Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-01-20/In the media



Media discusses Wikipedia's fifteenth anniversary

 *  NPR, All Things Considered On Wikipedia's 15th Anniversary, A Look At The Most-Edited Entries
 *  NPR, Weekend Edition Saturday Wikipedia At 15: The Struggle To Attract Non-Techy Geeks
 * The Sunday Times discusses "Why Wikipedia skews white" on articles about South Africa. (Jan. 17)
 * Wired discusses Wikipedia's struggles for accuracy in "At 15, Wikipedia Is Finally Finding Its Way to the Truth". (Jan. 15)
 * Al Jazeera discusses calls for more diversity on Wikipedia in "'White and Western' Wikipedia marks 15th birthday", including comments from editor and occasional Signpost contributor William Beutler. (Jan. 15)
 * The Conversation offers two viewpoints: "Wikipedia at 15: in decline but condition isn’t terminal – so what may the future hold?" and "How Wikipedia’s silent coup ousted our traditional sources of knowledge". (Jan. 15)
 * Fusion writes "Why Wikipedia might be the most important invention ever". (Jan. 15)
 * Tech Radar writes "Wikipedia is still disrupting after 15 years", featuring an interview with Wikimedia Foundation chief communications officer Katherine Maher. (Jan. 15)
 * The Signpost's own Andreas Kolbe offers eight myths about Wikipedia in The Register. (Jan. 18)
 * On his blog, Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger notes that he's not actually Wikipedia's most outspoken critic, media reports to the contrary. (Jan. 15)
 * Lenta reports that the Russian government's Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor has given Wikipedia a birthday cake. Maybe we'll forget about all the times that Wikipedia was banned in Russia.  (Jan. 15)
 * The Pew Research Center examines Wikipedia's worldwide growth in "Wikipedia at 15: Millions of readers in scores of languages". (Jan. 14)
 * Time lists "Wikipedia’s Top 15 Moments", some of which are nowhere near the top, and one which is not actually true. (The mistake about Ja Rule's height wasn't made by Wikipedia.  Also, who cares?) (Jan. 14)



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 * Jimmy Wales writes about the case of imprisoned Syrian free culture advocate Bassel Khartabil for CNN: "Information can beat oppression". (Jan. 20)
 * Gawker continues its tongue-in-cheek series "The 10 Best Articles Wikipedia Deleted This Week". (Jan. 20)