Wikipedia:Press coverage 2011

January

 * The story of the first ten years of Wikipedia produced under a loose interpretation of Wikipedia's own collaborative principles. It was rewritten, corrected, and commented upon by a team of guest editors -  Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School ; Robert Dale McHenry,  editor in chief for Encyclopædia  Britannica 1992-1997; Benjamin Mako Hill , MIT Researcher, Wikipedia editor and member of Wikimedia foundation advisory board; Mike Schroepfer, Developer of the Firefox open source browser and now  Vice President of Engineering at Facebook.
 * The story of the first ten years of Wikipedia produced under a loose interpretation of Wikipedia's own collaborative principles. It was rewritten, corrected, and commented upon by a team of guest editors -  Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School ; Robert Dale McHenry,  editor in chief for Encyclopædia  Britannica 1992-1997; Benjamin Mako Hill , MIT Researcher, Wikipedia editor and member of Wikimedia foundation advisory board; Mike Schroepfer, Developer of the Firefox open source browser and now  Vice President of Engineering at Facebook.


 * Wikipedia is 10 years old this Saturday...still breathes utopian idealism
 * Wikipedia is 10 years old this Saturday...still breathes utopian idealism
 * Wikipedia is 10 years old this Saturday...still breathes utopian idealism
 * Wikipedia is 10 years old this Saturday...still breathes utopian idealism
 * Wikipedia is 10 years old this Saturday...still breathes utopian idealism
 * Wikipedia is 10 years old this Saturday...still breathes utopian idealism
 * Wikipedia is 10 years old this Saturday...still breathes utopian idealism


 * Celebrating 10th anniversary. Plans to include as editors in the future "more women, more older people and more editors who write in a greater diversity of languages".
 * Celebrating 10th anniversary. Plans to include as editors in the future "more women, more older people and more editors who write in a greater diversity of languages".


 * The Atlantic asked a number of celebrities what they thought about Wikipedia on its 10th birthday they were: Bruce Sterling, writer, futurist; Charlie Cheever, co-founder, Quora; Mariette DiChristina, editor-in-chief, Scientific American; Jonathan Lethem, novelist, Pomona professor; Jay Rosen, NYU journalism professor; Mary H.K. Choi, writer, bonne vivante; Clay Shirky, technologist, writer, NYU professor; Ethan Zuckerman, fellow, Berkman Center; Craig Newmark, founder, Craigslist; Yochai Benkler, professor, Harvard Law School; Alan Jacobs, professor, Wheaton College; James Bridle, writer and publisher; and Paul Ford, writer and programmer.
 * "What you see is what you get" editing tools ready for release. If Wikipedia needs to carry advertising, it will.
 * The Atlantic asked a number of celebrities what they thought about Wikipedia on its 10th birthday they were: Bruce Sterling, writer, futurist; Charlie Cheever, co-founder, Quora; Mariette DiChristina, editor-in-chief, Scientific American; Jonathan Lethem, novelist, Pomona professor; Jay Rosen, NYU journalism professor; Mary H.K. Choi, writer, bonne vivante; Clay Shirky, technologist, writer, NYU professor; Ethan Zuckerman, fellow, Berkman Center; Craig Newmark, founder, Craigslist; Yochai Benkler, professor, Harvard Law School; Alan Jacobs, professor, Wheaton College; James Bridle, writer and publisher; and Paul Ford, writer and programmer.
 * "What you see is what you get" editing tools ready for release. If Wikipedia needs to carry advertising, it will.
 * "What you see is what you get" editing tools ready for release. If Wikipedia needs to carry advertising, it will.
 * "What you see is what you get" editing tools ready for release. If Wikipedia needs to carry advertising, it will.
 * "What you see is what you get" editing tools ready for release. If Wikipedia needs to carry advertising, it will.


 * 30 min radio documentary on Wikipedia's first ten years. Raises questions on the use of paid to edit public relations consultants.
 * 30 min radio documentary on Wikipedia's first ten years. Raises questions on the use of paid to edit public relations consultants.
 * 30 min radio documentary on Wikipedia's first ten years. Raises questions on the use of paid to edit public relations consultants.
 * 30 min radio documentary on Wikipedia's first ten years. Raises questions on the use of paid to edit public relations consultants.


 * As part of the 10th anniversary the author tries to follow a chain of Wikipedia hyper links as far as he can go in one hour.
 * As part of the 10th anniversary the author tries to follow a chain of Wikipedia hyper links as far as he can go in one hour.


 * An interview with Edgar Enyedy, which recounts the story of how Wikipedia split in two in 2002 over the issue of advertising with the Spanish Wikipedia going independent for a time and known as the Spanish Fork.
 * Several news items note the launch of Qwiki, a multimedia website which links a robotic reader of text drawn from Wikipedia's article on a subject with still and moving pictures which attempt to synchronise with the text as it is read. Also at The San Francisco Chronicle, WebProNews, Mashable
 * A whole article on the gender gap in Wikipedia's editor base and its article quality. Noisalt (talk) 07:55, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
 * An interview with Edgar Enyedy, which recounts the story of how Wikipedia split in two in 2002 over the issue of advertising with the Spanish Wikipedia going independent for a time and known as the Spanish Fork.
 * Several news items note the launch of Qwiki, a multimedia website which links a robotic reader of text drawn from Wikipedia's article on a subject with still and moving pictures which attempt to synchronise with the text as it is read. Also at The San Francisco Chronicle, WebProNews, Mashable
 * A whole article on the gender gap in Wikipedia's editor base and its article quality. Noisalt (talk) 07:55, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
 * A whole article on the gender gap in Wikipedia's editor base and its article quality. Noisalt (talk) 07:55, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
 * A whole article on the gender gap in Wikipedia's editor base and its article quality. Noisalt (talk) 07:55, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

February

 * The unnamed protagonist of the comic strip is honored to be asked by his PhD supervisor, Professor Brian S. Smith, to edit something for him, until he discovers it is the professor's Wikipedia entry.
 * How a Google bomb created by anti abortion activists has targeted the Wikipedia page on Abortion, linking it to results of searches for "murder" on Google.
 * How a Google bomb created by anti abortion activists has targeted the Wikipedia page on Abortion, linking it to results of searches for "murder" on Google.
 * How a Google bomb created by anti abortion activists has targeted the Wikipedia page on Abortion, linking it to results of searches for "murder" on Google.

March

 * Note that Old Man Murray was since restored through WP:DRV. Also see related discussion on Slashdot
 * The news article is about the Australian Member of Parliament, Tony Windsor. The vandalism was addressed and the article semi-protected within 2 hours of occurrence. The news article was published just before the problem was addressed.
 * Jimmy Wales is interviewed about Google's algorithm changes and how it will affect both Wikipedia and Wikia. (Also posted on Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Suggestions permalink).
 * An animated visualization of dates and  places through 2500 years based on Wikipedia's data.
 * User:Rodw was interviewed the next day (30th March) on BBC World Service programme World Update on the same topic.&mdash; Rod talk 09:07, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Jimmy Wales is interviewed about Google's algorithm changes and how it will affect both Wikipedia and Wikia. (Also posted on Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Suggestions permalink).
 * An animated visualization of dates and  places through 2500 years based on Wikipedia's data.
 * User:Rodw was interviewed the next day (30th March) on BBC World Service programme World Update on the same topic.&mdash; Rod talk 09:07, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
 * User:Rodw was interviewed the next day (30th March) on BBC World Service programme World Update on the same topic.&mdash; Rod talk 09:07, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
 * User:Rodw was interviewed the next day (30th March) on BBC World Service programme World Update on the same topic.&mdash; Rod talk 09:07, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

April

 * Adam Brown, a political scientist from Brigham Young University has published a study in Political Science and Politics in which he  confirms that  230 Wikipedia biographical articles about major party US governorship candidates who ran for office between 1998 and 2008 were completely accurate.
 * Lexalytics, publisher of technology that produces automated summaries of documents, has announced that the new release of its software, will be better able to understand concepts and relationships between concepts, thanks to a close reading of the entire content of Wikipedia.
 * Register-Guard columnist Bob Welch finds the Wikipedia article for Eugene, Oregon to be wanting. While some complaints have easy answers, the upside is that he does exhort readers to improve the article according to several reasonable suggestions.
 * Reportage of the 10,000,000 file upload to Wikimedia Commons.
 * Wikipedia users adding details of so-called super injunctions to the articles of UK nationals, which are then removed for being improperly sourced, sometimes being deleted from the edit histories.
 * Wikipedia users adding details of so-called super injunctions to the articles of UK nationals, which are then removed for being improperly sourced, sometimes being deleted from the edit histories. (This time, as covered by the Daily Mail).
 * Register-Guard columnist Bob Welch finds the Wikipedia article for Eugene, Oregon to be wanting. While some complaints have easy answers, the upside is that he does exhort readers to improve the article according to several reasonable suggestions.
 * Reportage of the 10,000,000 file upload to Wikimedia Commons.
 * Wikipedia users adding details of so-called super injunctions to the articles of UK nationals, which are then removed for being improperly sourced, sometimes being deleted from the edit histories.
 * Wikipedia users adding details of so-called super injunctions to the articles of UK nationals, which are then removed for being improperly sourced, sometimes being deleted from the edit histories. (This time, as covered by the Daily Mail).
 * Wikipedia users adding details of so-called super injunctions to the articles of UK nationals, which are then removed for being improperly sourced, sometimes being deleted from the edit histories.
 * Wikipedia users adding details of so-called super injunctions to the articles of UK nationals, which are then removed for being improperly sourced, sometimes being deleted from the edit histories. (This time, as covered by the Daily Mail).
 * Wikipedia users adding details of so-called super injunctions to the articles of UK nationals, which are then removed for being improperly sourced, sometimes being deleted from the edit histories. (This time, as covered by the Daily Mail).

May

 * Moe praises Wikipedia's coverage of the Death of Osama Bin Laden and encourages APM listeners to read the article.
 * Spam sites found by Symantec's researchers use a Wikipedia look and feel website to "sell" pharmaceutuicals, using the name "WikiPharmacy".
 * The UK Education minister John Hayes made a speech to Parliament on proposed changes to UK Bank Holiday arrangements that contained large sections lifted straight from the Wikipedia article Bank holiday, without attribution. A researcher has been blamed and subsequently reprimanded.
 * An article which argues that Wikipedia has created a step change in the way knowledge and expertise is transmitted and cites Marshall McLuhan as the individual who first foresaw the changes now taking place.
 * An article about the difference between the way the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn for sexual assault is handled on French and English Wikipedia, including an interview with User: Tvoz.  At the time of the interview English Wikipedia was giving many minute details about the alleged crime, charges, arrest, and legal proceedings, while French Wikipedia gave it barely more attention than a section about his Porsche. Tvoz says: "the paragraph [in fr.wikipedia] about the Porsche is almost as long as the one on the trial. Risk of spending decades in prison is a bit more significant than the car he drives ... no?"
 * An article about how the Wikipedia community improves on an article and makes it more reliable. It includes an interview with Remi de Leon (User:Alternativity) and Eugene Villar (User:Seav) who are both members of Wikimedia Philippines (WMPH).   Villar is also one of the Board of Trustees of Wikimedia Philippines.  The interview was done during the WMPH's 2nd Annual Convention (a.k.a WikiCon) at the Asian Institute of Management last May 21, 2011.
 * An article about the Wikimedia Philippines' event at the Asian Institute of Management last May 21, 2011 that promoted Wikipedia.
 * An article about the difference between the way the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn for sexual assault is handled on French and English Wikipedia, including an interview with User: Tvoz.  At the time of the interview English Wikipedia was giving many minute details about the alleged crime, charges, arrest, and legal proceedings, while French Wikipedia gave it barely more attention than a section about his Porsche. Tvoz says: "the paragraph [in fr.wikipedia] about the Porsche is almost as long as the one on the trial. Risk of spending decades in prison is a bit more significant than the car he drives ... no?"
 * An article about how the Wikipedia community improves on an article and makes it more reliable. It includes an interview with Remi de Leon (User:Alternativity) and Eugene Villar (User:Seav) who are both members of Wikimedia Philippines (WMPH).   Villar is also one of the Board of Trustees of Wikimedia Philippines.  The interview was done during the WMPH's 2nd Annual Convention (a.k.a WikiCon) at the Asian Institute of Management last May 21, 2011.
 * An article about the Wikimedia Philippines' event at the Asian Institute of Management last May 21, 2011 that promoted Wikipedia.
 * An article about how the Wikipedia community improves on an article and makes it more reliable. It includes an interview with Remi de Leon (User:Alternativity) and Eugene Villar (User:Seav) who are both members of Wikimedia Philippines (WMPH).   Villar is also one of the Board of Trustees of Wikimedia Philippines.  The interview was done during the WMPH's 2nd Annual Convention (a.k.a WikiCon) at the Asian Institute of Management last May 21, 2011.
 * An article about the Wikimedia Philippines' event at the Asian Institute of Management last May 21, 2011 that promoted Wikipedia.
 * An article about the Wikimedia Philippines' event at the Asian Institute of Management last May 21, 2011 that promoted Wikipedia.

June

 * Also picked up by Swansea College of Medicine library blog, BBC news
 * "A total of 300 GPs were interviewed across Europe for the report that looked into how regularly doctors are accessing the social web for both professional and personal reasons. The headline statistic has surprised many in the industry, which jumps to 69% when analysing the number of European GPs using social media sites for professional use outside of just Wikipedia (including FaceBook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter).."


 * Magzine article on why India is the target for Wikipedia's growth in the Global South.
 * Stephen Colbert re-enacts Sarah Palin's version of the story of Paul Revere.
 * Steven Walling and others featured on a segment of NBC Nightly News after Sarah Palin's fans tried to change the Paul Revere article to match her story that the purpose of his ride was to warn the British.
 * "Sideshow" segment of Hardball with Chris Matthews showed Wikipedia's page views increased from 2,000 to 140,000 for the Paul Revere article after Sarah Palin's retelling of his story.
 * Reports how an unnamed senior figure from a London PR company has been removing unflattering content from his clients Wikipedia articles. Among clients mentioned are Carphone Warehouse co-founder David Ross, Von Essen Group chairman Andrew Davis, British property developer David Rowland and billionaire Saudi tycoon Maan Al-Sanea.
 * Also reported in The Independent, Daily Mail (later removed)
 * "Sideshow" segment of Hardball with Chris Matthews showed Wikipedia's page views increased from 2,000 to 140,000 for the Paul Revere article after Sarah Palin's retelling of his story.
 * Reports how an unnamed senior figure from a London PR company has been removing unflattering content from his clients Wikipedia articles. Among clients mentioned are Carphone Warehouse co-founder David Ross, Von Essen Group chairman Andrew Davis, British property developer David Rowland and billionaire Saudi tycoon Maan Al-Sanea.
 * Also reported in The Independent, Daily Mail (later removed)
 * Reports how an unnamed senior figure from a London PR company has been removing unflattering content from his clients Wikipedia articles. Among clients mentioned are Carphone Warehouse co-founder David Ross, Von Essen Group chairman Andrew Davis, British property developer David Rowland and billionaire Saudi tycoon Maan Al-Sanea.
 * Also reported in The Independent, Daily Mail (later removed)
 * Also reported in The Independent, Daily Mail (later removed)


 * Brenna Gray, an instructor at Douglas College in New Westminster, B.C, Canada has done research that implies students are prepared to take greater pains if work is produced for Wikipedia publication than for the official college website. Originally published in by the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Also published in The Register, Daily India
 * A federal magistrate judge in Denver has odered the real identity of anonymous Wikipedia editors be revealed. Fashion retailer Façonnable has cited them in a defamation lawsuit . Also in The Republic
 * A battle between Wikipedia editors and U.S. Congressman Rick Hill’s campaign manager, Chuck Denowh, over the spinning of the former Montana congressman's  Wikipedia biography prior to the forthcoming state governor elections.
 * A federal magistrate judge in Denver has odered the real identity of anonymous Wikipedia editors be revealed. Fashion retailer Façonnable has cited them in a defamation lawsuit . Also in The Republic
 * A battle between Wikipedia editors and U.S. Congressman Rick Hill’s campaign manager, Chuck Denowh, over the spinning of the former Montana congressman's  Wikipedia biography prior to the forthcoming state governor elections.
 * A battle between Wikipedia editors and U.S. Congressman Rick Hill’s campaign manager, Chuck Denowh, over the spinning of the former Montana congressman's  Wikipedia biography prior to the forthcoming state governor elections.
 * A battle between Wikipedia editors and U.S. Congressman Rick Hill’s campaign manager, Chuck Denowh, over the spinning of the former Montana congressman's  Wikipedia biography prior to the forthcoming state governor elections.
 * A battle between Wikipedia editors and U.S. Congressman Rick Hill’s campaign manager, Chuck Denowh, over the spinning of the former Montana congressman's  Wikipedia biography prior to the forthcoming state governor elections.

July

 * Part of Cohen's ongoing spat with Johann Hari, alleging improper editing of the articles about each of them, and others.
 * BBC staff have been told: "Don't surreptitiously sanitise Wikipedia pages about the BBC", in an artcile which also says "It follows the disclosure that employees had made anonymous edits to a Wikipedia article entitled 'Criticism of the BBC' removing references to an internal report which found the corporation was seen as 'out of touch with large swathes of the population'."
 * The 2011 report from the American Customer Satisfaction Index on social media found that Wikipedia topped the table with Facebook the lowest of the social-network companies ACSI evaluated.
 * The competition ,run by search engine Greplin, is independent of the Wikimedia foundation and is a response to the perception that a lot of people use Google to search Wikipedia rather than its own internal search engine.
 * BBC staff have been told: "Don't surreptitiously sanitise Wikipedia pages about the BBC", in an artcile which also says "It follows the disclosure that employees had made anonymous edits to a Wikipedia article entitled 'Criticism of the BBC' removing references to an internal report which found the corporation was seen as 'out of touch with large swathes of the population'."
 * The 2011 report from the American Customer Satisfaction Index on social media found that Wikipedia topped the table with Facebook the lowest of the social-network companies ACSI evaluated.
 * The competition ,run by search engine Greplin, is independent of the Wikimedia foundation and is a response to the perception that a lot of people use Google to search Wikipedia rather than its own internal search engine.
 * The competition ,run by search engine Greplin, is independent of the Wikimedia foundation and is a response to the perception that a lot of people use Google to search Wikipedia rather than its own internal search engine.
 * The competition ,run by search engine Greplin, is independent of the Wikimedia foundation and is a response to the perception that a lot of people use Google to search Wikipedia rather than its own internal search engine.

August

 * Article on the death of Nancy Wake states "According to Wikipedia, a feature film entitled The White Mouse is in the early stages of production."
 * This piece is about Wikipedia's article on Lolita.
 * This piece is about Wikipedia's article on Lolita.
 * This piece is about Wikipedia's article on Lolita.



September

 * Analysis of edits made to Wikipedia by a sock-puppet of journalist Johann Hari: "one look at the hundreds of Wikipedia edits showed that Hari or someone close to him had been smearing other journalists in an on-going systemic manner for years."
 * Description of a successful GLAM/ARKive outreach event
 * More on the GLAM/ARKive outreach event
 * More on Johann Hari's editing of Wikipedia
 * More on Johann Hari's editing of Wikipedia
 * "All Time 10s" video presentation highlighting articles like London Beer Flood, Blue Peacock, anthropodermic bibliopegy and reincarnation application.
 * More on the GLAM/ARKive outreach event
 * More on Johann Hari's editing of Wikipedia
 * More on Johann Hari's editing of Wikipedia
 * "All Time 10s" video presentation highlighting articles like London Beer Flood, Blue Peacock, anthropodermic bibliopegy and reincarnation application.
 * More on Johann Hari's editing of Wikipedia
 * "All Time 10s" video presentation highlighting articles like London Beer Flood, Blue Peacock, anthropodermic bibliopegy and reincarnation application.
 * "All Time 10s" video presentation highlighting articles like London Beer Flood, Blue Peacock, anthropodermic bibliopegy and reincarnation application.
 * "All Time 10s" video presentation highlighting articles like London Beer Flood, Blue Peacock, anthropodermic bibliopegy and reincarnation application.

October

 * Wikipedia Shuts Down Italian Site In Response To Berlusconi's New Wiretap Act, businessinsider.com
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November

 * The BJYM contend that Wikipedia's map of India breaks an Indian law of 1961 which states that "publishing maps of India not in conformity with the ones published by the country is a criminal offence with imprisonment up to six months." See the map here.
 * Mick Jagger can't remember who played sax on Miss You, so he looks it up on Wikipedia:
 * "Mel Collins... ‘born in the Isle of Man, is a British saxophonist and flautist.’ He’s the one who played on Miss You. I just Wikipedia’d it."
 * The BJYM contend that Wikipedia's map of India breaks an Indian law of 1961 which states that "publishing maps of India not in conformity with the ones published by the country is a criminal offence with imprisonment up to six months." See the map here.
 * Mick Jagger can't remember who played sax on Miss You, so he looks it up on Wikipedia:
 * "Mel Collins... ‘born in the Isle of Man, is a British saxophonist and flautist.’ He’s the one who played on Miss You. I just Wikipedia’d it."
 * Mick Jagger can't remember who played sax on Miss You, so he looks it up on Wikipedia:
 * "Mel Collins... ‘born in the Isle of Man, is a British saxophonist and flautist.’ He’s the one who played on Miss You. I just Wikipedia’d it."
 * Mick Jagger can't remember who played sax on Miss You, so he looks it up on Wikipedia:
 * "Mel Collins... ‘born in the Isle of Man, is a British saxophonist and flautist.’ He’s the one who played on Miss You. I just Wikipedia’d it."
 * Mick Jagger can't remember who played sax on Miss You, so he looks it up on Wikipedia:
 * "Mel Collins... ‘born in the Isle of Man, is a British saxophonist and flautist.’ He’s the one who played on Miss You. I just Wikipedia’d it."


 * Chen, Adrian (28 November 2011) "That Creepy Guy With the Mustache At the Top of Wikipedia Speaks". Gawker (USA). Retrieved 30 January 2013

December

 * The British lobbying firm, Bell Pottinger, is reported to have a team which "sorts" negative Wikipedia coverage of clients.
 * The British lobbying firm, Bell Pottinger, is reported to have a team which "sorts" negative Wikipedia coverage of clients.


 * Dave Lee Wikipedia investigates PR firm Bell Pottinger's edits BBC News, 8 December 2011