Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-12-17/In the news

Wikipedia comprehensively reviewed
Wikipedia Rules - In one of the more comprehensive and well-researched pieces on Wikipedia seen this year, the article presents an overview of Wikipedia's scope, users and their user pages, administrators, the fight against vandalism, and the discontent that has found itself in the project at times. The article provides a good insight into why people contribute: one editor who was interviewed said that it was because "Wikipedia is a good way to leave a trace of your life". There are many ways in which editors can help out, from the big to the small, and the featured article process gets a mention. Another editor said that you are often best at writing about new topics that you are not particularly expert in, because you do not bring preconceived biases into your writing, and also, "it's much more fun to contribute to articles on subjects you’d like to learn about than ones you already know".

Other mentions
Other recent mentions in the online press about Wikipedia include:
 * Google debuts knowledge project - Google has announced the private beta of Knol that is an online repository of user-contributed knowledge, and this has invited comparisons with Wikipedia: see related story.
 * Hey dad, Wikipedia says that you... - The son of singer Jeff Tweedy discovers that his father was a drug addict by reading Wikipedia.
 * University of Minnesota researchers reveal new findings about Wikipedia authorship and vandalism - Researchers perform a quantitative analysis of vandalism and find it to be a relatively small problem on Wikipedia today.
 * The Wiki way of doing things - Apart from a general overview of Wikipedia, the article mentions Jimmy Wales' visit to South Africa and his comments on Google.
 * Wikipedia to be sued in Poland? - A Polish user is suing Wikipedia Polska after reading that he had been referred to as a "troll", a term that he claims is "Something like a paedophile elsewhere".

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