Brief Abstract of Wikipedia's Mesothelioma Cancer page
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Abstract Appeal -- The Terri Schiavo
Information Page
Abstract Appeal -- The Terri Schiavo
Information Page
03/23/2005 05:13 AMAbstract Appeal -- The Terri Schiavo Information Page .. An Objective
Legal Look (and more) on Schiavo-- .. objective breakdown of the
schiavo case .. excellent analysis .. some legal sources ..
timeline
abstractappeal.com/schiavo/infopage.html
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Mesothelioma Information: Symptoms,
Treatment, Doctors, Lawyers &
Compensation
Mesothelioma Information: Symptoms,
Treatment, Doctors, Lawyers &
Compensation
06/14/2004 06:51 AMMesothelioma
mesothelioma-justice.org
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Robert L. Bartley, Who Made The Wall
Street Journal's Editorial Page One Of
The Nation's Most Influential
Conservative Voices During His 30 Years
As Its Editor, Has Died Of Cancer At Age
66 (Our Condolences To Mr. Bartley's
Family & Friends)
Robert L. Bartley, Who Made The Wall
Street Journal's Editorial Page One Of
The Nation's Most Influential
Conservative Voices During His 30 Years
As Its Editor, Has Died Of Cancer At Age
66 (Our Condolences To Mr. Bartley's
Family & Friends)
12/11/2003 06:11 AMdied .. dies
opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110004408
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wikipedia's fundraising campaign
wikipedia's fundraising campaign
09/20/2004 03:13 PMthey just passed the one million article milestone, now they need
money
Yahoo to support Wikipedia's
encyclopedia
Yahoo to support Wikipedia's
encyclopedia
04/07/2005 04:59 PMYahoo's search engine division will supply hardware and other
resources to the Wikimedia Foundation to support that nonprofit
organization's free Wikipedia online encyclopedia.
Shirky: Wikipedia's "anti-elitism" is a
feature, not a bug
Shirky: Wikipedia's "anti-elitism" is a
feature, not a bug
01/04/2005 02:40 AMCory Doctorow:
Kuro5hin published an
article
by a Wikipedia co-founder, in which he slams Wikipedia for its
"anti-elitism" and calls on the organization to mend its ways in order
to earn the confidence of academics, librarians and other learned
types. I read it when it was first published and it seemed wrong to
me, but I couldn't put my finger on it.
Now Clay Shirky -- himself an academic -- has written a wonderful and
comprehensive rebuttal of the piece, explaining why complaints of
"anti-elitism" are misplaced.
Of course librarians, teachers, and academics don't like the
Wikipedia. It works without privelege, which is inimical to the way
those professions operate.
This is not some easily fixed cosmetic flaw, it is the Wikipedia's
driving force. You can see the reactionary core of the academy playing
out in the horror around Google digitizing books held at Harvard and
the Library of Congress -- the NY Times published a number of letters
by people insisting that real scholarship would still only be possible
when done in real libraries. The physical book, the hushed tones, the
monastic dedication, and (unspoken) the barriers to use, these are all
essential characteristics of the academy today.
It's not that it doesn't matter what academics think of the Wikipedia
-- it would obviously be better to have as many smart people using it
as possible. The problem is that the only thing that would make the
academics happy would be to shoehorn it into the kind of filter, then
publish model that is broken, and would make the Wikipedia broken as
well.
LinkWikipedia's Emergent People fail to
impress readers
Wikipedia's Emergent People fail to
impress readers
09/15/2004 05:03 PMThe Register Sep 15 2004 8:28PM GMT
Cancer Vaccines Set to Make Major Impact
on Cancer Market
Cancer Vaccines Set to Make Major Impact
on Cancer Market
01/05/2005 03:27 AMThe value of the market for cancer vaccines has the potential to reach
$6 billion by 2010, according to Arrowhead Publishers, who have just
released their new report Cancer Vaccines: Measuring Market Potential.
(http://www.arrowheadpublishers.com/CancerVaccines.html) [PRWEB Jan 5,
2005]
Lung Cancer Tops List of Cancer Deaths
among Women
Lung Cancer Tops List of Cancer Deaths
among Women
04/14/2004 12:48 AMLexington Herald-Leader | 07/04/2004 |
Front-page news, back-page coverage
Lexington Herald-Leader | 07/04/2004 |
Front-page news, back-page coverage
07/08/2004 02:18 AMNoted in yesterday's Lexington [KY] Herald-Leader .. "We regret
the omission." .. Read article ..
Oops
kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/local/9077613.htm
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SQL-Abstract-1.15
SQL-Abstract-1.15
11/06/2003 10:48 PMSQL-Abstract-1.14
SQL-Abstract-1.14
11/04/2003 11:41 PMStatistical Abstract of the U.S.
Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
03/06/2004 01:57 AMmmmm. raw data.
Abstract classes in .NET
Abstract classes in .NET
10/26/2002 03:40 AMCNET Oct 26 2002 2:37AM ET
Email-Abstract-1.0
Email-Abstract-1.0
05/27/2004 12:21 AMSQLite-Abstract-0.1
SQLite-Abstract-0.1
01/07/2005 02:29 AMAbstract Beam 0.1
Abstract Beam 0.1
04/26/2004 02:22 PMA theme with bright colours on a black background.
DBIx-Abstract-1.005
DBIx-Abstract-1.005
03/15/2003 05:56 AMDate-Holidays-Abstract-0.02
Date-Holidays-Abstract-0.02
05/26/2004 10:45 AMDate-Holidays-Abstract-0.03
Date-Holidays-Abstract-0.03
05/31/2004 05:39 AMMaypole-Authentication-Abstract-0.6
Maypole-Authentication-Abstract-0.6
09/01/2004 12:11 AMMaypole-Authentication-Abstract-0.5
Maypole-Authentication-Abstract-0.5
08/29/2004 06:06 PMDate-Holidays-Abstract-0.01
Date-Holidays-Abstract-0.01
05/23/2004 06:07 PMMaypole-Authentication-Abstract-0.4
Maypole-Authentication-Abstract-0.4
08/12/2004 09:52 AMUsing Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT)
In Applications
Using Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT)
In Applications
10/28/2003 11:06 PM
A well laid out user interface is an effective means of making
applications user-friendly. It is typically used by organizations for
accepting orders from customers, getting customer’s feedback on a
product, for conducting a market survey on the latest trends in
economy.
PHPBuilder: Putting a Handle on the
Abstract
PHPBuilder: Putting a Handle on the
Abstract
02/10/2003 09:04 AMHurricane report from Q-Burns Abstract
Message
Hurricane report from Q-Burns Abstract
Message
08/18/2004 12:23 PMFamed DJ and friend of BoingBoing Michael Donaldson, aka
QBurns Abstract
Message, had just returned from tour in Eastern Europe last week
when the hurricane hit his home in Florida. There's no electricity yet
in many places, but he's hiding out in his recording studio with a
dial-up connection and a hamster-powered laptop and e-mails us this
report. Image: snapshot of a frightened cat coming out of hiding a
couple days after the storm.
The winds here in Orlando were at about 90 MPH when it hit. The was a
lot of destruction, but somehow my house and property ended up
completely unscathed. The worst part lasted 45 minutes. I just sat in
the dark with my cat and a bottle of wine watching the whole thing out
the window. It was really crazy. Saw the trees flapping around and
then I kept seeing flashes of blue and green in the sky ... I thought
this was some strange lightning but found out later it was actually
electrical transformers exploding across the neighborhood. Wow.
I've been through at least 3 hurricanes in my life and have never seen
anything like this either. The city is like a warzone with debris and
fallen trees and power lines everywhere. It was starting to get
cleaned up as I left home yesterday, so hopefully when I return all
will be back to normal. I can't even imagine what it looks like down
south in the Ft. Meyers area, which received the full force of the
storm. It actually weakened a bit before it hit central Florida.
My business partner has a 30 foot tree laying in his backyard. Another
friend has a tree about that big in his swimming pool (no idea how
he'll get that out). Yet another friend lives in a neighborhood that
is in a 'dead end' road. A huge tree has fallen in the path of their
only exit, and they can only leave by foot. I guess I got off easy.
None of us have any power, though.
The storm was followed by eerie silence and the even eerier sight of
my neighborhood residents walking the lightless streets, Night Of The
Living Dead-style, surveying the damage. A friend of mine owned a bar
that miraculously had power so after a few phone calls we convened
there 90 minutes after the hurricane's end. About 60 people showed and
I started playing records and doing vodka shots. This had the makings
of a really nice party as a ton of frustration and stress was being
expelled by all. We were stopped at about 1 AM by a number of cops who
claimed the city was in a state of emergency and there was a curfew in
effect all over the city. We either left the party or we were to be
arrested. Thus we were ordered to tipsily navigate the darkened,
traffic light-less, wreckage covered streets to our hot, powerless,
and, in some cases, devastated homes. You think the 'man' would give
us a break.
images part one,
images
part two. And here's a gallery of personal snaps from Maria, one
of the "hurricane party" attendees (owner of the frightened cat
above):
Link. Bonus: a brand new Q-Burns Abstract Message DJ mix available for
online listening and/or download -- Link
Update: an anonymous BB reader sends in this
wmv file -- a composite of time-lapse stills of Hurricane Charley
hitting Florida over the span of about seven hours. Link
Create interesting (abstract) graphics
with iTunes
Create interesting (abstract) graphics
with iTunes
03/19/2003 10:24 PMHere's a simple hint on an easy way to create attractive abstract
images for personal use (for the Desktop, Photoshop backgrounds, on
iCards, etc.) with iTunes:Turn visual effects on in iTunes, preferably
full screen
Capture...
2003 Statistical Abstract of the United
States
2003 Statistical Abstract of the United
States
02/13/2004 07:01 AM2003 Statistical Abstract of the United Stateshtt
p://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-03.htmlThe 2003 Statistical Abstract of the United States is now online and
continues to gives us access to very valuable demographics and
economic information on the United States. I have addded this to my
Subject Tracer™ Information Blog
Business Intelligence and will
be adding this to my
Business Resources
2004 Internet MiniGuide.
New PHP5 feature: Abstract Data Type
extension
New PHP5 feature: Abstract Data Type
extension
01/21/2003 05:02 PMXML Protocol Abstract Model Working
Draft Published
XML Protocol Abstract Model Working
Draft Published
02/20/2003 03:54 PM20 February 2003: The XML Protocol Working Group has released a final
Working Draft of the XML Protocol Abstract Model. First published in
2001, the document was an evaluation and reasoning tool used to craft
SOAP Version 1.2. The Working Group believes the model has served its
purpose and plans no further work on it. Visit the Web Services home
page. (News archive)
Abstract Plane's New Video Digitizer
Software for Windows
Abstract Plane's New Video Digitizer
Software for Windows
07/11/2004 02:27 AMAbstract Plane, the leading provider of video capture solutions for
QuickTime, is pleased to announce the release of version 1.2.0 of its
Vdig (video digitizer) for Windows. [PRWEB Jul 11, 2004]
Hurricane Charley report from Q-Burns
Abstract Message
Hurricane Charley report from Q-Burns
Abstract Message
08/18/2004 03:05 PMFamed DJ and friend of BoingBoing Michael Donaldson, aka
QBurns Abstract
Message, had just returned from tour in Eastern Europe last week
when the hurricane hit his home in Florida. Electricity is still out
in many places, so he's hiding out in his recording studio with a
dial-up connection and a hamster-powered laptop to e-mail us this
report. Image: snapshot of a frightened cat coming out of hiding a
couple days after the storm.
The winds here in Orlando were at about 90 MPH when it hit. The was a
lot of destruction, but somehow my house and property ended up
completely unscathed. The worst part lasted 45 minutes. I just sat in
the dark with my cat and a bottle of wine watching the whole thing out
the window. It was really crazy. Saw the trees flapping around and
then I kept seeing flashes of blue and green in the sky ... I thought
this was some strange lightning but found out later it was actually
electrical transformers exploding across the neighborhood. Wow.
I've been through at least 3 hurricanes in my life and have never seen
anything like this either. The city is like a warzone with debris and
fallen trees and power lines everywhere. It was starting to get
cleaned up as I left home yesterday, so hopefully when I return all
will be back to normal. I can't even imagine what it looks like down
south in the Ft. Meyers area, which received the full force of the
storm. It actually weakened a bit before it hit central Florida.
My business partner has a 30 foot tree laying in his backyard. Another
friend has a tree about that big in his swimming pool (no idea how
he'll get that out). Yet another friend lives in a neighborhood that
is in a 'dead end' road. A huge tree has fallen in the path of their
only exit, and they can only leave by foot. I guess I got off easy.
None of us have any power, though.
The storm was followed by eerie silence and the even eerier sight of
my neighborhood residents walking the lightless streets, Night Of The
Living Dead-style, surveying the damage. A friend of mine owned a bar
that miraculously had power so after a few phone calls we convened
there 90 minutes after the hurricane's end. About 60 people showed and
I started playing records and doing vodka shots. This had the makings
of a really nice party as a ton of frustration and stress was being
expelled by all. We were stopped at about 1 AM by a number of cops who
claimed the city was in a state of emergency and there was a curfew in
effect all over the city. We either left the party or we were to be
arrested. Thus we were ordered to tipsily navigate the darkened,
traffic light-less, wreckage covered streets to our hot, powerless,
and, in some cases, devastated homes. You think the 'man' would give
us a break.
Photo galleries from the
Orlando Sentinel:
images part one,
images
part two. And here's a gallery of personal snaps from Maria, one
of the "hurricane party" attendees (owner of the frightened cat
above):
Link. Bonus: a brand new Q-Burns Abstract Message DJ mix available for
online listening and/or download -- Link
Update: an anonymous BB reader sends in this
wmv file -- a composite of time-lapse stills of Hurricane Charley
hitting Florida over the span of about seven hours. Link
. And via Poynter, an interesting essay on the power of TV
infographics in the eye of a storm: "Radar Love." Link
OWL Abstract Syntax and Semantics
Working Draft Published
OWL Abstract Syntax and Semantics
Working Draft Published
11/11/2002 03:18 PM31 July 2002: The Web Ontology Working Group has released an updated
Working Draft of OWL Abstract Syntax and Semantics. The draft is a
high-level description of the OWL Web Ontology Language 1.0 and its
subset OWL Lite. Automated tools can use common sets of terms called
ontologies to power services such as more accurate Web search,
intelligent software agents, and knowledge management. OWL is used to
publish and share ontologies on the Web. Read about the W3C Semantic
Web Activity. (News archive)
RDF Concepts and Abstract Syntax Working
Draft Published
RDF Concepts and Abstract Syntax Working
Draft Published
11/12/2002 06:47 PM12 November 2002: The RDF Core Working Group has released a Working
Draft of the Resource Description Framework (RDF) Concepts and
Abstract Syntax (formerly named Concepts and Abstract Data Model). The
draft defines the abstract graph syntax on which RDF is based. It
discusses design goals, the meaning of RDF documents, key concepts,
character normalization and handling of URI references. Read about the
Semantic Web Activity. (News archive)
RDF Concepts and Abstract Data Model
Working Draft Published
RDF Concepts and Abstract Data Model
Working Draft Published
09/03/2002 11:37 AM30 August 2002: The RDF Core Working Group has released a Working
Draft of the Resource Description Framework (RDF): Concepts and
Abstract Data Model. The draft defines the abstract graph syntax on
which RDF is based, and other technical aspects of RDF. Read about the
Semantic Web Activity. (News archive)
The Sheboygan Museum of Art presents
Abstract Expressionist Works by Miss
Wensleydale's Second Grade Class
The Sheboygan Museum of Art presents
Abstract Expressionist Works by Miss
Wensleydale's Second Grade Class
09/18/2004 11:00 AM2nd Grade Expressionism
art-museum.org/grafix/cheese/index.html
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Devshed: The Factory Method and Abstract
Factory
Devshed: The Factory Method and Abstract
Factory
12/22/2004 01:40 AMWith more on the PHP patterns front,
Devshed has a new article posted
about the
Factory Method and Abstract Factory.
Absolutely free web page hosting. Free
web hosting and web page.
Absolutely free web page hosting. Free
web hosting and web page.
07/17/2004 09:29 PMweb page
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Grok Description matches for Brief Abstract of Wikipedia's Mesothelioma Cancer page
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"Wikimedia Foundation Announces
Corporate Support of Wikipedia from
Yahoo! Search; Helps Allow the
Organization to Run Wikipedia
Independently"
"Wikimedia Foundation Announces
Corporate Support of Wikipedia from
Yahoo! Search; Helps Allow the
Organization to Run Wikipedia
Independently"
04/09/2005 03:59 AMThe Early History of Nupedia and
Wikipedia: A Memoir
The Early History of Nupedia and
Wikipedia: A Memoir
04/18/2005 03:48 PMThe Early History of Nupedia and
Wikipedia, Part II
The Early History of Nupedia and
Wikipedia, Part II
06/05/2005 11:13 PMWikipedia:April 1, 2005/-2005 Britannica
takeover of Wikimedia- - Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia
Wikipedia:April 1, 2005/-2005 Britannica
takeover of Wikimedia- - Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia
04/02/2005 05:11 AMl'encyclopédie libre vient d'être achetée par
l'encyclopédie Britannica .. Wikipedia:April 1, 2005/2005
Britannica takeover of Wikimedia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ..
Wikipedia sells out to Britannica ..
wikpedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Britannica_takeover_of_Wikimedia
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WWW-Wikipedia-0.9
WWW-Wikipedia-0.9
08/05/2004 05:33 AMWikipedia Again
Wikipedia Again
12/17/2004 06:37 PM“Reference Publishing” is the business of publishing “reference
works”: dictionaries, encyclopedias, and the like. By definition, it
includes the
Wikipedia, which
is intended as a reference work. I have
remarked kindly on
the Wikipedia and
taken exception when
it came under attack. There have been a lot of voices chiming in on
this issue; herewith a survey and, based on my years in reference
publishing and because I care profoundly, I’ll add my own
observations...
WWW-Wikipedia-1.2
WWW-Wikipedia-1.2
09/01/2004 04:59 PMWWW-Wikipedia-1.5
WWW-Wikipedia-1.5
03/23/2005 12:23 PMWikipedia Needs $20,000
Wikipedia Needs $20,000
12/29/2003 11:47 PMLetter to
our readers and contributors: This is either heartbeaking or
inspiring, I'm not sure which. It turns out that Wikipedia is failing under the
load created by its popularity.
...the three servers that currently host all of
Wikimedia's projects in all languages are simply not enough,
especially as two of them have turned out to have hardware defects.
... I estimate that $20,000 in hardware would get us to a point where
we have reserves to handle the failure of any one machine.
Additionally, we would be well-poised to continue our track record of
astounding growth.
That's the heartbreaking part, since Wikipedia is one of the most
perfect Web resources ever created. But looking in on this page right
now (10 p.m. CST), I'm seeing "Money raised: $23,382.17." If that is
an accurate figure, and the Web community has altruistically pulled
Wikipedia out of a downward spiral, then it makes me glad to be
alive.
If someone can confirm that Wikipedia's needs have been met, please
post confirmation.
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Jew - Wikipedia
Jew - Wikipedia
04/14/2004 09:10 AMdefinition of a Jew, or a Jewish person .. entry for the word Jew ..
Jewish .. Jews .. item .. Jew
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jew
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WWW-Wikipedia-1.1
WWW-Wikipedia-1.1
08/20/2004 12:32 AMWWW-Wikipedia-1.0
WWW-Wikipedia-1.0
08/10/2004 10:39 AMWikipedia
Wikipedia
11/17/2003 12:56 AMMediaWiki 2003-11-17 release
Wikipedia Needs $20K
Wikipedia Needs $20K
12/28/2003 09:20 PMWikipedia Reinvents
Wikipedia Reinvents
05/31/2004 11:29 AM
Wikipedia has reinvented
itself. It now supports discussions about any article, and
provices an easy way for users to look at previous article versions.
Maybe it could do this before -- but my memory and the Google cache
lead me to think not. To the jaded eye, this looks like just a
software upgrade. But the implications are greater than that.
Wikipedia is the great white hope for free (as in freedom) information
on the web, and this ups the ante. My big questions: Can they handle
the load? And how long before anyone notices?
Novedades en la Wikipedia
Novedades en la Wikipedia
08/03/2004 09:03 AMWikipedia CD/DVD edition
Wikipedia CD/DVD edition
04/08/2005 05:28 AMCory Doctorow:
Wikipedia will be issuing a DVD/CD edition of the English version of
the encyclopedia, trimmed to exclude entires of dubious merit and
those that may infringe copyright or plagiarize other sources. I love
this -- I would also totally love to have a daily .torrent of the
entire Wikipedia on a language-by-language basis for those of us who
want to keep local mirrors.
"We want one last level of review to get to a stable branch," said
Wales. Wikipedia volunteers will also double-check articles to ensure
there is no plagiarism or copyright violation.
"We already have a strong policy against plagiarism and copyright
violation, but we'll be reading through things again and making sure
everything's confirmed," said Wales.
Link
(
via /.The Wikipedia Blog
The Wikipedia Blog
05/19/2004 12:08 AMWikiWisdom: I asked
for it, and someone went and did it...
A weblog dedicated to wikipedia.org? Why not. The content
is free, after all. The Wikipedia offers hundreds of thousands of
articles of information - that's right, hundreds of thousands. Of
course, many of those hundreds of thousands are rather short but the
sheer volume of information is amazing.
Click here to comment on this entry
Novedades en la es.wikipedia
Novedades en la es.wikipedia
04/30/2004 10:27 AMWikipedia != Authoritative?
Wikipedia != Authoritative?
09/05/2004 09:17 AMSome notes on Wikipedia
Some notes on Wikipedia
12/24/2004 12:35 PM
I've been driving myself crazy with coursework over the past couple
of weeks, and since it's always good to have something to take your
mind off things I've also been spending a fair amount of time lurking
around the beautiful Wikipedia. Here are a few things
about Wikipedia you may have missed:
- It's not just Wikipedia any more; there's also Wiktionary (a multi-lingual
dictionary), Wikibooks
(developing open content books on various topics), Wikiquote (quotations), Wikisource (a
repository of public domain source texts), Wikispecies (a
biological species database), Wikicommons (free images and
other media) and Wikinews (a new
Wikipedia-style news site). Not to mention the huge numbers of
projects in other
languages.
- You can view live stat graphs of the Wikipedia squid cache servers and see an overview of the status of all Wikipedia
servers.
- Last year's drive for
donations was mostly spent on new hardware, and a detailed list of hardware orders is
available.
- Wikipedia's awesome TeX engine for presenting mathematical
formulae may soon be expanded to support rendering of musical scores,
SVG graphics, chemical formulae and more, thanks to the brilliant Wikitex module for MediaWiki.
- Wikisource has a bunch of
stories by H. P. Lovecraft!
- Wikipedia's Peri
odic table links to detailed descriptions of every single
element.
- Live recent
changes feed is a page that shows edits to Wikipedia in real
time. It works by keeping the HTTP connection to your browser
open and sending updates packaged as JavaScript calls (I think this is
the same trick used by CGI:IRC).
- The channel #enrc.wikipedia on
irc.freenode.net carries a bot-produced live feed of
recent changes to Wikipedia. Edits occur so frequently that the bot
had to be split in to five to avoid being flooded off the
channel!
- Wikipedia has a huge va
ndalism problem, but malicious edits are cleared up so fast that
you'd be hard pressed to spot it.
- The Wikimedia foundation has an attractive quarterly newsletter,
the Wikimedia
Quarto. September's issue includes an
interview with Ward Cunningham.
- Wikipedia provides a great way to sharpen your language skills;
not only does Wikibooks have guides to teaching yourself French and German (among others) but the multi-lingual versions
of Wikipedia provide excellent practise in reading comprehension.
Compare the English and French entries on Bath, for example.
- The Wikimedia foundation recently received a small grant to
develop a series of children's books.
The deeper I dig in to Wikipedia, the more amazed I become. I see
it as more than just a collaborative encyclopaedia; it's a testament
to humanity's ability to work together for the greater good. I guess
you could say I'm in WikiLove
:)
Wikipedia at a Million
Wikipedia at a Million
09/20/2004 06:38 PMWikipedia has just published
its millionth article. Wow.
Sollog and Wikipedia
Sollog and Wikipedia
12/17/2004 06:43 PMUs
enet Psychic Wars With Wikipedia: This is absolutely
hysterical
Unable to accept that Wikipedia's policy of presenting a Neutral
Point of View means that an article on Sollog would have to include
both pro- and anti-Sollog material, and unable to force other
Wikipedia editors to accept his version of reality, Ennis has taken
instead to making hostile phone calls to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
at his home, and setting up his very own Wikipedia and Wales hate
site.
A while back, I asked if you've finally arrived when you get a
"watch" site -- http://www.google-watch.com
for instance.
Now I know the truth. You've finally arrived when you get a
"sucks" site. When http://www.gadgetopiasucks.com hits the Internet, I'm buying a Porsche.
Going Where the Users Are. Wikipedia?
Going Where the Users Are. Wikipedia?
01/05/2005 01:26 AMThere’s another Wikipedia discussion
ensuing on the WEB4LIB
mailing list (star
ts here), and so far my favorite response come
s from Ross Singer.
“I don't think the use of Wikipedia should be encouraged
or discouraged. It's a website just like any other, however, what
makes it special (and
therefore, more valuable than academic and
‘vetted’ sites, IMHO) is that people are actually *using*
it.
Therefore, what we need to do is create ways to access this
‘valuable’ information from /within/ these alternative
interfaces. This search in
Wikipedia also brings back x
number of results in Academic Search Premier (or whatever) and provide
a link to that canned search. Or this
movie that you are
looking at in IMDB is available from your local public
library.
I don't think the solution is to try to take people
away from ‘what is available with the least effort’.
Good God, no... at least they're
searching somewhere. The
much better approach would be to insert ourselves into their search
(wherever) and present alternatives to
whatever the user
got. We get really concerned about ‘branding’ and
making sure that people know where the resources they use come from,
but
this can be achieved (possibly better) through ubiquity than
through forced branding by forcing people into our resources and
websites.
If my library is just ‘everywhere’, then
I'm not nearly as likely to forget about
it.”
It’s obvious why I like
Ross’ post, right? The whole idea of going where your users are,
disintermediation, and becoming part of peoples’ trust circles
again. It’s a very Scan-like comment, as well as
being a great idea. What would happen if we started pointing to
library resources from within the entries?
Many-to-Many: Academia and Wikipedia
Many-to-Many: Academia and Wikipedia
01/06/2005 11:56 AMhow Wikipedia won't be an encylopedia .. Danah Boyd .. M2M entry ..
debate
corante.com/many/archives/2005/01/04/academia_and_wikipedia.p
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A Wikipedia Blog
A Wikipedia Blog
01/16/2004 11:33 AMI'm tempted to start a blog solely for linking to great Wikipedia entries. One of my
morning rituals is to hit the random page
link at Wikipedia and see where it takes me. I've found some
fantastic articles that beat anything in a paid resource.
Take a browse through the Billiant
Prose page and see gems like Sniper, Crushing by
Elephant (morbidly fascinating), Batman, Dick Tracy, James Bond, etc.
You could make an entire blog out of links to great Wikipedia entries.
According to the statistics page, there are almost 200,000 entries.
That should keep you busy for a while.
Someone should do this.
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Wikipedia for Journalists
Wikipedia for Journalists
03/08/2004 11:23 PMWhile information can be found quickly and easily using tools such as
Google, the problem is often not a lack of content, but rather the
volumes of stale and ...
Wikipedia has no articles
Wikipedia has no articles
02/01/2005 09:09 PMI have been corrected by the estimable SJ Klein for referring to
Wikipedia as "the Wikipedia." I stand corrected and will attempt to
avoid mistake next time. I hope I have not caused Wikipedia any the
distress....
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