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Pakistan blocks Wikipedia for seven hours
More coverage of Britannica and Nature
Nature has published an editorial, titled "Britannica attacks... and we respond.", commenting on last week's dispute between Encyclopædia Britannica and Nature over the accuracy of their December comparison of Britannica and Wikipedia. The debate continued to receive some coverage in the media:
- "Encyclopedia Wars Heat Up", CBS News
- "Britannica lashes back at comparison to Wikipedia", Rocky Mountain News, Colorado, USA
- "Britannica bites back in Wikipedia row", Silicon.com
Overviews
- "Wikipedia world: Popular online site is used by everyone — but how accurate are the articles?", Home News Tribune, New Jersey, USA
- "Wikipedia hits million articles", The Black & White, Maryland, USA (mentions longstanding vandalism of Walker, Texas Ranger article)
- "Enter at your own risk: We put Wikipedia to the test", Grand Forks Herald, North Dakota/Minnesota, USA (intentional vandalism, some caught, some not)
- "Is it possible to tell who wrote certain articles in the Wikipedia?", Inside Bay Area
Wikia finds investors
Wikia (formerly Wikicities), a for-profit company founded by Jimbo Wales and Angela Beesley but completely separate from Wikipedia, has acquired over $4 million in venture capital from various investors. See "Wikipedia founder goes commercial", MarketWatch.
Also this week: Bureaucrats resign — April Fools' — News and notes — Press coverage — Features and admins — B.R.I.O.N. — T.R.O.L.L.
