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Wikipedia Sued For Libel

A literary agent is suing the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia contributors for negative comments, but Wikimedia says it's not liable for user-generated content.Barbara Bauer filed a lawsuit in New Jersey Superior Court alleging that the Wikimedia Foundation is liable for postings that called her one of the "Dumbest of the twenty worst" agents, who has "no documented sales at all."

Healthy-Looking Baidu Pushes Wikipedia Alternative

Yahoo this, Microsoft that - it's enough to make you move to China.  Or at least look at China-centric news, in which Baidu is generating headlines for both succeeding financially and pushing its own version of Wikipedia.

Wikipedia Defers To Google

UPDATE 4/9/08: Seems there was some confusion sparked by this piece, which is, at best, a muddled, meandering, word-labyrinth posing as an unconventional, smart-alecky essay on web journalism/blogging. That's okay, any reader would find himself in good company lost amid my verbose effluvia. For crying out loud, I used a word like "bildungsroman" and made references not just to Roman mythology but also to an obscure Persian king 3,500 years dead.

Wikimedia Foundation Takes In $500,000 Gift

If you've been worried about the survival of everyone's favorite online encyclopedia, fear not - the Wikimedia Foundation recently received a $500,000 donation.

Post-Wikipedia Hotspots

The act of visiting Wikipedia isn't too shocking at this point.  We all do it.  But an interesting new Hitwise report looks at where the average American goes next.

Music Fans Look To Wikipedia For Band Information

When searching for information about an artist online the first three results users see are the artist's official Web site, Wikipedia entry and MySpace page.

Sex, Lies, And Wikipedia

Before we get into this (and this is a guiltily delicious journey you may or may not decide to take), please consider what level of perfection you expect your Web icons—even the ones who refer to themselves as "spiritual leader"—to be on. While you're doing that, pretend he's not a Web icon, and decide what is forgivable in a regular (mortal) man.

Save The Internet

The fine folks over at SaveTheInternet.com are at it again.Thanks to Rep. Ed Markey the Net Neutrality issue is back on the table.

Wikipedia Entry Names Steve Ballmer As Some Guy's Dad

How much do you trust Wikipedia?  Because, for whatever it's worth, Steve Ballmer briefly became "Rob Dunbar's Dad" on the user-edited encyclopedia.

Wikipedia Sparks Controversy Over Muhammad

According to the International Herald Tribune, the depiction of Prophet Muhammad in Wikipedia’s article on the subject has triggered an online petition.