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Archive for November, 2009

Wikipedia: We?re Not Losing Contributors! - Webmaster Forum

Posted in Wikipedia on November 30, 2009

According to research conducted by Felipe Ortega at Libresoft, a research group at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, Wikipedia suffered a net.

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IPBiz: Wikipedia as a valuable source of plagiarism?

Posted in Wikipedia on November 30, 2009

Wikipedia remains one of the most popular sites on the web and is valuable source of plagiarism for every homework-hating student! Over 14 million articles have been published, it’s normally at the top of Google searches, and receives …

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encyclopaedia Wikipedia “lost” 49000 of its volunteer editors

Posted in Wikipedia on November 30, 2009

OnlineSource: Wikipedia in the first three months of 2009, University research suggests. The figure compares with a loss of 4900 over the same period i…

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Wikipedia Future Questioned as Volunteers Flee | Voxy.co.nz

Posted in Wikipedia on November 30, 2009

Wikipedia Future Questioned as Volunteers FleeMillions has used Wikipedia but far fewer have created content for Wikipedia and the usefulness of Wikipedia could be undermined as thousands of volunteer researchers abandon the site.

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Who2.com - Who2 Editorial Blog: Wikipedia Drops Rachel Uchitel Page

Posted in Wikipedia on November 30, 2009

Uchitel had a Wikipedia page earlier, but a visit today at 5:20 pm Eastern time shows this screen instead: Key line: “This page has been deleted. The deletion and move log for the page are provided below for reference.” …

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Is Wikipedia Decaying or Growing Up? | gnovis

Posted in Wikipedia on November 30, 2009

In the Wall Street Journal, the article titled “Volunteers Log off as Wikipedia Ages” (subscription only) reports on statistics showing the rapid decline of active Wikipedians (volunteer editors of Wikipedia). “In the first three months …

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Struggling Wikipedia sheds thousands of editors | ComputerWorld

Posted in Wikipedia on November 30, 2009

Research has shown that almost 50000 editors left online encyclopedia Wikipedia in the first quarter of this year: 10 times the number who deserted the site in the same period of 2008.

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Madhawa's Blogs: Will a Lack of Editors Affect Wikipedia Accuracy?

Posted in Wikipedia on November 30, 2009

Wikipedia is a very useful site for anyone looking to find information on any given topic. Chances are that you have used it for research at one time or another. Even if you don’t start by going directly to Wikipedia, results from the …

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Wehr in the World: Wikipedia in trouble? [charts]

Posted in Wikipedia on November 30, 2009

This is believed to be a result of increased bureaucracy to prevent errors — such as the death of Senator Edward Kennedy being announced prematurely — and the sense that Wikipedia is now part of the establishment. …

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Geegles: Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales denies site is 'losing' thousands

Posted in Wikipedia on November 30, 2009

The study, conducted by Felipe Ortega at Libresoft, a research group at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, analysed the editing history of more than three million active Wikipedia contributors in ten different languages. …

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