Tag: wikipedia

Plagiarism Charges Against Rand Paul Could Hurt 2016 Presidency Chances
There is perhaps no topic that is preached more in college than plagiarism. The heinous act of plagiarism is hammered by professors so hard that some students become nervous writer...
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Wikipedia Shuts Down Hundreds Of Accounts For Paid Edits
Sue Gardner, the outgoing executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, announced today that over 250 Wikipedia accounts have been blocked or banned as editors investigate accusa...
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Doctors Decide They Need to Be the Ones Editing Medical Wikipedia Articles
Unless you're some sort of know-it-all who thinks that you can scour the internet and self-diagnose any ailment that might befall you, I bet that you prefer to get your medical adv...
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Listen To Wikipedia Brings Music To Page Edits
The idea of Wikipedia does not necessarily produce Zen-like feelings. A good resource for quick research, or a place to catch up on missed story arcs, perhaps, but tranquility is n...
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Wikimedia Plans To Beef Up Security Across Projects With HTTPS
The Wikimedia Foundation is working on making its projects more secure to protect users' privacy. As one can imagine, there are plenty of technological obstacles that the found...
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Wikipedia Finally Gets Mobile Editing
The Wikimedia Foundation announced today that it has finally added the ability to edit Wikipedia from mobile devices. Historically, you've only been able to do so from the desktop....
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Siri Gets More Knowledge Graph-Like With Wikipedia, Bing
While demonstrating iOS 7 at the Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple announced some new Siri features. Among them, integration of Bing web search results. Siri has a new int...
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Wikipedia Adds ‘Nearby’ Feature To Surface Location-Relevant Content
The Wikimedia Foundation announced today the addition of a new Nearby feature designed to help users discover articles about subjects relevant to their location. It's available for...
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Jimmy Wales Is A Game Of Thrones Fan, But Not A Fan Of Its Distribution
Like many people on the Internet, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is a fan of Game of Thrones. He's not the biggest fan of how the show is distributed, however. Wales is frequent...
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Wikimedia Launches Wikimedia Commons App For Android, iOS
The Wikimedia Foundation announced the launch of a new app for Android and iOS, which allows you to quickly upload photos to to Wikimedia Commons, its free image repository. Th...
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Wikipedia and Other Wikimedia Sites See 500M+ Uniques a Month
Wikimedia sites, which include Wikipedia, Wikionary, Wikibooks, Wikimedia Commons, Wikiquote, and nearly a dozen more,...
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Download All Of Wikipedia Onto Your Android Device
Wikipedia suggests that you download the entirety of the website on your Android device using an app called Kiwix. The Wikimedia foundation posted to its blog today, recommendi...
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Jimmy Wales Engages In Chuck Norris Humor On Quora
On Quora, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales reveals a lot of interesting insight into what makes Jimmy Wales tick. One time, we learned that...
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Wikipedia Now Lets You Upload Photos From Mobile
Wikipedia announced that it is now letting mobile users add images to articles. If you're browsing Wikipedia from your mobile browser, and come across an article without an image,...
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Sue Gardner To Depart Wikimedia Foundation, ‘Uncomfortable’ With Where Internet Is Heading
Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation (the organization that runs Wikipedia) announced today that she is stepping away from her position. She's not leaving ri...
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