Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Wikipedia

  • News flash: Wikipedia isnt always correct. The online encyclopedias penchant for posting inaccuracies isnt helping U.S. Rep.
  • (Sun Sentinel)
  • A number of Web sites, including Wikipedia, have gone dark today in protest of SOPA and PIPA — two controversial bills currently under consideration in Congress.
  • (Washington Post)
  • So Wikipedia is unavailable today, and suddenly something seems wrong about the web. Where will you turn to to answer your daughter's question about whether there was ever a 47-star U.S.
  • (Wired News)
  • NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - With Wikipedia closed for business Wednesday in protest of anti-piracy legislation, media outlets such as the Washington Post, the Guardian and NPR are stepping in to fill the void.
  • (Reuters UK)
  • (RNN) - In a world without Wikipedia, social media users took to Twitter to create their own database of knowledge. @paulkerensa: The IV drip is named after Henry IV.
  • (WAFB.com)
  • Obviously lobbying and campaign contributions are important, but members of Congress still need to get 50 percent of the vote.
  • (CNBC)
  • I got really excited this morning. Looking up an artist online -- Rembrandt, if you want to know -- I noticed something different. As usual, the first item offered was his Wikipedia entry.
  • (Huffington Post)

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