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Archive for July 17th, 2009

WanderingSalsero: Do you use Wikipedia very much?

Posted in Wikipedia on July 17, 2009

This has zero to do with salsa (not directly anyway)…..but, do you use www.wikipedia.com ? It’s amazing to me how much good, reasonably precise information you can find over there very quickly. I was updating my profile on one of…

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Editing Wikipedia for Mandela Day « Open Education News

Posted in Wikipedia on July 17, 2009

Heather Ford has a new blog post on encouraging people to edit Nelson Mandela’s wikipedia entry on Mandela Day. The editing is set to take place on the Afrikaans Wikipedia on Saturday. From the blog post: The Afrikaans Wikipedia has a …

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Shared Kismet: Wikipedia and the NIH | Small Web Host

Posted in Wikipedia on July 17, 2009

The National Institutes of Health hosted a Wikipedia Academy today to train scientists, communications staff, and other NIH staffers in how to contribute to what has become a top source for health information in the U.S. (For more …

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Shared Kismet: Wikipedia and the NIH | e-Patients.net

Posted in Wikipedia on July 17, 2009

The National Institutes of Health hosted a Wikipedia Academy today to train scientists, communications staff, and other NIH staffers in how to contribute to.

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Wapedia – New Wikipedia On Mobile | Microments

Posted in Wikipedia on July 17, 2009

Today, everyone and their neighbor have heard about Wikipedia and use it frequently to get information on just about any subject. But if you have ever tried.

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NanoGuru: Take wikipedia offline

Posted in Wikipedia on July 17, 2009

The Wikimedia Foundation has set up an offline Wikipedia version themselves understanding this need. The English version with a collection of about 2000 pages can be had in the form of a CD (an ISO file). …

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Environmentally Friendly Carpet – BedZED – Wikipedia, the free

Posted in Wikipedia on July 17, 2009

BedZED - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaBeddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED) is an environmentally-friendly-housing development near Wallington,

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Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Pirate Party of the United

Posted in Wikipedia on July 17, 2009

jackjames posted 13 min 3 sec ago — Some sources in case they become notable and someone writes the article New page Some sources in case they…

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Beet.TV: Get Ready for Video on Wikipedia: Al Jazeera Has Started

Posted in Wikipedia on July 17, 2009

Although video has been on Wikipedia in a limited way for the past two years, it is poised to take-off with the recent introduction of Firefox 3.5 along with other imminent developments, we have learned. Over the next few months…

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Wikipedia's Gallery guy hung up to dry? | dv8-designs

Posted in Wikipedia on July 17, 2009

Facing up to National Portrait Gallery Exclusive Wikimedia Foundation says it’s standing behind Wikipedia contributor Derrick Coetzee in his defence against.

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