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'Wiki Dad' Leroy Smith Uses Wikipedia To Help His Wife Give Birth
Leroy Smith, 29, used a Wikipedia page with instructions on how to deliver a baby to help his wife give birth. The couple living in Leytonstone, East London, was waiting for midwife to arrive when Smith's wife Emma went into labour. Smith followed Wikipedia instructions on... 
Ron Livingston Suing Wikipedia Editor For Invasion Of Privacy
Actor Ron Livingston has filed a lawsuit against an anonymous Wikipedia editor who has continuously been altering Livingston's profile information. The anonymous person has reportedly been posting information...
Wikipedia's future in doubt? 49,000 volunteers leave site
" Wikipedia’s future has been put in doubt as 49,000 volunteer editors left the site in the space of three months. By comparison, only 4,900 volunteers left the site last year in the same period of time. The... 
Vatican Bishops Gather To Learn Internet Skills From Top Techies
Representatives from Google, YouTube, Wikipedia and Facebook have gathered in Vatican City today, not for a sermon or liturgy, but to give Vatican officials a lecture on the use of Internet and new media. During a four-day conference which started today, Vatican officials... 
Stallman, the Swedish Pirate Party, and copyleft
A few days ago, Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation published an op-ed to the GNU project's website, in which he criticized the copyright views of the Swedish Pirate Party, which had recently... 
Conservatives hate Obama more than they love the USA
We saw that with the spontaneous outburst of gratitude when Chicago lost the Olympic bid - but where do you go to see these actions in print? Salon.com tells us."Liberal bias can be found in the unlikeliest of places these days, and it's often the people you'd least suspect... 
Wikipedia Colour Codes Content To Gauge Trustworthiness
To help users navigate through its sea of content, Wikipedia is introducing new functionality called WikiTrust. Now, questionable content will be possible to spot visually. Two criteria will define the... 242 views | 74 recommendations | 6 comments
Wikipedia grows up, changes editorial policy
From San Fransico Business Times, August 25, 2009: "The popular and ubiquitous online encyclopedia Wikipediaplans to change the way people contribute to some of its entries. The site, run by... 
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Wikipedia Launches Page Controls To Check Facts
Wikipedia is changing how members contribute to online articles. The current system allows anyone to write and edit articles without revision, but will in the future require articles about people and certain organizations to be checked by an editor before they get published. ...
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Moshe explores the meanings of Cyberpsychology. Where do we go with all of this technology and what do we do with it to better understand ourselves and the world around us. " By Rabbi DR. Moshe Dror It seems to me that much of the writing that I read dealing with information... -1.jpg){kind=small}
Wikipedia painting row escalates
" The battle over Wikipedia's use of images from a British art gallery's website has intensified. The online encyclopaedia has accused the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) of betraying its public service mission. ... 
Wikipedia to Get Video Soon
Within the next few months, Wikipedia will get video. Editors will be able to add video elements to articles in the same way they can currently add photos. This also includes a push to get some of the widely-visible videos owned by larger media companies into the public... 
Wolfram Alpha - Interesting competition for Google and Wikipedia?
"In a talk at Harvard Law School, Stephen Wolfram, a well-known mathematician, scientist and entrepreneur, gave a demonstration of his soon-to-be released Web service which promises to answer all sorts of questions.... 
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Activist Editors at Wikipedia Censor 'Active Thermitic Material'
Activist editors at Wikipedia have changed the name of the "World Trade Center Controlled Demolition Hypothesis" page to "World Trade Center Demolition Conspiracy Theories", are removing all links to the paper... 
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