Wikipedia:Wikipedia as a press source 2004

Wikipedia is increasingly being used as a source in the world press&mdash;articles citing Wikipedia have been published in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ethiopia, Germany, Iran, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Singapore, Switzerland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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 * "Article Title in Normal Double Quotes" (Publication Title Ital'd Unless Website, Country of Publication/Internet, MMMM DD, YYYY) Information about citation.
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December 2004

 * Go figure &mdash; (The Guardian, United Kingdom, December 31, 2004) Cites Wikipedia as source for the 11 times John Peel was voted DJ of the Year
 * Ed-Tech Insider: The Future of News Right Now &mdash; Will Richardson on the changing nature of news.
 * Tsunami:Aftermath in Asia &mdash; Radio Free Asia uses a map based on Image:Harta Ocean Indian Quake.png (they changed Myanmar to Burma).
 * Japanese freeze ice at room temperature &mdash; refers to Wikipedia for information on carbon nanotubes
 * Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events &mdash; film critic Roger Ebert quotes the Charles Baudelaire entry
 * Gamer buys $26,500 virtual land &mdash; BBC News, 17 December 2004; link to MMORPG in "Related Internet Links".
 * A Web of Shame (Bob Sipchen for the Los Angeles Times, December 26, 2004). References consumerism.
 * The Dark Side of Warez (p2pnet.net. December 31, 2004). References Warez.
 * Winnipeg Sun, December 8, 2004, "Sun carrier's good deed recognized" (with a December 8 anniversaries bit at the bottom): "Also, thanks to en.wikipedia.org, thought you might be interested in knowing some of the famous names born on this day..."
 * Pearl Harbor Day occurred 63 years ago today &mdash; two quotes and figures from the article Attack on Pearl Harbor

November 2004

 * Online commons to spark debate - BBC News November 29 2004 link to Virtual community to enhance a report on a paper suggesting that "Online communities set up by the UK government could encourage public debate and build trust"


 * Soldiers camp out in the past (The State newspaper, Williesha Lakin, November 26, 2004). References Army of Northern Virginia "According to wikipedia.com, the Army of Northern Virginia, led by Gen. Robert E. Lee, was the primary military force of the Confederacy in the eastern theater of the Civil War."


 * Google me: On guard - the surprising watchdog of the oceans (New Zealand Herald, Internet, 25 November, 2004) Links to Bottlenose dolphin


 * Charles Arthur On Technology: Searching for the perfect portal (The Independent Online, Internet, 24 November 2004) references Computer virus, in particular the history bit where it talks about Elk Cloner.


 * Første HDTV-kanal i Norge (First HDTV channel in Norway) in Dagbladet, November 24, 2004. Refers to HDTV as source for further information about HDTV.


 * Force for good? (The Guardian, Education section, November 23, 2004) references Fallujah.


 * Oledan: Anatomy of the pork, Sun-Star (emagazine), Radzini Oledan for Slice of Life column, November 23, 2004. References pork barrel: Wikipedia defines pork barrel as "a derogatory term used to describe government spending that is intended to enrich constituents of a politician in return for their political support, either in the form of campaign contributions or votes.".


 * Slashdot.org: The Wiki Game (slashdot, November 22, 2004) References a redirect, Wiki Game, which was (thankfully) moved to Wiki Game.


 * Quantum Astronomy: The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle in Yahoo! News references the Wikipedia biographies for Niels Bohr and Max Born.


 * I Must Take Issue With The Wikipedia Entry For 'Weird Al' Yankovic, The Onion, November 10, 2004: "To whomever or whatever is currently in charge of the free encyclopedia and online community portal at Wikipedia.org, I demand that you remove the mask of anonymity and account for the gross oversights to be found on your site. I must take issue with your entry for "Weird Al" Yankovic—for in allowing it to remain active, you are perpetrating a great injustice." (Comedy).


 * Reggae artist follows nontraditional beat, The Pitt News, November 9, 2004: "Online encyclopedia Wikipedia defines Hasidism as a religious movement, founded within Judaism, that revolves around two fundamental concepts: the omnipresence of God and the idea of communion between God and man."


 * "Rebel" joins reality race Fox, Branson take flight, Denver Post, November 8, 2004: "According to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, "(Richard) Branson is keen on playful antagonisms, exemplified by his “Mine is bigger than yours' decals on the new Airbus A340-600 jets used by his airline."


 * Quaker Roots, Times Record News, TX, November 7, 2004: "About 600,000 people in the world are Quakers, according to Wikipedia.com."


 * Shares of small caps often come up big, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 6, 2004 uses Image:Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta) 2.jpg to illustrate a story.


 * STRANGE BUT TRUE, The Hook, VA, November 4, 2004: "So-called "polydactyls" may have six or more digits on either their hands or feet or both, an inherited condition, says "Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia." "


 * Charming Python: Beat spam using hashcash, IBM Developerworks, November 9, 2004: "David's ever-favorite resource is Wikipedia, which has an entry for hashcash."


 * Pearl Harbor Day occurred 63 years ago today, The Eureka Reporter, November 7, 2004. Quotes Attack on Pearl Harbor.


 * Fundamentalism in Uzbekistan as a Result of Government's Policies, David Storobin for Global Politician, November 12, 2004. References the Great Game in the footnotes of the article.


 * Palestinian Genes Show Arab, Jewish, European and Black-African Ancestry, David Storobin for Global Politician, November 16, 2004. Several references are cited from Wikipedia, though not from the article or the time that it was cited.

October 2004

 * Virtual gamers reveal themselves &mdash; BBC News, 7 October 2004; link to MMORPG in "Related Internet Links".
 * Buzzing the Web on a Meme Machine, Sarah Boxer for the NYT, October 26, 2004. 'Wikipedia, the free collaborative online encyclopedia, calls the Internet "the ultimate meme vector."'


 * A dose of small-minded hate by John Mitchell, North Adams Transcript, October 23, 2004. "The Wikipedia article on Chick (Jack Chick) does a great job of tracing his life and career and examine his religious influences".  They even get the base URL right.
 * Gauthier: Fear factor, MetroWest Daily News, October 21, 2004. "That's the abbreviated ancient history behind contagious disease [ smallpox ], as noted in Wikipedia encyclopedia. But there is recent history as well."
 * New Tack Wins Prisoner's Dilemma Wired Magazine, October 13, 2004. "Proving that a new approach can secure victory in a classic strategy game, a team from England's Southampton University has won the 20th-anniversary Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma competition, toppling the long-term winner from its throne." The article linked Prisoner's dilemma in the text.
 * I know I said I'd give you $7.7 billion for this clunker, but geez, look how much oil it's burning, SiliconValley.com, 12 October 2004. A blurb about a business executive's efforts to plug his product gets the tongue-in-cheek title of HP exec submits "Joshi's Law" to Wikipedia for 24th time; no ref aside from the title.
 * What's with the name, Columbus?, The Ledger-Enquirer (OH), October 11, 2004. "The earliest known Columbus Day celebration in the United States was organized by New York's Tammany Society in 1792, says the online encyclopedia Wikipedia."
 * Ramadan: Muslims annual month of fasting, prayer begins this week, Virgin Islands Daily News, 9 October 2004. "Thomas' Acting Imam Mansoor Thuneibat, said the day isn't exact because it depends on when the new moon is first seen. Therefore, Ramadan could start on Oct. 14 or 16, he said. According to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramadhan, the next month, Shawwal, begins Nov. 12."
 * Who's Who:Jacques Derrida, October 9, 2004: Novinte.com, Sofia News Agency (Bulgaria) quotes the entire introduction to the article on newly-deceased philosopher Jacques Derrida, crediting the article as "By wikipedia.org".
 * Virtual gamers reveal themselves, BBC News, 7 October 2004. Link to Mmorpg in "Related Internet links".
 * Guitar God, FW Weekly, 6 October 2004. "René Daumal’s philosophical novel, which was published posthumously in 1952 and established the short-lived French surrealist’s reputation, is entitled Mount Analogue: A Novel of Symbolically Authentic Non-Euclidean Adventures in Mountain Climbing. It’s described in Wikipedia.com as 'truly bizarre.'"
 * Jack Black's secret jerk-off tape?. October 5, 2004. Defamer.
 * Refers to a previous revision, no longer in the article:
 * In October 2004 Black announced on his website that he would be releasing a ten minute pornographic video (or DVD) of himself masturbating for $9.99. After several days of debate as to whether this was a joke, Black posted a thirty second clip from the video for free download on the site as confirmation of it’s legitimacy. (see revision at 15:46, 3 Oct 2004, removed 19:31, 4 Oct 2004.


 * Pros raking up as amateurs come to poker table, October 1, 2004: azcentral.com has a story from Scott Craven from the The Arizona Republic that references our article about Poker. Unfortuneately, no direct references to the article are given, but I assume it's referencing Poker:
 * "Knowledgeable players have been reeling them in like that for years, especially when riverboat hustlers in the mid-19th century dominated the game, according to Wikipedia.com." - gah!
 * "Poker spread as quickly as its variations, from wild card (around 1875, according to Wikipedia.com) gah!, to lowball and split-pots that became common around the turn of the 20th century."

September 2004

 * "Firms say they lose out in China" (Taipei Times, using Bloomberg. Sep 30, 2004, Page 11). "The Wassenaar Arrangement is an agreement of 33 nations aimed at controlling weapons, according to Wikipedia, an Internet encyclo-pedia."


 * "Week 2: Patriots Head To The Desert", Patriots Insider, September 18, 2004, written by Jon Scott: "With all the pre-game centered on the remembrance of former Cardinal Safety Pat Tillman (Tillman was KIA in Afghanistan) See related WikiPedia], the teams will have a lot on their minds other than football prior to kick-off." Republished at Cardinals Insider, ColtsNews.com, Jets Confidential, Giants Insider, Packer Report, SteelCitySports.com.


 * "The one-time Lion King" (The Economist, September 16, 2004. " The Wikipedia has a short profile of Michael Eisner."


 * "Did Walleye Make Rembrandt a Master?" written Randy Dotinga, HealthDay Reporter, September 15, 2004: "To learn about Rembrandt and his life, try the online encyclopedia wikipedia.com (en.wikipedia.org )." (Note: They admit to knowing we're a .org, yet they star with a .com -- eesh... Showed up on HealthCentral.com and in Forbes.


 * "Haitian charity survives Ivan" September 15, 2004 by Dre Jackson, Peoria Journal Star of Illinois, USA: "Ivan was in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, 325 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River and moving north-northwest at nearly 10 mph. It likely will hit the Alabama coast early Thursday, according to www.wikipedia.org."


 * "Spam Turns 100, By One Reckoning" September 15, 2004, Slashdot: "In terms of Internet spamming - it's closer to 26 years old - link [wikipedia.org].


 * Monday Night Football is referred to on ESPN.com's Page 2. "Considering that Monday Night Football has been a huge part of American pop culture and TV history over the past 35 years, there's surprisingly little documentation about the games. The best MNF history I could locate was from the wonderful Wikipedia folks."


 * "A Review of Firefox for Newbies" September 14, 2004 by special contributor Hooman Baradaran, for the website OS News: "You can also download or add more search engines to the search-bar. These use the same format as the original Mozilla browser and I've found every engine I use regularly (Dict.org, Wikipedia, eBay, IMDB, etc)." (Note: Mozilla has an automatic Wikipedia search function?)


 * "The size of your vocabualry doesn't always make you literate" (Fairbanks Daily News Miner, September 13, 2004) "honorificabilitudinitatibus`... It was used by Shakespeare in "Love's Labour Lost" and the online Wikipedia says it's "a medieval Latin word which can be translated as 'the state of being able to achieve honours.'""


 * "Can open source software free your mind?" September 13, 2004, eBCVG IT Security: "Wikipedia defines a mind map as "a picture that represents semantic connections between portions of learned material.""


 * "Three Turkish Cities among World's 101 Largest Metro Areas" Zaman Daily Newspaper, Yenibosna/Istanbul, Turkey, September 13, 2004: "Three Turkish Cities among World's 101 Largest Metro Areas" (Note: It used to be that a UN study would create this sort of news story, now Wikipedia (or the curious news writers searching it) make stats into news)


 * "Breakin' it down" (Pacific Daily News, Guam, September 12, 2004) Includes "Did you know?" section, excerpting paragraphs from Wikipedia.


 * "'Hitchhiker's Guide' returns to BBC airwaves" (Christian Science Monitor, September 10, 2004) On Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: "Unfortunately, the original radio broadcasts ar"en't available in their entirety here, but the novel, audio, and radio script versions are all available commercially, and Wikipedia has a thorough summary for the entirely uninitiated." Reprinted in:USA Today


 * "Propaganda and politics" (The Oracle, University of South Florida, September 10, 2004): "Wikipedia, a free online dictionary defines propaganda as a 'specific type of message presentation, aimed at serving an agenda; even if the message conveys true information, it may be partisan and fails to paint a complete and balanced picture.'"


 * "Meet the Internet's Two-Headed Wonder, Investors.com, 10 Sep 2004: On the daughter of Newton Minow, Nell Minow, who runs Yahoo's Movie Mom, and is author of The Movie Mom's Guide to Family Movies. "Minow's sharp rebuke angered the Hollywood community. To extract a measure of revenge, according to online encyclopedia Wikipedia, the creators of the inane but much-loved 1960s situation comedy "Gilligan's Island" named the doomed cruise ship the "S.S. Minnow, as a dig at Newton Minow."


 * "Stupid experts say TANG documents forged, provide stupid evidence." The Memphis Flyer, September 10, 2004, by Chris Davis: "Here’s an entry on the Selectric from Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia." Uses Wikipedia article to prove that a Washington Post article on the possibility of Bush's service record being forged is unfounded.


 * "U.K.'s Blair Might Risk Revisiting Euro Question: Mark Gilbert]" (Bloomberg News, September 9, 2004) On Tony Blair: "He'll need to hang on until March 3, 2012, to beat the next-longest- continuous-serving prime minister, Robert Banks Jenkinson, who held the post from June 9, 1812, until April 10, 1827, according to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia."


 * "Net prods Asia to open up, despite content crackdowns" (Christian Science Monitor, September 9, 2004) "A quick browse through Wikipedia's Chinese-language version for the "June 4, Tiananmen" entry offers a broad look at the Democracy movement of 1989 and its violent end." Reprinted in:USA Today]


 * "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm by Gameloft" (All About Symbian, September 9, 2004) "Ah, where would the world be without Tom Clancy? As Wikipedia quite rightly points out, 'while the literary merit of his books is disputed by many professional authors and reviewers (who regard Clancy's prose as pedestrian), most have been bestsellers. Fans of his work appreciate the well-thought-out plots and the apparent attention to technical detail (helped by extensive contacts in the US military).'"


 * "Basayev: Russia's most wanted man" (CNN International, Internet, September 8, 2004) "During the rebel pullout from Grozny in January 2000 Basayev lost a foot after stepping on a landmine, according to the Wikipedia Web site..."


 * "What IPA stands for" (The Star, Malaysia, September 8, 2004) "According to Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia: 'The International Phonetic Alphabet was originally developed by British and French phoneticians under the auspices of the International Phonetic Association, established in Paris in 1886 (both the organisation and the phonetic script are best known as IPA).' "


 * "News reports, public record contradict 'Willie Horton' ad by right-wing 'move on' group" (OpEdNews, Internet, September 6, 2004) "For John Kerry to have worked on this case in 1974 would have been illegal, not to mention practically impossible. In 1974, Kerry was still in law school, according to Wikipedia."


 * "Perelman's Poincaré Proof Back the News (MathForge.net, Internet, September 6, 2004) "Here is an entry in Wikipedia explaining the Poincaré conjecture."


 * Jean-François William, "Un fantôme dans le moteur," Journal de Québec, September 5, 2004. Links to http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masamune_Shirow, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otaku, and also game engine at fact-index.com


 * "UNH professor: Russia botched rescue bid, and not for the first time" (Portsmouth Herald, United States, September 4, 2004) "According to Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, Western countries have criticized Russian heavy-handedness in dealing with Chechen rebels, and there have been substantiated claims of torture, rape, looting, smuggling and embezzlement on both sides of the conflict."


 * "Council's Efforts Appreciated" (The Monument, United States, September 2, 2004) Recommends Wikipedia's article on deliberative democracy for more on that topic.


 * "Beyond the Barcode" (Network Computing Asia, Singapore, September 1, 2004) "According to the Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, passive RFID tags lack their own power supply: the minute electrical current induced in the antenna by the incoming radio-frequency scan provides enough power for the tag to send a response."


 * "Pivo" (Svet Kompjutera, Serbia and Montenegro, September 2004). Links to Factindex's version of the beer in Serbia and Montenegro article.

August 2004 (15 articles)

 * "The Eephus pitch can elicit laughs from fans, curses from hitters" (The San Diego Union-Tribune, United States, August 30, 2004) "According to the encyclopedia Wikipedia, the pitch was named by Maurice van Robays, a former Pirates outfielder. When asked what the name meant, van Robays said 'Eephus ain't nothin.' "


 * "Summer's end is bittersweet blend of love and mourning" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, United States, August 30, 2004) Suggests Wikipedia's neoconservatism article for more on the topic."


 * "Librarian: Don't use Wikipedia" Warns readers not to trust quality of Wikipedia's articles as it is based on peer rather than professional review (The Post Standard, United States, August 25, 2004)


 * "Museum to unveil long-lost Victoria Cross" Suggests Wikipedia's article on Filip Konowal for additional information. (CBC Manitoba, Canada, August 23, 2004)


 * "Doom 3, Futurama and the Transformers: How corporate stinginess ruined my weekend" (Maisonneuve Magazine, August 22, 2004) "If you need to know more [about the Transformers], Wikipedia is a good resource for that sort of nonsense."


 * "Why Ethiopians in the Diaspora Should Join the `Big Noise' (Addis Tribune via AllAfrica.com, Ethiopia, August 20, 2004) "According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, activism, in a general sense, can be described as involvement in action to bring about change, be it social, political, environmental, or other change."


 * "Here's one for that crossword puzzle: What is a meme, exactly?" (Mail Tribune, Oregon, USA, August 17, 2004) "According to Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org), "a meme (rhymes with 'dream') is a unit of information that replicates from brains or retention systems...' "


 * Jean-François William, "Un Dieu vivant!", Journal de Québec, August 15, 2004. Links to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carmack


 * "Doc corrects record on Apple vs. Microsoft" (The [Syracuse] Post-Standard, United States, August 11, 2004) Recommends Wikipedia's article on Apple vs. Microsoft for more information.


 * "Finlands statsminister i rasistskandal" (Dagens Nyheter, Sweden, August 10, 2004) Suggests Wikipedia's article for background on the book IQ and the Wealth of Nations.


 * "Nichols Gets 161 Life Sentences for Okla. City Bombing" (Yahoo! News, August 9, 2004) links to the Terry Nichols article for background information.


 * Calgary Sun, August 8, 2004. "Get the FAQ on Internet chat slang." "Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang) has put together a fairly comprehensive list of message board slang, geek speak and phrases that have found their way into common pop culture."


 * "Blogroll: How companies got their names" (Providence Journal, United States, August 6, 2004) Recommends list of company name etymologies for an interesting read.


 * "Def Leppard, Pantera Reach New Multi-Platinum Heights" (Blabbermouth.net, Internet, August 5, 2004) "'Vulgar Display of Power' peaked at No. 44 on The Billboard 200 album chart, according to Wikipedia."


 * "Botschaften aus dem Jenseits Göttliche Gaben oder Betrug?" (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Germany August 4, 2004) Recommends the Wikipedia article on Sathya Sai Baba.


 * "Survive and recover from malware with Spybot and Ad-aware" (TechRepublic, Internet, August 3, 2004) "According to Wikipedia, malware (a contraction of 'malicious software') is software developed for the purpose of doing harm."


 * "More Kerry Facts The Media Will Not Disclose" (BushCountry.org, Internet, August 3, 2004) "To find a fair and well-documented biography of John F. Kerry, and discover who this Presidential candidate really is, go to this Wikipedia Encyclopedia [sic]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry"

July 2004 (21 articles)

 * "Restaurant Review Kitty O'Shea's {Two stars}" (Chicago Sun-Times, United States, July 30, 2004) "In brief, here is what happened (quoted from Web site Word IQ). 'Kitty O'Shea [Katherine Wood] (1845/1846-1921) was an English woman whose affair with Stewart Parnell [he headed the Irish Home Rule Movement] eventually caused his downfall. They first met in 1880, when Kitty was already married to Captain Willie O'Shea, an MP. Three of Kitty's children were fathered by Parnell.' "


 * "Miroljub Labus Scientologist" (Nacional, Serbia and Montenegro, July 28, 2004) "Miroljub Labus, deputy prime minister of the government of Serbia, is one of the rare persons from here who is in the company of the world's jet-set. The leader of the G17+ [political party], along with Tom Cruise and Richard Gir, is a member of the Church of Scientology which on the Internet mentions the deputy prime minister of Serbia as being among its famous members. Visitors to the site, besides information on Miroljub Labus, can find detailed information on Serbia and basic data on members of the current government. [...] Nacional tried to contact Miroljub Labus in order to find out the truth. Instead of the deputy prime minister replying, a redaction was demanded by a member of the presidency of G17+, Cedomir Antic, claiming that these are lies, and that their party won't cooperate with Nacional in the future if the claim is published. For members of G17+ and all others who are interested we publish the address of the Scientologists, where they can themselves check the data published about the deputy prime minister of Serbia - en.wikipedia.org." (Ed. note: The article seems to be trying to represent wikipedia, and particularly this revision of our Church of Scientology article, as the official Scientology website while, on the same day as the story posted, an anonymous editor added Labus to the article as one of Scientology's "Famous Members". Labus was removed from the list two days later and does not currently appear on our List of Scientologists nor is there any mention currently in his article that he might be associated with the Church.)


 * "Varieties of religious experience" (Savannah Morning News, United States, July 29, 2004) In article on Saturday mass cites Tridentine Mass as a source.


 * "Readers Choice: July?s Most Popular Books and More" (Balkanalysis.com, Internet, July 29, 2004) "According to Wikipedia, '...the [Franco-Prussian War] marked the culmination of tension between the two powers following Prussia's rise to dominance in Germany, still a loose federation of quasi-independent territories.' "


 * "Heart Beat Poetry" (ABC News: Health, United States, July 28, 2004) "According to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.com, here's an example of a dactylic hexameter: 'Down in a/deep dark/hole sat an/old pig/munching a/bean stalk.' "


 * "Game of Life, Klingon, demons and perl?" (O'Reilly Developer Weblogs, Internet, July 27, 2004) "...James Clerk Maxwell's "Maxwell's Demon" thought experiment. Wikipedia explains this experiment as..."


 * "The Trojan Horse Of Political Correctness" (American Daily, Internet, July 27, 2004) "Do a Google search on political correctness and for the most part you will find a definition, such as that found in the free encyclopedia Wikipedia."


 * "Then and Now: USS Texas times 4" (San Antonio Express-News, United States, July 25, 2004) "During the Spanish-American War in 1898, the Texas reconnoitered Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, then joined other U.S. ships in a bombardment on Cayo del Tore, according to an account by Wikipedia."


 * "The truth about the Second World War: Part One" (In Defence of Marxism, Internet, July 21, 2004) "Stalin had been pressing the Western Allies to launch a 'second front' since 1942. Churchill had argued for delay until victory could be assured, preferring to attack Italy and North Africa first." (freedictionary: Battle of Normandy)


 * "Keeping up with technology" (Mail-Tribune [Jackson County, Oregon], United States, July 21, 2004) "For more techno-jargon and broadcast engineering acronyms than you can shake a set of rabbit ears at, visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDTV on the Web."


 * "Wallace on the RNC and the New Fascism" (ProgressiveTrail.org, Internet, July 20, 2004) "As the Free Dictionary (www.thefreedictionary.com) notes, fascism/corporatism is 'an attempt to create a 'modern' version of feudalism by merging the 'corporate' interests with those of the state.' "


 * "Do Films Help Comics Sales?" (The Ledger Lakeland, Florida, United States, July 16, 2004) "The comic book business experienced two big booms in the past 75 years, according to online encyclopedia Wikipedia."


 * "I, Robot / ** (PG-13)" (Chicago Sun-Times, United States, July 16, 2004) Roger Ebert's review of the new blockbuster includes, "According to the invaluable Wikipedia encyclopedia on the Web, Harlan Ellison and Asimov collaborated in the 1970s on an "I, Robot" screenplay that, the good doctor said, would produce 'the first really adult, complex, worthwhile science fiction movie ever made.' "


 * "The Terminal in OS X" (Sitepoint, Internet, July 15, 2004) "You will also find the files you create on the Mac have resource forks associated with them. The explanation of resource forks is a long one so I will not go into it here - however a great overview can be found on the Wikipedia."


 * "Baikal-Amur Railway line turns 30" (Vladivostok Novosti, Russia, July 9, 2004) "Most of the Eastern section was built during the years 1944-1946, mainly by gulag prisoners, including German and Japanese prisoners of war, of whom possibly as many as 150,000 died, www.encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com (Wikipedia) reports."


 * "Gunships & Opium" (GoldSeek.com, Internet, July 7, 2004) "In the 1830's Britain's East India Company was exporting tons of opium to China. According to Wikipedia.com, it traded the opium for tea and manufactured goods. As you might expect, all that opium created a lot of addicts. The imperial government (Qing Empire) made opium illegal in 1836 and began closing down the dens."


 * "Moveon.org Should Move On (Undermining The Republic In The Name Of Democracy)" (BushCountry.org, Internet, July 6, 2004) "One of the big philanthropists supporting Moveon.org is George Soros. George Soros has been fingered by some insiders as one of the key players in the collapsing of the Asian markets. If you are interested here is a web address to a goodly amount of information that shows what he is all about and where his money comes from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros."


 * "Library Clock Has 'IIII' Instead of 'IV'" (AP Strange News, United States, July 2, 2004) "Wikipedia.org, an Internet encyclopedia, says that manuscripts from the 1300s are inconsistent on the use of IV and IIII to denote the number four." (See Roman numerals.)


 * "TSS Live Calls (G4techTV, Internet, July 2, 2004) "Get the nitty-gritty regarding MAC addresses on this Wikipedia page."


 * "The J2EE guy still doesn't get PHP" (Site Point, Internet, July 1, 2004) "Yes the subjects are related but scalability is more about what happens when you add more resources and how that increases the volume of requests your application can handle. See Wikipedia on Scalability."


 * "Her legendary status is still flourishing" (The Sacramento Bee, United States, July 1, 2004) "Enter Debbie Meyer's name into a Google search and she comes up on Wikipedia's Website as one of the highlights of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City."


 * "What does it all mean?" - (Internet Magazine July 1, 2004) "According to Wikipedia, antidisestablishmentarianism isn't the longest proper word after all."

June 2004 (17 articles)

 * "Eyes have it: Follow the stare to...?" (The Hook, United States, June 24, 2004) "She is one of some 30 documented cases of a human "tetragametic chimera," where two non-identical twins combine in the womb at an early stage to form a single organism, says online Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.


 * "Arcane detail rules in sports, why not in arts?" (Globe and Mail, Canada, June 24, 2004) "The on-line encyclopedia Wikipedia says [in football], '...if he is nearer to his opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent, unless he is in his own half of the field of play...A player in an offside position is only committing an offside offence if, at the moment the ball is touched or is played by a team-mate, the player is (in the Referee's opinion), involved in active play by...' This entry eventually gives up on practical details, admitting that the "exact positioning techniques can be quite complex."


 * "Let The Dogs Out" (America Daily Talk & Commentary, United States, June 21, 2004) "Sadly, America cannot and would not take the necessary steps that would shock the first Athenian lawgiver Draco." [Cites TheFreeDictionary.com's version of the Wikipedia article."


 * "Hot on the trail of dirty words" (The Daily Camera, United States, June 20, 2004) "And according to some sources, including the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, there is a small movement among feminists who seek to reclaim the c-word as an acceptable word, in much the same way that "queer" has been reclaimed by homosexuals."


 * "Google me: I married a murderer" (The New Zealand Herald, New Zealand, June 17, 2004) "In Coronation Street, poor old Gail married Richard Hillman, who went on to do viewers a service by dispatching some of the more annoying characters in the show (word IQ [Wikipedia])."


 * "Swing States: Where the Iranian-American Vote Counts Most" (National Iranian American Council, United States, June 16, 2004) "Wikipedia identifies the following states as swing states for the forthcoming Presidential election: Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin."


 * "Political mischief-makers turn search-engine results into insults" (The San Diego Union-Tribune, United States, June 14, 2004) "...Web encyclopedia Wikipedia says the Microsoft incident appears to have been unintentional."


 * "The last giant" (Economist.com, Internet, June 10, 2004) "The Wikipedia provides a short biography of Giovanni Cassini."
 * "The last giant" (Economist.com, Internet, June 10, 2004) "The Wikipedia provides a short biography of Giovanni Cassini."


 * "Olympic swimming triple gold medalist Debbie Meyer: Legend status is still growing" (The Sacramento Bee, United States, June 10, 2004) "Enter Debbie Meyer's name into a Google search, and she comes up on Wikipedia's Web site as one of the highlights of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City."


 * "Lazy Guide to Net Culture: NSFW" (Scotsman.com, Internet, June 9, 2004) "There are many such unpleasant places on the web and you can find comprehensive details of them on the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia."


 * "Flogging blogging" (TheStar.com, Internet, June 8, 2004) "According to wikipedia.org, 'A weblog is kind of a continual tour, with a human guide who [sic] you get to know.' "


 * "Google bombing ~ it's cool but" (The Statesman, India, June 8, 2004) "Others, like free encyclopaedia, Wikipedia, also call it 'Googlewash' and that both these words can be used as a verb or noun."


 * "Understanding And Un-Hyping Intel's WiMAX" (PDA handyman, Internet, June 2, 2004) "According to the WikiPedia site, 'WiMAX is a wireless metropolitan area network (MAN) technology...' "


 * "Ask the Smarty Pants Panel" (Philadelphia Daily News, Internet, June 2, 2004) "This from Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia: A furlong is a British measure of distance, apparently used for measuring fields and related to the distance a horse could plough at once: 660 feet or 201.168 meters. The name furlong is a contraction of a furrow long. "


 * "Google Spawn: The culture surrounding Google" (Searcher, United States, June 2004) "On the Web, the Wikipedia Google article offers a good start for research. It has a relatively comprehensive hyperlinked entry detailing the company's history, the famous Google algorithm, legal issues, and other topics, including numerous links to relevant articles and Web sites."


 * Untitled David Williamson column, (The Western Mail, Wales, June 1, 2004) "...according to the terrific Wikipedia encyclopaedia, 18th century scientists successfully set fire to diamonds..."

May 2004 (12 articles)

 * Did you know?, San Antonio Express News, page A2, May 30, 2004 cites Memphis


 * "Book reviews: Troy, the Olympic Games and Elias (Part 1)" (BalkanAnalysis.com, Internet, May 28, 2004) "As Wikipedia mentions [in its Trojan War article], '&#8230;many characters are missing (notably, Diomedes); others are killed differently than is described in the myths.' "


 * "Gaming term 'croupier' relates to horses" (Florida Today, May 27, 2004 - article not online) "According to Wikipedia, the continuously evolving online encyclopedia, the term "croupier" stems "from the old French, where it referred to the hindmost person of two aboard the same horse." As www.wikipedia.org explains it, the person riding behind another on horseback is seated on the animal's rump, or "croup" in francais."


 * "Copyright turned on its head" (The Age, Australia, May 25, 2004) Quotes three paragraphs from Wikipedia's copyleft article.


 * "Onetime One-Man Town Has Its Own Kind of Boom" (The New York Times, United States, May 24, 2004) "There were 45 towns in the United States with two to nine residents, according to an analysis of 2000 census data by Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia."


 * "Former Astronaut Don Peterson's Ideas for Future Human Flight Programs" (Spaceref.com, Internet, May 20, 2004) "An on-line article titled 'Apollo program' from the 'Wikipedia free encyclopedia' gives a figure of $25.4 billion. I assume these figures were obtained by simply adding up the reported NASA budget figures without any correction for inflation in the three plus decades since the program ended."


 * "Report: Fatal chopper crash was pilot error" (Lowell Sun, United States, May 14, 2004) "Between the start of the war and April 13 of this year, 22 coalition helicopters crashed or were shot down in Iraq, killing at least 85, according to the Web site, Wikipedia." Probably citing List of Coalition aircraft losses in Iraq


 * "Kerry's foreign policy trap" (Working for Change, Internet, May 12, 2004) "Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia sponsored by a Florida-based not-for-profit corporation, The Wikimedia Foundation Inc., defines the DLC as an organization of 'moderate' Democratic Party leaders 'which works toward moving the Party toward moderate centrist positions.' The DLC believes 'that leftist positions are not viable, citing the failed candidacies of George McGovern and Walter Mondale,' and touting the success of Bill Clinton, who 'is sometimes cited as evidence of the success of their policies.' "


 * "Hidden tears, hard water, flat poles" (USAToday.com, Internet, May 7, 2004) Wikipedia's Earth radius is given as a further reading link.


 * "The Wiccan Way" (The Longview Washington, Daily News, United States, May 8, 2004) "According to Wikipedia.org, modern pagan religions&mdash;including Wicca&mdash;practice reverence for nature, veneration of a higher power usually in the form of a Goddess and a God, and belief in reincarnation. They do not worship or believe in Satan."


 * "Why the Streets have no shame" (The Guardian, United Kingdom, May 5, 2004) Cites Wikipedia's New York Dolls as a source.


 * "Beverly Flynn thrown out of Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party" (Politics.ie, Internet, May 5, 2004) "Deputy Flynn accepted that the withdrawal of the whip was an appropriate response, however she made it clear she would contest the motion by the party to expel her on Friday. From WikiPedia: 'In politics, a whip is a member of a political party in a legislature whose task is to ensure that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires.' "


 * "Merchant offers 'alternative' to spirituality" (Decatur Herald & Review, United States, May 1, 2004) "Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, defines 'new age' as a broad movement characterized by alternative approaches to traditional Western culture, particularly in the areas of spiritual exploration, holistic medicine and mysticism. No rigid boundaries exist."

April 2004 (28 articles)

 * "BASIC set to turn 40" (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, April 30, 2004) "According to Wikipedia, Kemeny and Kurtz first created the Dartmouth Time-Sharing System, one of the first time-share systems in the US; they then created BASIC so students could write programs to run on the General Electric GE-225 mainframe that was the heart of the system."


 * "The Register: Letters: Surveys are tosh, and so's your reporting" (The Register, Internet, April 28, 2004) "Now, since all most of this information can be found in a matter of seconds through Google, or at Wikipedia.org (where they have an excellent page on the Aland Islands), I can only assume that, instead of doing even the most basic research on the matter, you chose to use the age-old 'pull the facts out of your ass'-method, pardon my language."


 * "Here are some milestones in the history of hamburgers" (Cleveland Plain Dealer, United States, April 28, 2004) Cites Wikipedia as a source on hamburger history.


 * "Books Behind Bars: Prison literacy escapes neglect" (The Daytona Beach News-Journal, United States, April 27, 2004) Cites Wikipedia as a source for a sidebar on famous users of prison libraries, including Malcolm X and Charles Gideon. Unclear which article was actually referenced.


 * "IBM and Stanford Collaborate on World-class Spintronics Research" (IBM Research News, United States, April 25, 2004) Recommends spin (physics) for more information.


 * "Guns and Roses..." (Pakistan Christian Post, Pakistan, April 25, 2004) "There are essentially three types of doctorates: research, first-professional, and honorary...The title of Doctor is used both by and of those holding research doctorates or a first-professional doctorate, but according to convention is not used by or of those holding honorary doctorates."


 * "Surfin': Are You in the Blog?" (American Radio Relay League Web, Internet, April 25, 2004) "A 'Weblog,' 'Web log,' or just 'blog,' is a Web site that "contains periodic, reverse chronologically ordered posts on a common Web page. Individual posts (which taken together are the Weblog) either share a particular theme, or a single or small group of authors" (according to WikiPedia).


 * "The Case Against John Negroponte" (Buzzflash.com, Internet, April 23, 2004) "'When John Negroponte was ambassador he looked the other way when serious atrocities were committed. One would have to wonder what kind of message the Bush administration is sending about human rights by this appointment. ' Excerpt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ John Negroponte"


 * "Rose: Bellyaching over taxes" (Carolina Morning News, United States, April 23, 2004) "Their goal is to 'starve the beast' (see Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) to bankrupt government so that it can no longer afford services such as Social Security and Medicare."


 * "Apple ditches HyperCard" (Macworld Daily News, Internet, April 22, 2004) "HyperCard was a free download to all Mac users. According to the definition in the Wikipedia encylopedia: 'It can be used for all sorts of hypertext and artistic purposes. Before the advent of PowerPoint, HyperCard was often used as a general purpose presentation program. Examples of HyperCard applications include simple databases, choose your own adventure-type games, and educational teaching aids.'"


 * "Thirty-fourth Annual Earth Day To Be Celebrated" (The Eureka Reporter (Calif.), United States, April 21, 2004) "Following the first celebrated Earth Day was the creation of a series of U.S. laws aimed at protecting the environment, the Wikipedia online encyclopedia states."


 * "Pledge's History Marked By Several Changes" (The Eureka Reporter (Calif.), United States, April 20, 2004) "According to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, and other sources, the Pledge of Allegiance was written by socialist author and Baptist minister Francis Bellamy."


 * "Murphy should brush up on his Latin" (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, United States, April 18, 2004) "Webster's New World College Dictionary defines it as 'one thing in return for another.' The online encyclopedia Wikipedia takes it a step further: 'Quid pro quo is widely used in the context of describing political favors, as given in apparent exchange for money.'"


 * "Web watch" (The Guardian, Internet, April 15, 2004) "If you have missed out on the Googlebombing phenomenon so far, Wikipedia has an excellent page charting its history." Links to Google bomb.


 * "Robin Hood, Friend of Liberty" (Ludwig von Mises Institute, Internet, April 14, 2004) Uses the Wikipedia article on Robin Hood as a reference.


 * "Porno Hen Hawks for Burger King" (Wired News, Internet, April 14, 2004) "Similarly, the command 'go vegan' gets a vehement thumbs-down from the chicken, who one suspects is considered something of a Lord Haw-Haw among the farmyard set." Links to Lord Haw-Haw without specific mention of Wikipedia.


 * "Join the brunch bunch: Don't wait for holiday to enjoy a big breakfast gathering" (Mansfield (Ohio) News Journal, United States, April 14, 2004) "According to Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia, it is a lavish breakfast served at or even after midday, invariably as a part of an entertainment. Wikipedia further defined brunch as a portmanteau of breakfast and lunch that can be served after a morning event or before an afternoon one, such as a wedding or sporting event."


 * "Cities should use 'Razor'" (L.A. Daily News, United States, April 12, 2004) "Occam's Razor, according to the Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia, is named for the 14th Century friar and logician William of Ockham."


 * "Sidebar: Online Resources Related to 64-bit CPUs" (Computerworld, United States, April 12, 2004) "Wikipedia.org's entry on 64-bit computers offers a detailed and somewhat technical tutorial on the technology."


 * "East Coast Sports Would be Welcomed Here at UC Irvine" (New University, United States, April 12, 2004) "According to Wikipedia&#8217;s online encyclopedia, most experts generally believe that squash is more difficult than its American counterpart: racquetball."


 * "Parents sort through emotions, search for meaning in son's death" (The Tacoma News Tribune, United States, April 9, 2004) "The only definition we could find that seemed to apply to our situation was in the online dictionary Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgive): 'A quality by which one ceases to feel resentment against another for a wrong he or she has committed against oneself...It may be granted with or without the other asking for forgiveness.' "


 * "Who knew: Bunnies & bilbies" (Dallas Morning News, United States, April 8, 2004) Cites Wikipedia (presumably the Easter article) as the first of six sources used for a piece on the history and evolution of the Easter holiday.


 * "Could Kerry win Eagle County?" (The Vail Trail, Internet, April 8, 2004) Mentions Wikipedia as a source on on the origins of the word caucus.


 * "Airbus CEO Knighted by Queen" (Airbus press release, Internet, April 7, 2004) Mentions Wikipedia as a source on KBE.


 * "The mystery of the Hardy Boys author" (The Charlotte Observer, Internet, April 3, 2004). Mentions Wikipedia as a source on history behind the honeymoon.


 * "10 Greek places to behold in the land of the Olympics" (USA Today, United States, April 1, 2004). Suggests Isthmus of Corinth for further reading.


 * "Looking into the eyes of terror" (Grand Valley Lanthorn, United States, April 1, 2004) In an article on the Madrid attacks, Wikipedia is used as a reference: "The attacks killed 190 people and wounded more than 1,800, making them the worst terrorist assault in Spanish history, according to the Wikipedia Encyclopedia." Links to 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks

March 2004 (30 articles)

 * "You've got to be in Tokyo" (JapanToday.com, Internet, March 30, 2004) "And when I talk of "Tokyo" actually I mean greater Tokyo: comprising the various cities in Chiba, Saitama, Tokyo, and Kanagawa, which collectively form the largest metropolis in the world (according to Wikipedia.org)." Links to Greater Tokyo Area.


 * "US DrinkOrDie extradition fails" (Infoshop, Internet, March 29, 2004) "DrinkOrDie was founded in 1993 in Moscow by a Russian with the handle "deviator" and a friend who went by CyberAngel, says Wikipedia here." Link to DrinkOrDie.


 * "New Concerns Raised About Eldorado Compound" (WOAI-TV San Antonio, United States, March 26, 2004) "The religion website Wikipedia.org says Jeffs believes that in order to get to heaven, men must have at least three wives." (Apparently referencing Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)


 * "On the cutting edge" (Clovis News Journal, United States, March 25, 2004) Links to Damascus steel.


 * "Experts fear terrorists are seeking fuel-air bombs" (NewScientist.com, Internet, March 21, 2004) links Thermobaric weapons.


 * "How will Sheik Ahmed Yassin's assassination affect the Middle East?" (Time.com, Internet, March 23, 2004) links to Sheikh Ahmed Yassin for background information under the related links: "Wikipedia: Sheik Ahmed Yassin Background information on the Hamas leader, including statements and biography, from the online open-content encyclopedia"


 * "Top 10 Mobsters" (AskMen.com, Internet, March 2004) links to Mafia.


 * "Reference Page" (Metropolis, United States, March 2004) Links to Harry Gordon Selfridge.


 * "Loyalty Day celebration set for return to Medford" (Wausau Daily Herald, United States, March 24, 2004) "Loyalty Day is set aside for the reaffirmation of loyalty to the United States and for the recognition of the heritage of American freedom, according to wikipedia.com, an online encyclopedia."


 * "Fokken HAIL" (p2pnet.net, Internet, March 22, 2004) Links to the article fuck on an editorial about profanity and the FCC: "Hmm, Wikipedia reports differently and fuck, if you have any interest in this word, go to that site. It's a fucking trip!"


 * "Bridging the Divide might be good for the bottom line" (ADTmag.com, Internet, March 22, 2004) Links to the article Developing nations: "One interesting side note to all this: according to Wikipedia, the UN allows each country to decide for itself whether it is 'developing' or 'least developed.' "


 * "Princess Juliana &#8211; an end of an era" (Expatica, Internet, March 22, 2004) mentions Wikipedia as a source on Princess Juliana: "Juliana quickly endeared herself to the Canadian people, displaying a simple warmth, asking that she and her children be treated as just another family during difficult times, according to the online Wikipedia encyclopaedia."


 * "Emus make themselves at home with Hi-Desert woman" (Hi-Desert Star, United States, March 19, 2004) Cites Cassowary on the fierceness of the bird: "On cassowaries, all sources attest to this species' fierceness, the Wikipedia Web page, for instance, stating: 'The bird is perfectly capable of inflicting serious injuries on an adult human - deaths are by no means unheard of.'"


 * "Taiwanese return home to vote: 1,500 from Bay Area expected to help decide island's future" (San Francisco Chronicle, United States, March 19, 2004) Cites Wikipedia as source on Taiwanese candidates Lien Chan and Chen Shui-Bian.


 * "Slogan diminishes our commonwealth" (Carlisle Sentinel, United States, March 19, 2004) References Commonwealth: "Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, says the four [US commonwealths] do this to emphasize that they have 'government based on the common consent of the people.'"


 * "Media should stop begging the question" (Mobile Register, United States, March 18, 2004) Cites Begging the question in an article on the misuse of that cliché.


 * "Spain aftershock: your say" (The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, March 18, 2004) "John Dalton...also recommends wikipedia on Madrid attacks: 'The quality of this article is really opening my eyes to the power of collaborative media.' " Links toMarch 11, 2004 Madrid attacks.


 * "Talk time: Todd Rundgren" (Guardian, United Kingdom, March 18, 2004) Links to Wikipedia's graphics tablet article.


 * "Budget pays attention to the poor, but..." (The Straits Times, Singapore, March 16, 2004) Cites Wikipedia as source for &euro;62.9 million per-unit cost of Eurofighter Typhoon jet.


 * "Lawyers: Inmates died in 'agony' from injections" (Greenville News, United States, March 15, 2004) Reprints Wikipedia article on lethal injection in full as sidebar for article on lethal injection in South Carolina.


 * "Leveraging Arab Fear" (Arutz Sheva, Israel, March 16, 2004) Quotes the description in the Wikipedia article King of Jordan of the origins of the Jordanian monarchy.


 * "Pharmalicensing.com: Articles: A Tour around Measles" (InPharm, Internet, March 18, 2004) Links to Measles


 * "Science runs into trouble with bubbles" (Guardian, United Kingdom, March 11, 2004) Links to bubble fusion.


 * "Cooking with the Internet?" (Slashdot, Internet, March 6, 2004) Links to Wikipedia's List of recipes in a question regarding the lack of open cookbooks online.


 * "Oi, let's see wizard of 'was'" (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, March 5, 2004) discusses the sports chant "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi" and offers explanations of its origins, including: "The online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia, suggests the chant has origins in Cornwall, where tin miners' wives would shout 'Oggy Oggy Oggy' when delivering pasties known as Oggies to their husbands." Links to Oggy Oggy Oggy.


 * "New technique could give super-cool molecules" (NewScientist.com, Internet, March 3, 2004) links laser cooling.


 * "Online: Father knows best" (Guardian, United Kingdom, March 4, 2004) Life pages, p. 22, "Some of the concepts were in place before the internet...there was the oNLine system, which Douglas Engelbart invented." Links to NLS.


 * "China begins to cut back on its 3.5m fleet of 'perk' cars" (Daily Telegraph Online, United Kingdom, March 3, 2004) Links to Communist Party of China.


 * "St. David's Day" (The Guardian, United Kingdom, March 1, 2004) discusses St. George's Day and brings up the place name "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch". "Wikipedia online encyclopaedia says it is the longest name in the UK, and it means: "St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio near the red cave."


 * "An Allegiance to Truth" (Opinion Editorials, United States, March 1, 2004) cites Pledge of Allegiance: "Wikipedia offers a good, concise synopsis of the rulings that have led to the upcoming Supreme Court hearing."

February 2004

 * "People lie more on the phone than by email" (NewScientist.com, Internet, February 12, 2004) links to lying as a link for further reading.


 * "How old are you now? Leap babies celebrate their special day" (Lowell Sun Online, United States, February 29, 2004) cites Wikipedia's Leap year article as source. (Reprinted for the 1590 broadcaster, Nashua, NH radio station's website.)


 * "What's up with Aramaic?" (Star-Telegram, United States, February 26, 2004) Cites Wikipedia's Aramaic article as source.


 * "Corruption and the Political Process" (CBC Newsworld, Canada, February 25, 2004) The CBC Newsworld programme Counterspin in a discussion on made use of the Wikipedia definition of crony capitalism.


 * "Roman coin confirms emperor's existence" (Daily Telegraph online, United Kingdom, February 25, 2004) Links to Crisis of the Third Century.


 * "X Marks the Spot: Looking back at X11 Developments of Past Year" (OS News, Internet, February 25, 2004) Recommends X Window System for a history of the system.


 * "Hotlist: Repetitive stress injury" (Houston Chronicle, United States, February 25, 2004) Recommends carpal tunnel syndrome as a good resource for more info on the disorder.


 * "Largest Lens Ever Discovered" (Slashdot, Internet, February 22, 2004) Links to articles on scintillation and arcsecond.


 * "Habsburgs demand return of estates seized by Nazis in 1938" (Daily Telegraph online, United Kingdom, February 22, 2004) Links to Otto von Habsburg..


 * "Gibson's dad stirs furor with anti-Jewish talk" (The Dallas Morning News, United States, February 20, 2004). Cites Holocaust denial


 * "Animal attacks: 25 thoughts..." (OC Weekly, United States, February 13, 2004) Citation in cover story: "Indeed, according to a list of extinct animals on the web encyclopedia Wikipedia, the only North American animals unable to adapt since 1900..."


 * "Why an atom spy is also a national hero" (Guardian Unlimited, United Kingdom, February 9, 2004) Article about rogue Pakistani nuclear scientist. "Useful links: Abdul Qadeer Khan"


 * "Glamorous Gandhi relaunches 'first family' of India" (Daily Telegraph online, United Kingdom, February 8, 2004) Links to Indian National Congress.


 * "Between the grooves" (The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, February 7, 2004) "Folk metal: Yes, really. A sub-genre of black metal, its best-known (well, it's all relative) exponents are Skyclad and Waylander, says online encyclopedia wikipedia.org."


 * "Last of Bloomsbury Set dies aged 103" (Daily Telegraph online, United Kingdom, February 7, 2004) Links to Bloomsbury group.


 * "Prized literature: Annual used-book sale often yields overlooked gems" (Arizona Republic, United States, February 5, 2004) Article by Scott Craven about 48th annual VNSA Used Book Sale, "Elegant script covered the page, dated 1783. While its origins are yet to be verified, it appears to be an accounting of property owned by the Third Earl of Portland, 'Whoever he was,' Smith said. (According to Wikipedia.org, he was William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, appointed April 1782). 'All I knew is that it was worth exploring.' " Linked to William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland.


 * "&#1584;&#1585;&#1607; &#1662;&#1585;&#1608;&#1578;&#1574;&#1740;&#1606;&#1740; &#1588;&#1711;&#1601;&#1578;&#8204;&#1570;&#1608;&#1585; The Wonderful Proteinaceous Particle" (Shargh, Iran, February 1, 2004) Article by Ali Mala&rsquo;eke (&#1593;&#1604;&#1740; &#1605;&#1604;&#1575;&#1574;&#1705;&#1607;) on Prions, citing Nature magazine, Encyclopedia Brittanica and Wikipedia as sources at the bibliography. Cites prion.


 * "Moscow goes for homegrown TVMs" (International Railway Journal, United Kingdom, February 1, 2004) mentions that Wikipedia (presumably Moscow metro) was used as a source for an article "Metro Ticketing to Be Fully Automated in '04" in The Moscow Times (December 23, 2003).

January 2004

 * "Web page potpourri" (Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, Internet, January 2004) cites Precautionary Principle.


 * "Counting some numerically able animals" (The Pocono Record, United States, January 30, 2004) "The largest weapon ever detonated, says 'Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia,' was the 'Tsar Bomba' (King of Bombs) at 50 megatons..." Cites Tsar Bomba. REPRINTED: The Hook, Internet, April 1, 2004; SignOnSanDiego.com, Internet, April 21, 2004


 * "All the Queen's men and the tales of knights" (The Philadelphia Inquirer, United States, January 29, 2004) Also reprinted as "Gates and others, all knight long," (Wichita Eagle, United States, February 9, 2004) Article about Bill Gates knighthood; "The Wikipedia is a multilingual online encyclopedia being written by its own users, and is surprisingly good. The article on the British 'honours' system has links for details on the various orders of chivalry, including the Order of the Garter and the Order of the Bath." Links to British honours system.


 * "Hip-hop dance history" (San Jose Mercury News, United States, January 28, 2004) Lists Wiki's breakdancing article as a "Breakdancing Encyclopedia" in "On the Web: Hip-hop dance history" source for this article.


 * "LaRouche for president: The campaign that keeps on going" (Loudon Times-Mirror, United States, January 27, 2004) Wiki article on Lyndon LaRouche cited for bio info.


 * "Jaffa insult quoted" (The New Zealand Herald, New Zealand, January 27, 2004) The Sidewipe columnist Ana Samways quotes the Wikipedia entry for the Jaffa (insult) used by non Aucklanders to describe Aucklanders. The Herald is based in Auckland.


 * "Navy removes submarine commander" (Norwich Bulletin, United States, January 27, 2004) "According to Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, the Jimmy Carter is 100 feet longer than its sister ships and has been modified for 'highly classified missions and the testing of new submarine systems.' " Links to USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23).


 * "In the money" (The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, January 24, 2004) Nick Galvin links to Wikipedia as a reference for the Australian dollar: "For some background on the Aussie dollar, you might turn to the excellent Wikipedia. Here you'll find a brief history of our currency, which first appeared in wallets in 1966, plus links to some impressive-looking charts showing the dollar's values against gold and the CPI." Links to Australian dollar.


 * "Happy Chinese New Year" (Coeur d'Alene Press, United States, January 22, 2004) Sholeh Patrick recommends wikipedia's Chinese zodiac article if you want to know more about years of Monkeys and Rats, and so on.


 * "Last King's Cross fire victim named" (Daily Telegraph online, United Kingdom, January 22, 2004) links to Kings Cross fire.


 * "LWM Speaks with Richard Stallman" (LinuxWorld.com, Internet, January 19, 2004) Kevin Bedell, in this interview with Richard Stallman, links to Wikipedia's Incompatible Timesharing System for further information on the system.


 * "A DSP Algorithm for Frequency Analysis" (Embedded Systems Programming, United States, January 15, 2004). Cites Bluestein's FFT algorithm.


 * "Tune in, tune out, or starve" (The South End Online, United States, January 15, 2004) Quotes Wikipedia on the definition of the Establishment as the opening for the article by Salah Ahmed.


 * "Will Israel Become an Arab State?" (NewsMax.com, Internet, January 12, 2004) Jon E. Dougherty cites Wikipedia on the number of Jews living in the Arab world. Presumed to be article Immigration to Israel from Arab lands.


 * "New Afghan army hit by 3,000 deserters" (Daily Telegraph online, United Kingdom, January 12, 2004) Links to Afghan National Army.


 * "Palm-civets: The cute new face of SARS" (The National Business Review, New Zealand, January 6, 2004) References the "civet" article of Wikipedia, as a reference source in their description of the species.


 * "Major Fraud, or just Playing The Game?" (ChessBase News, Germany, January 6, 2004) Chess grandmaster James Plaskett, a contestant on the show twice himself, discusses Major Charles Ingram's conviction of fraud, upon cheating on the show, saying he's not convinced of Ingram's guilt. It references Wikipedia's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire as a source of complete details on the incident.


 * "Injections to replace Utah firing squads" (Daily Telegraph online, Internet, January 5, 2004) Links to Execution by firing squad.


 * "How it Sounds to the German Ear" (Swiss Revue: official publication for Swiss abroad, Switzerland, January 2004) Uses the German Wikipedia article on Swiss German and translates this. Source and link to original article given.