Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-02-04/In the news
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the news
- By Enochlau, February 4, 2008
Wikipedia could deliver to charities
Wikipedia philanthropy - An Internet entrepreneur has claimed that Wikipedia could be an even greater force for good by turning the Wikimedia Foundation into a for-profit entity and giving the profits to charitable organisations. In a conservative estimate, Wikipedia has enough traffic to generate $100 million by collaborating with an advertising network.
Other mentions
Other recent mentions in the online press include:
- Team 4: See How Govt. Employees Waste Time On Web - Government employees have been caught editing Wikipedia at work, on articles mostly unrelated to government business.
- Dvorak: Wikipedia Just Gets Better, Despite All Odds - "Are we at the peak of some golden age of information access that we'll never see again?"
- 'Lolita' bed set for girls withdrawn - Woolworths employees in Britain learn about Lolita from Wikipedia, after unwittingly giving a girls' bed set that name. (Such blunders are not uncommon, e.g., IKEA#Product names.)
|
|
||
| Also this week: 2007 in review — Newsroom use — WikiWorld — News and notes — In the news — Tutorial — Dispatches — Features and admins — Technology report — Arbitration report |
||
|
|
||
| (← Previous In the news) | Signpost archives | (Next In the news→) |
|
|
||
