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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: online encyclopedia

online encyclopedia stories: 7 news summaries

 Contributors Flee 
 Wikipedia's Stricter Rules 

Effort to combat bias, vandalism has thinned ranks by 49K

Nov 23, 09 10:18 AM CST
(Newser) - In an attempt to rein in the lawlessness and veiled opinion running rampant among its volunteer editors, Wikipedia may have shot itself in the foot. In the first 3 months of this year, there's been something of a stampede of contributors exiting the crowdsourced online encyclopedia, leading to a net... More »

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Internet • Wikipedia • Web 2.0 • editor • online encyclopedia • restrictions • rules • crowdsourcing • contributor • participation

(Newser) - After riding its users to popularity, Wikipedia is now moving to rein them in, the New York Times reports, by mandating editorial review for articles about living people. The feature, called “flagged revisions,” means an experienced editor will check updates to the free, user-generated online encyclopedia. The change... More »

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Wikipedia • editor • encyclopedia • online encyclopedia • Wikimedia

  Europe's Culture 
 Gets Virtual Backup 

EU plans to digitize 10,000 artifacts

Oct 22, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - European culture is going digital. Priceless items such as the Magna Carta, the Mona Lisa, and the Gutenberg Bible will eventually be accessible worldwide for free on “Europeana,” an online encyclopedia funded by the European Union. It plans to match Google Library Project’s 10 million artifacts by... More »

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Google • European Union • Magna Carta • Mona Lisa • online encyclopedia • digitizing • Google Library Project • Europeana • Gutenberg Bible

Author Shares
a Bit of 'Knol'
on Google

Writers finds
system 'intuitive,'
but pages look 'dull'

Jul 27, 08 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now that Google has launched its "Knol" option to Wikipedia that allows people to pen articles on topics, CNET writer Elinor Mills takes a stab at being one of the site's experts. Google's offering has a key difference to Wikipedia: the writer of a Knol entry has near total... More »

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Google • Wikipedia • knol • online encyclopedia

Google Unveils Wikipedia Rival

Experts replace anonymous writers
in search king's
online encylopedia

Jul 24, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Could Wikipedia's assassin be lurking behind a Knol? Google opened up its online encyclopedia with articles—or "units of knowledge" Google calls "Knols"—to the public today, featuring major differences from its well-established rival. The  pieces are written by experts and their names are highlighted, in marked... More »

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Google • Internet • Wikipedia • knol • online encyclopedia • Knol

New Site Wants Your Wikipedia Rejected Bio

Biographicon invites the real average Joes to tell their tales

Apr 2, 08 9:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - While Wikipedia may promote itself as an encyclopedia of, for, and by the people, anybody who's had his stint as autobiographer cut short by the infamous "notability" requirement knows the site to be otherwise. Or so hope the creators of startup Biographicon, a website that invites the nobodies of... More »

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Internet • Wikipedia • Facebook • biography • autobiography • online encyclopedia • Biographicon

Google Takes On Wikipedia

Online encyclopedia is in beta testing

Dec 14, 07 4:40 PM CST
(Newser) - The company is developing a collaborative online encyclopedia, called the "knol project," that will allow contributors to earn money by including Google ads on their pages. Google won't edit content, but will give high search ranking to entries it considers high quality, reports CNET. Users will also be... More »

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Google • Wikipedia • encyclopedia • knol • online encyclopedia

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