything bad. There was no provocation on my part, so it was quite shocking.' A police spokesman said yesterday that he had been advised of his legal recourse. The other student, a 19-year-old South Korean who has been studying here for close to eight years, declined to be interviewed."
 * "The recent vandalism of Tampines Junior College's Wikipedia page was designed to offend, and offend it did. However, reactions should be proportionate. ... Singaporeans seem to be turning to the police as an automatic response to offensive speech. While this is their right, the cumulative effect is surely unsustainable. Better to rely on the police only against hate speech that instigates imminent violence. Wikipedia can be edited by anyone, so netizens who spot offensive or inaccurate content should simply clean it up themselves."
 * "Derogatory remarks about two Tampines Junior College (TPJC) students in a Wikipedia entry prompted one of them to file a police report. The remarks, which bordered on racist, were posted on Sunday in an entry about TPJC in the popular online encyclopedia, which attracts billions of page views annually. Among other things, the two students were called 'dogs'. When contacted, the junior college said it was unaware of the incident and said it would look into the matter. ... [T]he remarks about the two first-year students – a Singaporean and a South Korean – were inserted under various sections of TPJC's page, including its motto, anthem, list of subjects offered and special programmes. Nineteen-year-old Srinivas Naidu, one of the two who bore the brunt of the remarks, told The Straits Times yesterday that he had been alerted to the posts by a schoolmate on Sunday and had reported it to the police three days later. 'I cannot tell whether those comments were personal attacks or whether there was a racist agenda,' he said. He added that he was on good terms with his schoolmates and had no idea who would do such a thing. 'I don't think I have done anything bad. There was no provocation on my part, so it was quite shocking.' A police spokesman said yesterday that he had been advised of his legal recourse. The other student, a 19-year-old South Korean who has been studying here for close to eight years, declined to be interviewed."
 * "The recent vandalism of Tampines Junior College's Wikipedia page was designed to offend, and offend it did. However, reactions should be proportionate. ... Singaporeans seem to be turning to the police as an automatic response to offensive speech. While this is their right, the cumulative effect is surely unsustainable. Better to rely on the police only against hate speech that instigates imminent violence. Wikipedia can be edited by anyone, so netizens who spot offensive or inaccurate content should simply clean it up themselves."
 * "Derogatory remarks about two Tampines Junior College (TPJC) students in a Wikipedia entry prompted one of them to file a police report. The remarks, which bordered on racist, were posted on Sunday in an entry about TPJC in the popular online encyclopedia, which attracts billions of page views annually. Among other things, the two students were called 'dogs'. When contacted, the junior college said it was unaware of the incident and said it would look into the matter. ... [T]he remarks about the two first-year students – a Singaporean and a South Korean – were inserted under various sections of TPJC's page, including its motto, anthem, list of subjects offered and special programmes. Nineteen-year-old Srinivas Naidu, one of the two who bore the brunt of the remarks, told The Straits Times yesterday that he had been alerted to the posts by a schoolmate on Sunday and had reported it to the police three days later. 'I cannot tell whether those comments were personal attacks or whether there was a racist agenda,' he said. He added that he was on good terms with his schoolmates and had no idea who would do such a thing. 'I don't think I have done anything bad. There was no provocation on my part, so it was quite shocking.' A police spokesman said yesterday that he had been advised of his legal recourse. The other student, a 19-year-old South Korean who has been studying here for close to eight years, declined to be interviewed."
 * "The recent vandalism of Tampines Junior College's Wikipedia page was designed to offend, and offend it did. However, reactions should be proportionate. ... Singaporeans seem to be turning to the police as an automatic response to offensive speech. While this is their right, the cumulative effect is surely unsustainable. Better to rely on the police only against hate speech that instigates imminent violence. Wikipedia can be edited by anyone, so netizens who spot offensive or inaccurate content should simply clean it up themselves."
 * "The recent vandalism of Tampines Junior College's Wikipedia page was designed to offend, and offend it did. However, reactions should be proportionate. ... Singaporeans seem to be turning to the police as an automatic response to offensive speech. While this is their right, the cumulative effect is surely unsustainable. Better to rely on the police only against hate speech that instigates imminent violence. Wikipedia can be edited by anyone, so netizens who spot offensive or inaccurate content should simply clean it up themselves."


 * "If you happened to visit my Wikipedia entry last weekend then you might be somewhat surprised to see this article, because you probably think I'm dead."..." I'd much rather have a Wikipedia that tells people I'm dead when I'm not than no Wikipedia at all."
 * "If you happened to visit my Wikipedia entry last weekend then you might be somewhat surprised to see this article, because you probably think I'm dead."..." I'd much rather have a Wikipedia that tells people I'm dead when I'm not than no Wikipedia at all."

July

 * "An investigation has uncovered dozens of cases where MPs' biographical pages on Wikipedia were altered to remove details of past humiliations which had been added by members of the public. Embarrassments which have been deleted include an MP who employed a male escort, an MP who lost his front bench job in a row over racist language, and a female MP whose ex-husband was arrested and deported. On every occasion, the change was made either by someone working within the parliamentary estate or by a user who appeared to have links to the MP."
 * "An investigation has uncovered dozens of cases where MPs' biographical pages on Wikipedia were altered to remove details of past humiliations which had been added by members of the public. Embarrassments which have been deleted include an MP who employed a male escort, an MP who lost his front bench job in a row over racist language, and a female MP whose ex-husband was arrested and deported. On every occasion, the change was made either by someone working within the parliamentary estate or by a user who appeared to have links to the MP."


 * Report on the Wikimania conference in Gdansk, Poland, and the challenges facing Wikipedia in the future.
 * Report on the Wikimania conference in Gdansk, Poland, and the challenges facing Wikipedia in the future.






 * "Jimmy Wales joins the MediaGuardian 100 as founder of Wikipedia, 'one of the greatest triumphs of the internet'".
 * "Jimmy Wales joins the MediaGuardian 100 as founder of Wikipedia, 'one of the greatest triumphs of the internet'".


 * "A survey by the American Customer Satisfaction Index out of the Ross School of Business from the University of Michigan reveals that Wikipedia has a customer satisfaction ranking of 77, YouTube 76, Facebook 64, MySpace 63 and airlines and subscription television 66. The ACSI attributed Wikipedia's popularity to the fact that its interface has remained consistent over the years, while its non-profit status means it has not been overrun by advertisements."
 * "A survey by the American Customer Satisfaction Index out of the Ross School of Business from the University of Michigan reveals that Wikipedia has a customer satisfaction ranking of 77, YouTube 76, Facebook 64, MySpace 63 and airlines and subscription television 66. The ACSI attributed Wikipedia's popularity to the fact that its interface has remained consistent over the years, while its non-profit status means it has not been overrun by advertisements."


 * "POLITICAL parties in Scotland are routinely altering the biographical details of their MPs and MSPs on Wikipedia to remove any entries that may damage their reputations, a new survey has revealed. Among items removed or changed were references to last year's expenses scandal, involvement in bitter party spats, and even accusations that they failed to pull their weight in parliament. Those found to be having their reputations airbrushed included former First Minister Lord McConnell, former leader of the Labour party in Scotland Wendy Alexander and Michael Moore, the new Liberal Democrat Secretary of State for Scotland."
 * "POLITICAL parties in Scotland are routinely altering the biographical details of their MPs and MSPs on Wikipedia to remove any entries that may damage their reputations, a new survey has revealed. Among items removed or changed were references to last year's expenses scandal, involvement in bitter party spats, and even accusations that they failed to pull their weight in parliament. Those found to be having their reputations airbrushed included former First Minister Lord McConnell, former leader of the Labour party in Scotland Wendy Alexander and Michael Moore, the new Liberal Democrat Secretary of State for Scotland."


 * [Sanger:] "When I was getting Wikipedia started, I didn't realize just how deeply important matters of governance were going to be. I wasn't thinking about the problem we would face if we were truly successful. I think there's a lot of things I could done in the first few months that would have allowed the project to take off the way it did and yet avoided some of the long-term governance issues."
 * [Sanger:] "When I was getting Wikipedia started, I didn't realize just how deeply important matters of governance were going to be. I wasn't thinking about the problem we would face if we were truly successful. I think there's a lot of things I could done in the first few months that would have allowed the project to take off the way it did and yet avoided some of the long-term governance issues."


 * "A Defence Department spokesperson confirms computers at the department's research agency were used to alter a Wikipedia page entry about the Joint Strike Fighter jet and the Conservative government's decision to spend as much as $18 billion on the aircraft."
 * "A Defence Department spokesperson confirms computers at the department's research agency were used to alter a Wikipedia page entry about the Joint Strike Fighter jet and the Conservative government's decision to spend as much as $18 billion on the aircraft."


 * [WSJ:] "• The study found that the nation's 50 top websites on average installed 64 pieces of tracking technology onto the computers of visitors, usually with no warning. A dozen sites each installed more than a hundred. The nonprofit Wikipedia installed none.."
 * [WSJ:] "• The study found that the nation's 50 top websites on average installed 64 pieces of tracking technology onto the computers of visitors, usually with no warning. A dozen sites each installed more than a hundred. The nonprofit Wikipedia installed none.."

August

 * "... The Wikipedia aspect of the row rose to prominence last month when criticism of the Canadian F-35 [stealth fighter] buy was repeatedly removed from the jet's wiki page and insulting remarks about Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff added – apparently from IP addresses registered to Canada's Department of National Defence. Addresses registered to Defence Research Development Canada (DRDC) computers in Ottawa and at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake in Alberta appear in the Wiki edit trail. One edit suggested that a Canadian critic of the F-35 is 'an idiot ... must be a socialist', another that Ignatieff is 'referred to affectionately as ... Icky'. Wikipedia also at one stage stated that Ignatieff 'has six toes on each foot'. The Wikipedia F-35 saga popped up in the mainstream Canadian media last week, with Ignatieff and other F-35 critics saying that it offered cast-iron evidence that the government was attempting to suppress free debate. Meanwhile the pro-stealthfighter Wikipedians were ruthlessly suppressed by keen fellow-fiddlers, with the page locked down to unregistered editing at one point." [URLs in original article amended to link directly to diffs]
 * "... The Wikipedia aspect of the row rose to prominence last month when criticism of the Canadian F-35 [stealth fighter] buy was repeatedly removed from the jet's wiki page and insulting remarks about Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff added – apparently from IP addresses registered to Canada's Department of National Defence. Addresses registered to Defence Research Development Canada (DRDC) computers in Ottawa and at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake in Alberta appear in the Wiki edit trail. One edit suggested that a Canadian critic of the F-35 is 'an idiot ... must be a socialist', another that Ignatieff is 'referred to affectionately as ... Icky'. Wikipedia also at one stage stated that Ignatieff 'has six toes on each foot'. The Wikipedia F-35 saga popped up in the mainstream Canadian media last week, with Ignatieff and other F-35 critics saying that it offered cast-iron evidence that the government was attempting to suppress free debate. Meanwhile the pro-stealthfighter Wikipedians were ruthlessly suppressed by keen fellow-fiddlers, with the page locked down to unregistered editing at one point." [URLs in original article amended to link directly to diffs]


 * Details a dust-up between the FBI and Wikipedia over the use of the FBI seal.
 * Details a dust-up between the FBI and Wikipedia over the use of the FBI seal.






 * Story details how the prosecutor's office in the Phillipine city of Quezon lost an appeal of a case to the Court of Appeals due to a reference to an article in Wikipedia. The prosecutor had tried to impeach the credibility of a witness apparently by referring to the article on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders DSM-IV-TR. The opposition noted that Wikipedia carries a disclaimer stating that it "makes no guarantee of validity".
 * The court found in its decision that it found “incredible ... if not a haphazard attempt, on the part of the [OSG] to impeach an expert witness, with, as pointed out by [the ex-wife], unreliable information. This is certainly unacceptable evidence, nothing short of a mere allegation totally unsupported by authority.”
 * The court found in its decision that it found “incredible ... if not a haphazard attempt, on the part of the [OSG] to impeach an expert witness, with, as pointed out by [the ex-wife], unreliable information. This is certainly unacceptable evidence, nothing short of a mere allegation totally unsupported by authority.”



September

 * About the comments by James Bridle of booktwo.org on the editorial process, specifically the process of editing the article Iraq War. Bridle turned the set of edits into a book, and is quoted as saying: "This particular book — or rather, set of books — is every edit made to a single Wikipedia article, The Iraq War, during the five years between the article’s inception in December 2004 and November 2009, a total of 12,000 changes and almost 7,000 pages."
 * About the comments by James Bridle of booktwo.org on the editorial process, specifically the process of editing the article Iraq War. Bridle turned the set of edits into a book, and is quoted as saying: "This particular book — or rather, set of books — is every edit made to a single Wikipedia article, The Iraq War, during the five years between the article’s inception in December 2004 and November 2009, a total of 12,000 changes and almost 7,000 pages."


 * Covers the Foundation's Public Policy Initiative
 * Covers the Foundation's Public Policy Initiative


 * About the Wikipedia community building the 2010 Canterbury earthquake article
 * About the Wikipedia community building the 2010 Canterbury earthquake article


 * The author believes he detects a growing anti Iranian bias in the Wikipedia article on the Cyrus Cylinder. 11-9-10
 * See also Diffs and Gawker. User:Pensacolian now blocked indefinitely.
 * See also Diffs and Gawker. User:Pensacolian now blocked indefinitely.
 * See also Diffs and Gawker. User:Pensacolian now blocked indefinitely.




 * Reports research by two economists, Xiaoquan Zhang and Feng Zhu on why people volunteer their time in public good projects. Their answer is that they are seeking a public audience.
 * Reports research by two economists, Xiaoquan Zhang and Feng Zhu on why people volunteer their time in public good projects. Their answer is that they are seeking a public audience.


 * Covers the controversy over The Mousetrap and the lack of spoiler warnings on a variety of other articles, such as Catfish. Primarily quotes creators of those works or their relatives, with only one in defense, from Foundation spokesman Jay Walsh.
 * Covers the controversy over The Mousetrap and the lack of spoiler warnings on a variety of other articles, such as Catfish. Primarily quotes creators of those works or their relatives, with only one in defense, from Foundation spokesman Jay Walsh.


 * The news article covers how Wikipedia is being used in the Philippines and how reliable Wikipedia is. It presents views from various online Filipino users and Wikimedia Philippines, including Jojit Ballesteros (User:Jojit fb), Vice President of Wikimedia Philippines.
 * The news article covers how Wikipedia is being used in the Philippines and how reliable Wikipedia is. It presents views from various online Filipino users and Wikimedia Philippines, including Jojit Ballesteros (User:Jojit fb), Vice President of Wikimedia Philippines.


 * "Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams coined the term 'wikinomics' in their 2006 tome of that name. Their central insight was that collaboration is getting rapidly cheaper and easier. The web gives amateurs access to world-class communications tools and worldwide markets. It makes it easy for large groups of people who have never met to work together. And it super-charges innovation: crowds of people can develop new ideas faster than isolated geniuses and disseminate them even faster."
 * "Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams coined the term 'wikinomics' in their 2006 tome of that name. Their central insight was that collaboration is getting rapidly cheaper and easier. The web gives amateurs access to world-class communications tools and worldwide markets. It makes it easy for large groups of people who have never met to work together. And it super-charges innovation: crowds of people can develop new ideas faster than isolated geniuses and disseminate them even faster."

October

 * The Anwar al-Awlaki article, and whether it should be relied on to determine whether the decision of the U.S. government to subject Anwar al-Awlaki to targeted killing is appropriate, is discussed at length.


 * See also David Bruce McMahan (deleted) and Articles for deletion/Bruce McMahan (3rd nomination)
 * See also David Bruce McMahan (deleted) and Articles for deletion/Bruce McMahan (3rd nomination)




 * Examiners of the International Baccalaureate sent model answers supposedly plagiarised from Wikipedia to the organisation's markers to help them grade papers.
 * Examiners of the International Baccalaureate sent model answers supposedly plagiarised from Wikipedia to the organisation's markers to help them grade papers.


 * Gottlieb Duttweiler Institut awards the Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize 2011 to Jimbo Wales. The prize is worth 100,000 Swiss francs.
 * Gottlieb Duttweiler Institut awards the Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize 2011 to Jimbo Wales. The prize is worth 100,000 Swiss francs.








 * Andrew Buck, the principal of The Middle School for Art and Philosophy, Brooklyn, New York, draws criticism for saying students can learn without necessarily having textbooks available. He recommends viewing Wikipedia to find educational theorists whose work, he says, will back up his claim, and not as a substitute for textbooks as the headline implies.
 * Andrew Buck, the principal of The Middle School for Art and Philosophy, Brooklyn, New York, draws criticism for saying students can learn without necessarily having textbooks available. He recommends viewing Wikipedia to find educational theorists whose work, he says, will back up his claim, and not as a substitute for textbooks as the headline implies.


 * The Indian Supreme court bases a judgment on information taken from the "Common-law marriage" Wikipedia article and shocked the orthodox among the judicial community. Also reported by The Hindu.
 * The Indian Supreme court bases a judgment on information taken from the "Common-law marriage" Wikipedia article and shocked the orthodox among the judicial community. Also reported by The Hindu.


 * The article for Escondido, California city councilwoman Olga Diaz is deleted.
 * The article for Escondido, California city councilwoman Olga Diaz is deleted.


 * A Kenyan man, Gabriel Nderitu, has built a full size aircraft in his front yard, mostly from car spares, although it has yet to fly. He claims his principal source of information was Wikipedia.
 * A Kenyan man, Gabriel Nderitu, has built a full size aircraft in his front yard, mostly from car spares, although it has yet to fly. He claims his principal source of information was Wikipedia.



November



 * Press reporting of the 2010 Wikimedia funraiser:-
 * Press reporting of the 2010 Wikimedia funraiser:-




 * The letter writer was responding to another correspondent who had criticized British Prime Minister David Cameron and other ministers on an official visit to China for declining to remove their red poppy lapel pins at the request of Chinese officials because of a perceived allusion to the Opium Wars. See
 * The letter writer was responding to another correspondent who had criticized British Prime Minister David Cameron and other ministers on an official visit to China for declining to remove their red poppy lapel pins at the request of Chinese officials because of a perceived allusion to the Opium Wars. See


 * Michael Moore reports how the health insurance industry's PR firm, APCO Worldwide, discussed their Plan B: "Pushing Michael Moore off a cliff" when his film "Sicko" was being released in 2007.  He asks his readers to include this in APCOs Wikipedia page in a way  that meets Wikipedia's guidelines.
 * Michael Moore reports how the health insurance industry's PR firm, APCO Worldwide, discussed their Plan B: "Pushing Michael Moore off a cliff" when his film "Sicko" was being released in 2007.  He asks his readers to include this in APCOs Wikipedia page in a way  that meets Wikipedia's guidelines.


 * An academic investigation finds that some uncredited passages in an influential report for an inquiry by the US House of Representatives energy and commerce committee by statistician Edward Wegman are so similar to work by Professor Raymond S. Bradley, a climate scientist, and to entries on Wikipedia that they constitute plagiarism. Also USA Today, Daily Mail, Salon
 * An academic investigation finds that some uncredited passages in an influential report for an inquiry by the US House of Representatives energy and commerce committee by statistician Edward Wegman are so similar to work by Professor Raymond S. Bradley, a climate scientist, and to entries on Wikipedia that they constitute plagiarism. Also USA Today, Daily Mail, Salon


 * A Google Chrome extension displays the fundraising banners with Jimmy Wales pictures on every webpage accessed. Its author suggests it might be added to public computers, like a college lab PC.
 * A Google Chrome extension displays the fundraising banners with Jimmy Wales pictures on every webpage accessed. Its author suggests it might be added to public computers, like a college lab PC.


 * While making his weekly predictions for an upcoming slate of American football games, sportswriter Peter King makes a comparison between the cited biographical article of little known Rusty Smith (American football) and the other pages on American football quarterbacks.
 * While making his weekly predictions for an upcoming slate of American football games, sportswriter Peter King makes a comparison between the cited biographical article of little known Rusty Smith (American football) and the other pages on American football quarterbacks.

December

 * Also at Znet


 * Profile of Wikipedian Matt Wade, otherwise known as User:UpstateNYer.
 * Profile of Wikipedian Matt Wade, otherwise known as User:UpstateNYer.


 * Audio interview with Sue Gardner, executive director of the The Wikimedia Foundation by BBC News World Service.  The interview touches on Wikipedia's need to attract more women editors. Video version  here.
 * Audio interview with Sue Gardner, executive director of the The Wikimedia Foundation by BBC News World Service.  The interview touches on Wikipedia's need to attract more women editors. Video version  here.




 * Reporting of the Cuban governments launch of EcuRed a site similar in concept to Wikipedia. Also at fox News, Xinhua, CNN, LA Times, Pravda
 * Reporting of the Cuban governments launch of EcuRed a site similar in concept to Wikipedia. Also at fox News, Xinhua, CNN, LA Times, Pravda


 * Argues that Wikimedia fund raising would be more successful if the banner was at the foot of pages and more targeted to users.
 * Argues that Wikimedia fund raising would be more successful if the banner was at the foot of pages and more targeted to users.


 * Interview with Jimmy Wales on his arrival in London, where it is revealed, he intends to settle in the future.
 * Interview with Jimmy Wales on his arrival in London, where it is revealed, he intends to settle in the future.


 * Vancouver's all news radio, News1130, reports a comScore survey in which Canadians are reckoned to be the heaviest web users in the world, viewing more YouTube videos and more Wikipedia pages than any other nation.
 * Vancouver's all news radio, News1130, reports a comScore survey in which Canadians are reckoned to be the heaviest web users in the world, viewing more YouTube videos and more Wikipedia pages than any other nation.


 * "While Wikipedia is far from the final word on information, the ad-free, user-generated reference library is the closest thing the Internet has to a living catalogue of human record."
 * "While Wikipedia is far from the final word on information, the ad-free, user-generated reference library is the closest thing the Internet has to a living catalogue of human record."