Wikipedia has turned 10 - as I'm sure you've heard by now. Like all good organisations celebrating an anniversary, it is engaging in a little navel-gazing - and discovering some interesting things. To wit ... Yesterday the thoughtful Stefanie of So many books emailed me an article from The New York Times because she remembered … Continue reading Wikipedia wants YOU (if you’re a woman)
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If you look up Wikipedia…
Back in June I wrote a post on Wikipedia's fairly rapid rise over the last two years in the credibility stakes ... about how it is even being cited as a source by Aunty ABC (Australia's government-backed broadcaster, for my overseas readers). Well, it has risen even higher than that now. Yesterday, the minister conducting … Continue reading If you look up Wikipedia…
More on blogging, images and copyright
Those of you who have read my very early posts will know that copyright on images is an important issue for me - it's why I often don't have a lot of images on my posts, much as I'd like to. I'm sure that it won't be long before the whole copyright situation is blown … Continue reading More on blogging, images and copyright
Using Wikipedia
There has been a great change in the reputation of Wikipedia in the two years since I started calling myself a Wikipedian. Two years ago, whenever Wikipedia was mentioned - particularly in the media, in academic circles, by the "intelligentsia" - it was accompanied by a snide remark or derogatory tone. Suddenly, though, I am … Continue reading Using Wikipedia
Notes from a Wikipedian
Two years ago I made my first edit in Wikipedia ... and got hooked. You see, as a young teenager I decided I wanted to write an encyclopedia. I did start one, but didn't get very far. Life got in the way as I recollect. As with several of my early dreams, however, life has … Continue reading Notes from a Wikipedian
Whispering Gums 