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Wikipedia is the ultimate web success story, something made possible by the internet and one of the big examples of why the internet is so great. But the internet is only great if you can use it, which, even in the most developed parts of the world, is not always possible.
That shouldn't stop you from accessing... |
10 April 2012
09:05 GMT |
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Wikimedia, the foundation behind Wikipedia, has announced one of its largest undertakings to date and the first new big project since 2006, Wikidata. Wikidata, as the name suggests, aims to be a Wikipedia for data, or, alternatively, a way for information stored by Wikimedia to act more like a database than an encycl... |
31 March 2012
10:11 GMT |
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Google has announced the list of open source projects that have been accepted in its Summer of Code program. As always, interest was high, but Google narrowed down the list to 180 projects. Students can now pick their favorite and apply to be a part of the program this year. "After reviewing 406 applications, we hav... |
17 March 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Wikipedia is going ahead with plans to take down the entire English site in protest to the SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy bills. The English Wikipedia will be inaccessible for a full day on January 18th, not just for those in the US, but globally.
Wikipedia argues that this is needed to raise awareness of the issues and ... |
17 January 2012
06:04 GMT |
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Wikipedia has announced that it has ended its yearly fundraising campaign and that, yet again, it has managed to blow past last year's results. The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia and a number of associated sites, has raised more than $20 million at the end of 2011 in the campaign that runs for a litt... |
3 January 2012
04:56 GMT |
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Wikipedia has gotten a reputation of not being particularly newbie friendly. This isn't exactly unwarranted, the Wikipedia higher-ups can sometimes be unfriendly and strict and the editing interface is daunting for most people.
Wikipedia is not promising anything on the former, but it is working on a WYSIWYG ed... |
14 December 2011
04:11 GMT |
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Wikipedia is getting ready to adopt web fonts for its pages. Far from being a cosmetic choice, the idea is to enable everyone online to read and write content in their own languages. Most local fonts, used by websites, offer little or no support for non-Western scripts, and this has been stifling web adoption in many... |
12 December 2011
11:22 GMT |
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Just like Google would tell you, any chance it gets, everyone is going mobile. Wikipedia, a top 10 website globally, is finally starting to focus more on the mobile version of its site and is even building an Android app.It's been working on a revamp of its site for smartphones and it's adding more features... |
5 December 2011
13:51 GMT |
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Wikipedia has kicked off this year's fundraising campaign and it's putting the lessons learned in the previous years to good use. This week, Wikipedia has changed the banner showing up on top of every page urging people to give something back, with a message from Wikipedia programmer (his job title is actua... |
28 November 2011
10:57 GMT |
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By now, you've probably noticed that Wikipedia is running its yearly fundraising campaign again. And, just like before, this means that you'll be seeing a lot of Jimmy Wales, the cofounder of Wikipedia, for the next month or so.
Don't worry though, the headshots do change from time to time, so you won... |
21 November 2011
10:24 GMT |
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Wikipedia has kicked off its yearly fund raising campaign in which it urges readers to donate a small sum to keep the site going for another year. The campaign started rather well, especially since Wikimedia, the foundation that runs Wikipedia and its sister sites, got $500,000, €370,000 right of the bat from th... |
19 November 2011
05:50 GMT |
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Wikipedia is finally getting around to expanding beyond the site and also on modernizing the experience. And, just like with everything else about the site, Wikimedia, the foundation that runs Wikipedia and other related projects, is asking for help from volunteers.Specifically, it's working on a app version of ... |
25 October 2011
04:10 GMT |
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Wikimedia, the organization behind the very popular Wikipedia, has a rather tough task on its hands, it has to maintain one of the top ten websites on the planet with little funding and relying mostly on volunteers.Making improvements for the site can be a tough job, which is why the group is asking for outside help.... |
24 October 2011
10:45 GMT |
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Wikipedia is one of the largest websites on the planet and most people rely on it quite often. But the site has no direct revenue stream, it's run by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization. There are no ads, no subscriptions, no nothing, so the site relies solely on donations to survive.Now, the sit... |
7 October 2011
13:31 GMT |
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Wikipedia has made a big move towards more secure, or at least more private browsing, by enabling HTTPS connections for the entire site. All Wikimedia wikis are included in the update as well.What this means is that users will be able to browse the online encyclopedia via an encrypted connection and not worry about o... |
3 October 2011
17:51 GMT |
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Despite some serious problems that are beginning to surface, the DigiNotar hack is a great example, switching to encrypted web connections, via HTTPS is a great idea for any website. Google, Facebook, Twitter and others have led the way, but more are following.
Wikimedia, the organization behind the massively popu... |
28 September 2011
08:20 GMT |
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Wikipedia is a great resource and the amount of content is impressive, but there is always more to be done and added. Unfortunately, there is little to encourage new editors to start creating new stuff and even less to encourage them to continue. The bright minds at Wikipedia believe that all you need is love which i... |
25 June 2011
08:51 GMT |
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An in-house Wikipedia study revealed that editors contribute to the site mainly because of their passion for freely available information. The report also showcased that men, compared to women are still the main contributors to Wikipedia's knowledge-base.During the month of April, Wikimedia, the foundation that ... |
11 June 2011
08:34 GMT |
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Wikipedia is one of the few constants of the web, or at least that's how it appears on the surface. While the site has only been around for 10 years, it's hard to imagine the web without it and we constantly rely on it without even noticing.But things do change at Wikipedia as well, just not as fast as with... |
10 May 2011
11:51 GMT |
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A Wikimedia study shows that almost 40% of all new Wikipedia contributors get negative feedback on their first edits. The percentage excludes users that got banned for spam, vandalism or registering multiple accounts.The study analyzed a random batch of user edits made to talk pages for new users on English Wikipedia... |
4 May 2011
12:07 GMT |
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For quite some time now, Wikipedia has faced a couple of problems, less new editors, and poor quality content. A new study, albeit a relatively small scale one, shows that none of these problems may be as big as it may seem."Increasing participation is one of the top five priorities in our strategic plan. But when we... |
18 April 2011
06:30 GMT |
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Wikipedia has managed to raise the $16 million in donations it set out to less than two months ago. The site's most ambitious goal to date was reached in record time and Wikipedia and its sister sites should be well funded for 2011. As an added benefit, we can finally enjoy a Wikipedia without Jimmy Wales' ... |
3 January 2011
05:39 GMT |
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Wikipedia has made it official, this year's fundraiser is underway. And if you thought last year's goal of $7.5 million, a $1.5 million increase of the previous year's one, was ambitious, Wikipedia is aiming for the fences in 2010, trying to raise $16 million for the site's 10-year anniversary. "T... |
15 November 2010
04:46 GMT |
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Wikipedia has kicked off 2010's donation campaign and this year the Wikimedia foundation is sticking to what works best, a personal message from the site and foundation's founder Jimmy Wales. The foundation hasn't made any announcement yet, but the banner has been live, in places around the world, at l... |
13 November 2010
05:46 GMT |
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Wikipedia has been pushing video content for the past few months encouraging contributors to add video data to entries. It recently rolled out a HTLM5 video editor for use on the site. Apparently, Wikipedia's actions proved successful, so much so that the site is now worrying about the all the bandwidth video co... |
27 September 2010
08:56 GMT |
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Support for video files on Wikipedia has been "coming" for quite some time now, but, just like most Wikipedia projects, progress has been rather slow. While the platform now fully supports video content, adoption has been slow. There are plans to raise awareness of the feature and the new HMTL5 web-based video sequen... |
24 September 2010
05:20 GMT |
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Wikipedia is currently experiencing problems and can be unavailable at times. The site has tracked down the issue to a filled-up hard drive and is currently looking at ways to resolve this. “At 10:57 UTC, the master database server for s3 (the cluster that holds most of our wikis) had a full disk and stopped wr... |
7 August 2010
07:40 GMT |
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Wikipedia is no stranger to all manner of lawsuits. Being one of the largest websites in the world and relying exclusively on contributors for content has its risks. But getting a notice from a British museum is one thing, getting one from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation is quite another. Surprisingly tho... |
3 August 2010
06:06 GMT |
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Wikipedia is one of the most popular websites in the world, yet, unlike pretty much every other website its size, it has no direct revenue. Operated by Wikimedia, a non-profit organization, all of the site’s funding comes from donations. Operating a top 10 site is not cheap, though, and Wikimedia has struggled ... |
10 July 2010
05:59 GMT |
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People wanting to visit Wikipedia, or any other site associated with the Wikimedia foundation which runs the online encyclopedia, several hours ago were greeted by an error message. All the sites, including the top ten web destination Wikipedia, were down due to what were later revealed to be power failures at its da... |
5 July 2010
05:42 GMT |
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One of Wikipedia’s biggest advantages, the ability for anyone to edit any page, is also one of its biggest drawbacks. The site is constantly facing vandalism or users with personal agendas. Trying to keep the content on the site objective is a daunting task and some of the more controversial pages and topics ar... |
15 June 2010
10:23 GMT |
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Wikipedia is getting ready to roll out a major redesign that has been in the works for over a year now. There are plenty of changes, among the most noticeable are the brand-new theme, a much-needed refresh over the current aging design, a revamped logo and plenty of usability changes. The redesign has been in testin... |
13 May 2010
09:16 GMT |
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Wikipedia is getting ready to launch a redesign that has been in the works for several months now. The new theme, dubbed Vector, is much more pleasing to the eye than the current design, but is also more ergonomic and focuses on several things that should make the site easier to use. The new theme will be rolled out ... |
26 March 2010
05:10 GMT |
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Videos on Wikipedia have been an option for some time now but so far adoption has been pretty slow and the vast majority of Wikipedia entries don't have any video files associated. This is the reason why the Open Video Alliance and other parties are launching a campaign, called "Let’s Get Video on Wikipedi... |
18 March 2010
11:34 GMT |
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Wikipedia is in the midst of its sixth annual fund raiser to keep the site going. Run by the Wikimedia foundation, a non-profit organization, and with no revenue source of any kind, Wikipedia relies solely on donations to finance its operations and pay its 35 employees. The 2009 fund raiser has been running for more... |
18 December 2009
05:28 GMT |
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Wikipedia has grown to become by far the biggest encyclopedia in the world, with over three million articles, one of the top ten sites online and the first place where many people look for information. Its huge growth in popularity is in no small part due to its egalitarian nature and the fact that everyone could edi... |
25 August 2009
07:02 GMT |
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