Wikipedia Needs Help To Keep Growing
News Routine server administration by volunteers works OK now, but as our traffic continues to double, we need more people," said Wales. The team running Wikipedia has urged the open source development community to lend their support to help the...
[March 1, 2005, 14:40]
Wikipedia: Fitting The Open Source Framework
News The online encyclopaedia Wikipedia is often referred to as an open source project because it is written, edited and policed by a global group of volunteers. However, the open source label doesn't really fit Wikipedia.
[December 13, 2005, 13:55]
Wikipedia Planning A DVD Version
News Wikipedia volunteers will also double-check articles to ensure there is no plagiarism or copyright violation. The Wikipedia Foundation hopes to sell an English version of Wikipedia on CD-ROM and DVD before the end of the year.
[April 7, 2005, 17:05]
Wikipedia Vows To Improve Quality
News The foundation has five full-time employees, but postings to Wikipedia are done by volunteers. Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has set the Wikimedia Foundation's sights on improving the quality of the online encyclopedia and expanding "free...
[August 7, 2006, 9:20]
Google May Host Encyclopedia Project
News Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia project written and edited by thousands of volunteers. The Wikimedia Foundation, the group behind the Wikipedia online encyclopedia project, said on Friday search giant Google has volunteered to host some of its...
[February 14, 2005, 16:50]
Wikipedia Under Fire
News When Wikipedia articles are first published, they show up on a special page, and volunteers — so-called new-page patrollers — monitor entries in their area of interest. For Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, last week was a tough one.
[December 5, 2005, 17:05]
The Visual Side Of Wikipedia
White Papers The name "Wikipedia" has been associated with terms such as collaboration, volunteers, reliability, vandalism, and edit-war. A survey conducted with image contributors to Wikipedia reveals key differences in collaborating around images as opposed...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Wikipedia Rival Takes To The Web
News The content, which has more than 1,100 articles as of this publication, includes imported Wikipedia articles that Citizendium volunteers and editors are in the process of "cleaning up" and outfitting with templates that track an article's status.
[March 27, 2007, 15:00]
