User:Stevie Benton (WMUK)/Sandbox: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(Create for testing) |
(+1 - not sure what the best format could be) |
||
(115 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
==List of press coverage from August | ==List of press coverage from August 2014 onwards== | ||
Suggestions on how to display this in a more useful fashion very welcome! | |||
===Wikimania=== | ===Wikimania=== | ||
{{Collapse top}} | |||
*Ground Report: [http://groundreport.com/the-wikipedia-convention-and-amanda-knox-2/ The Wikipedia Convention and Amanda Knox] | *Ground Report: [http://groundreport.com/the-wikipedia-convention-and-amanda-knox-2/ The Wikipedia Convention and Amanda Knox] | ||
Line 139: | Line 142: | ||
*The Next Web [http://thenextweb.com/media/2013/07/22/wikimedias-annual-wikimania-conference-is-coming-to-london-in-2014/ Wikimedia’s annual Wikimania conference is coming to London in 2014] | *The Next Web [http://thenextweb.com/media/2013/07/22/wikimedias-annual-wikimania-conference-is-coming-to-london-in-2014/ Wikimedia’s annual Wikimania conference is coming to London in 2014] | ||
*Guardian [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/01/armenia-wikipedia-entry-promote-language-culture Armenians asked to write Wikipedia entries to promote culture] (This project has a slot on the wikimania meetups list.) | *Guardian [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/01/armenia-wikipedia-entry-promote-language-culture Armenians asked to write Wikipedia entries to promote culture] (This project has a slot on the wikimania meetups list.) | ||
{{Collapse bottom}} | |||
===Wikipedia and Wikimedia related (key stories only)=== | |||
{{Collapse top}} | |||
*Wikipedia emerges as trusted internet source for Ebola information http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/business/media/wikipedia-is-emerging-as-trusted-internet-source-for-information-on-ebola-.html] | |||
*WilliamFry.ie [http://www.williamfry.ie/publication-article/monkey_business_over_copyright_dispute.aspx Monkey business over copyright dispute] | |||
*ibtimes.co.uk [http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nude-celebrity-hacking-scandal-jennifer-lawrences-nude-pics-surface-wikipedia-page-1469130 Nude Celebrity Hacking Scandal: Jennifer Lawrence's Nude Pics Surface on Wikipedia Page] | |||
*Cosmopolitan.co.uk [http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/entertainment/news/a30266/jennifer-lawrences-wikipedia-nude-photos/ Jennifer Lawrence's Wikipedia page trolled with nude photos] | |||
(Note - this story appeared many, many times and since it is not a Wikimedia UK story there is little value repeating all instances here) | |||
*Liverpool Echo [http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/im-not-bungle-mersey-politicians-7957535 'I'm not Bungle': Mersey politician's denial after Wikipedia prank] | |||
*Daily Mail [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2798989/i-m-not-bungle-insists-ukip-deputy-leader-internet-pranksters-edit-wikipedia-page-claim-starred-70s-children-s-tv-rainbow.html I'm NOT Bungle, insists UKIP deputy leader after internet pranksters edit his Wikipedia page to claim he starred in 70s children's TV show Rainbow] | |||
*The Poke [UKIP Chief Forced To Deny He Played Bungle in Rainbow http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2014/10/19/ukip-chief-forced-to-deny-he-played-bungle-in-rainbow/] | |||
(This story appeared in several other outlets) | |||
*UK Progressive [http://www.ukprogressive.co.uk/you-can-look-it-up-the-wikipedia-story/article31310.html You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story] | |||
*LSE blog [http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2014/10/16/wikipedias-open-content-production-platform-creates-significant-spillover-benefits-that-encourage-users-to-contribute-further/ Wikipedia’s open content production platform creates significant spillover benefits that encourage users to contribute further.] | |||
*Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/11153603/Polish-town-to-build-statue-honouring-Wikipedia.html Polish town to build statue honouring Wikipedia] | |||
*Independent [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/wikipedia-monument-to-be-built-in-poland-9787795.html Wikipedia monument to be built in Poland] | |||
(Note: this story received significant coverage, all in a similar vein. As it's not a WMUK story and we aren't quoted, there's little sense recording it here) | |||
*Huffington Post UK [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/10/13/nobel-prize-jean-tirole-economics-wikipedia_n_5975824.html Nobel Prize Winner Jean Tirole's Wikipedia Page Needs Some Tidying Up] | |||
*Liverpool Echo [http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/government-issues-new-wikipedia-rules-7966638 Government issues new Wikipedia rules for Whitehall staff after civil servant posted Hillsborough slurs] | |||
*Cambridge News [http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/New-Wikipedia-genome-data-access/story-23054739-detail/story.html New 'Wikipedia' for genome data access] | |||
*Daily Mail [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2818385/Nik-Wallenda-tightrope-Chicago-Twitter-Reaction.html Long headline but basically the story is about a man who walked on a high wire between two sky scrapers. During the walk someone edited his Wikipedia biography to say he had died.] | |||
*Metro [https://metro.co.uk/2014/11/05/kolo-toure-wikipedia-page-brilliantly-changed-to-reflect-liverpool-defenders-marking-of-cristiano-ronaldo-4936477/ Footballer Kolo Toure's Wikipedia article playfully amended after he plays well against Real Madrid. Yes, this is news. No, really.] | |||
*i100 [http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/the-weirdest-pages-wikipedia-has-ever-deleted--l1OsOqBtDl The weirdest Wikipedia pages ever deleted] | |||
*This is local London [http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/11577664.Details_from_former_MP___s_Wikipedia_page_mysteriously_removed/ Details from Wikipedia page of former Enfield North MP Joan Ryan mysteriously removed] | |||
*Daily Mail [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2823852/Someone-Congress-caught-editing-Wikipedia-page-hockey-legend-Wayne-Gretzky.html General story about people from US Congress editing Wikipedia. Sigh.] | |||
*BBC [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30021644 Wikipedia 'foresees virus outbreaks'] | |||
*Daily Mail [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2845448/Abraham-Lincoln-Muhammad-Ali-Bill-Gates-Charles-Manson-horse-Smithsonian-compiles-list-100-influential-Americans-algorithm-using-Wikipedia-pages.html Smithsonian works out 100 most influential Americans by Wikipedia page views] | |||
*Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/11231313/Russian-library-to-launch-web-rival-to-untrustworthy-Wikipedia.html Russian library to launch rival to "untrustworthy" Wikipedia] | |||
*British Council [http://blog.britishcouncil.org/2014/11/14/80-moments-that-changed-the-world-wikipedia/ 80 moments that shaped the world] - Creation of Wikipedia is ranked 47 | |||
*BBC News [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30058048 Russia plans alternative Wikipedia] | |||
*Channel 4 News [http://www.channel4.com/news/government-user-edits-wikipedia-page-to-smear-fifa-chief Government user edits Wikipedia to smear FIFA] | |||
*Truth-out.org [http://truth-out.org/news/item/27518-when-facebook-is-the-internet-zero-rating-and-the-global-net-neutrality-debate When Facebook Is the Internet: Zero-Rating and the Global Net Neutrality Debate] - piece critical of Wikipedia Zero and sets this in context against Facebook Zero etc | |||
*Washington Post [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/11/25/wikipedias-complicated-relationship-with-net-neutrality/ Wikipedia's complicated relationship with net neutrality] | |||
*Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11254146/Wikipedia-asks-French-help-to-explain-cheese-with-WikiCheese.html Wikipedia asks French help to explain cheese with WikiCheese] | |||
*Techcrunch [http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/26/firefox-redesigns-its-search-interface-ahead-of-yahoo-switch/ Firefox redesigns its search interface] - now includes one click results for Wikipedia | |||
*New Statesman [http://www.newstatesman.com/future-proof/2014/11/whos-whitehall-civil-servant-spending-hours-each-week-editing-footballers Who's the Whitehall civil servant who spends hours editing footballers' Wikipedia articles?] | |||
*Business Insider Australia [http://www.businessinsider.com.au/wikipedia-wants-its-users-to-buy-it-6000-worth-of-french-cheese-despite-sitting-on-27-million-in-cash-2014-12 Wikipedia Wants Its Users To Buy It $6000 Worth Of French Cheese Despite Sitting On $27 Million In Cash] | |||
*The Register [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/01/penniless_and_desperate_wikipedia_sits_on_60m_cash/ Wikipedia won't stop BEGGING for cash - despite sitting on $60m] | |||
*Culture24 [http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/craft/art508130-cornelia-parker-to-create-huge-wikipedia-inspired-replication-of-magna-carta-at-british-library Cornelia Parker to create huge Wikipedia inspired replication of Magna Carta at the British Library] | |||
*Live Science [http://www.livescience.com/48985-wikipedia-editing-gender-gap.html Wikipedia's gender problem gets a closer look] | |||
*Huffington Post [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/netha-hussain/rosie-stephenson-the-woma_b_6302636.html Rosie Stephenson, the woman who wrote over three thousand articles on Wikipedia] | |||
*Slate [http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/12/wikipedia_editing_disputes_the_crowdsourced_encyclopedia_has_become_a_rancorous.html Encyclopedia frown - Wikipedia is amazing but it’s become a rancorous, sexist, elitist, stupidly bureaucratic mess.] | |||
*Gizmodo [http://sploid.gizmodo.com/this-beautiful-galaxy-is-actually-a-stunning-visualizat-1669608275/+caseychan This beautiful galaxy is actually a stunning visualization of Wikipedia] | |||
*Telegraph (City Diary column) [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/citydiary/11288743/City-Diary-Under-pressure-Now-the-Walkie-Scorchie-whistles-too.html snippet criticises the WMF fundraising campaign as data held outside US and shared with partners] | |||
*Venture Beat [http://venturebeat.com/2014/12/16/google-plans-to-integrate-its-fact-database-freebase-into-wikimedias-wikidata/ Google plans to integrate its fact database - Freebase - into Wikidata] | |||
*Times Higher Education [http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/books/wikipedia-and-the-politics-of-openness-by-nathaniel-tkacz/2017640.article Book review of Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness, by Nathaniel Tkacz] | |||
*Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/jimmy-wales/11279169/Wikipedias-Jimmy-Wales-says-MPs-should-vote-electronically.html Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales says MPs should vote electronically] - comments are a bit of a mess... | |||
*BBC Radio 4 - excerpt from the Today programme [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02fvc91 Jimmy Wales speaks with Speaker of the House John Bercow about digital democracy] - sadly, no mention of our own project on this. | |||
*Digital Spy UK [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a617618/wikipedias-jimmy-wales-replies-to-gamergate-criticism.html#~p0vhWFXOXrQhvO Jimmy Wales responds to Gamer Gate criticism] | |||
*Venture Beat [http://venturebeat.com/2014/12/18/the-top-10-most-edited-wikipedia-articles-of-2014-contain-a-few-surprises/ The top 10 most edited Wikipedia articles of 2014: Ebola, Malaysia Airlines, and … some surprises] | |||
*Wikipedia year in review video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci0Pihl2zXY on YouTube] | |||
*qz.com [http://qz.com/322155/the-top-viewed-wikipedia-page-for-every-day-of-2014/ The top-viewed Wikipedia page for every day of 2014] | |||
*Gizmodo [http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/01/9-of-the-weirdest-wikipedia-pages-weve-ever-seen/ 9 Of The Weirdest Wikipedia Pages We've Ever Seen] | |||
*Huffington Post [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/14/strangest-wikipedia-entries_n_6463488.html 49 most entertaining Wikipedia entries ever] | |||
*Huffington Post [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/15/wikipedia-search-tips-tricks_n_6459096.html 13 ways to get the most from Wikipedia] | |||
*Anita Borg Institute [http://anitaborg.org/news/blog/how-to-edit-wikipedia-lessons-from-a-female-contributor/ How to Edit Wikipedia: Lessons from a Female Contributor] | |||
*Harvard Business School [http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/7689.html Which is more biased: Wikipedia or Britannica?] | |||
*Mirror [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/hundreds-anonymous-wikipedia-edits-made-5006043 Hundreds of anonymous Wikipedia edits made every month by a Government computer] | |||
*Guardian [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/23/wikipedia-bans-editors-from-gender-related-articles-amid-gamergate-controversy Wikipedia bans five editors from gender-related articles] - a view of the current ArbCom case related to the Gamer Gate controversy. This story was picked up elsewhere in many places. | |||
*St Petersburg Times [http://sptimes.ru/index_bp.php?action_id=2&story_id=41670§ion=4 Russia's education watchdog says Wikipedia should be banned] | |||
*BFI - [http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/day-we-teamed-wikipedia The day we teamed up with Wikipedia] coverage of a WMUK / BFI editathon | |||
*Inquisitr - [http://www.inquisitr.com/1786642/gamergate-wikipedia-ruling-bans-harassed-feminist-editors-outrage-ensues-videos/ GamerGate Wikipedia Ruling Bans Harassed Feminist Editors, Outrage Ensues] | |||
*The Verge - [http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/28/7927425/wikipedia-bans-gamergate-editors-violating-policies Wikipedia denies 'purging' feminist editors over Gamergate debate] - there's lots more coverage of the GamerGate case on English Wikipedia, not much of it reflects on WP well. | |||
*Times Higher Education [http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/books/wikipedia-u-knowledge-authority-and-liberal-education-in-the-digital-age-by-thomas-leitch/2018139.article Book review Wikipedia U: Knowledge, Authority and *Liberal Education in the Digital Age, by Thomas Leitch] | |||
*Refinery29 - [http://www.refinery29.com/2015/01/81418/sad-wikipedia-pages#slide A selection of Wikipedia articles featuring sad stories] | |||
*Washington Post (blog) - [http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/01/29/gamergate-wikipedia-and-the-limits-of-human-knowledge/ Gamergate, Wikipedia and the limits of human knowledge] - a thoughtful look at Gamergate and Wikipedia. More reflective than many, hence its inclusion here. | |||
*Fast Coexist - [http://www.fastcoexist.com/3041572/black-history-matters-so-why-is-wikipedia-missing-so-much-of-it Black History Matters, So Why Is Wikipedia Missing So Much Of It?] - a look at possible reasons why Wikipedia's coverage of black history is lacking. Inspired by an upcoming editathon in the US. | |||
*PLOS blogs - [http://blogs.plos.org/plos/2015/01/researchers-changing-way-respond-epidemics-wikipedia-twitt/ Researchers Changing the Way We Respond to Epidemics with Wikipedia and Twitter] - a look at how insights from things like Wikipedia searches and social media topics can help researchers predict things like disease outbreaks. | |||
*Daily Mail - [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2933982/Wikipedia-GPs-Half-doctors-online-help-diagnose-patients-quarter-want-health-apps-help-treat-sick.html Wikipedia GPs! Half of all doctors go online to help diagnose patients while a quarter want health apps to help treat the sick] Typical Daily Mail piece in which they manage to have a pop at Labour, Wikipedia, the NHS and everyone else. | |||
*Fast Company - [http://www.fastcompany.com/3041871/strong-female-lead/more-like-dude-ipedia-study-shows-wikipedias-sexist-bias More like Dude-Ipedia: study shows Wikipedia's sexist bias] Short but good piece taking a look at some computational linguistic analysis highlighting the nature and extent of Wikipedia's systemic bias. | |||
*Geek Wire [http://www.geekwire.com/2015/meet-man-ridding-wikipedia-comprised-one-edit-time Meet the man ridding Wikipedia of ‘comprised of,’ one edit at a time] | |||
*Guardian [http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/05/why-wikipedias-grammar-vigilante-is-wrong Why Wikipedia's grammar vigilante is wrong] - further coverage of the man who changes every instance of "comprises of" on Wikipedia. | |||
*Slate [http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2015/02/wikipedia_gamergate_scandal_how_a_bad_source_made_wikipedia_wrong_about.html Wikipedia chews up and spits out bad facts and its own policies are letting it happen] Good piece looking at GamerGate coverage, how original news coverage was wrong. Explains that WP policies mean that these incorrect pieces of coverage can now be used as references on Wikipedia for wrong information. | |||
*Mirror [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/wikipedia-beamed-space-aliens-can-5128699 Wikipedia to be beamed into space so aliens can learn about the human race] | |||
*Metro [http://metro.co.uk/2015/02/09/scientists-hope-to-contact-aliens-by-beaming-wikipedia-into-space-5054904/ Scientists hope to contact aliens by beaming Wikipedia into space] | |||
*Mashable {http://mashable.com/2015/02/06/right-to-be-forgotten-europe-only/ - Google advisory panel on Right to be Forgotten wants RTBF to be limited in scope] - Jimmy Wales is part of the panel. This story has attracted lots of coverage in smaller outlets but larger outlets seem to be a bit bored of the story. | |||
*Metro [http://metro.co.uk/2015/02/09/the-aliens-who-stumble-across-these-nine-wikipedia-pages-in-space-maybe-too-shocked-to-make-contact-5054989/ The aliens who stumble upon these Wikipedia articles may be too shocked to make contact] - follow up to the story a couple of rows above, providing an excuse to get some easy content highlighting odd Wikipedia articles. | |||
*Irish Times - [http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/wikipedia-editing-class-to-build-knowledge-of-irish-role-in-wwi-1.2103162 Wikipedia editing class to build knowledge of Irish role in WWI] | |||
*Daily Mail - [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2952260/The-scale-EU-right-forgotten-rules-revealed-Google-says-forced-delete-260-000-links-legislation-criticised-protecting-terrorists-criminals.html The scale of Right to be Forgotten, Google claims it has had to delete 260k search results] | |||
*Evolution News - [http://www.evolutionnews.org/2015/02/the_lincoln-dar093561.html The Lincoln-Darwin myth revisited] - piece about Abraham Lincoln's views on evolution and an edit war on Wikipedia. | |||
*Times Higher Education - [http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/wikipedia-should-be-better-integrated-into-teaching/2018486.article Wikipedia should be better integrated into teaching] - really useful piece that we can lean on about the use of Wikipedia, and its editing, by an academic. | |||
*STV Dundee [http://dundee.stv.tv/209731/ Join the campaign to improve coverage of women and art on Wikipedia] Short piece about an art+feminism editathon taking place in March | |||
*Quartz [http://qz.com/347227/wiki-wars-inside-the-increasingly-nasty-battle-for-wikipedias-soul/ Wiki Wars - inside the increasingly nasty battle for Wikipedia's soul] - a whistle stop tour of the furore over GameGate and the less interesting or important vandalism of Beck's article over the Grammys | |||
*PopMatters [http://www.popmatters.com/feature/190800-wikipedia-controversy-and-the-myth-of-neutrality/ Wikipedia controversy and the myth of neutrality] Thoughtful piece looking at GamerGate (does a good job) and the broader issue of communications in tech lacking neutrality (particularly in terms of gender). | |||
*Croydon Advertiser [http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/EXCLUSIVE-Aide-admits-removing-unfair-entry-MP-s/story-26052827-detail/story.html Aide admits removing 'unfair' entry on MP's Wikipedia page] An aide to an MP has removed a link to a satirical article in the MP's BLP. | |||
*Vox [http://www.vox.com/2015/2/23/8078973/hg-wells-wikipedia HG Wells predicted Wikipedia in 1937] | |||
*Sydney Morning Herald [http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sex-religion-and-john-howard-wikipedias-most-controversial-pages-20150224-13n084.html Sex, religion and John Howard - Wikipedia's most controversial pages] - retread of an old piece listing the most tendentious articles on Wikipedia. | |||
*Daily Mail [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2971822/John-Howard-ranks-world-s-controversial-topics-Wikipedia.html Retread of the SMH article, but with a headline covering five lines] | |||
*Financial Times [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f726eba-bb6f-11e4-b95c-00144feab7de.html Editors for hire on Wikipedia] Decent enough piece looking at paid editing | |||
*Wired (US version) [http://www.wired.com/2015/03/wikipedia-sexism/ Meet the editors fighting racism and sexism on Wikipedia] | |||
*Slate blog [http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/03/06/the_gamergate_wars_over_wikipedia_show_that_wikipedia_s_neutrality_measure.html On Wikipedia, GamerGate refuses to die] | |||
*Spectator {http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/steerpike/2015/03/mystery-surrounds-tory-mps-wikipedia-page/ Has a Tory MP been editing his own Wikipedia page?] Story about Calder Valley MP Craig Whittaker's staff editing his Wikipedia article from Parliament. | |||
*Independent [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/nypd-wikipedia-edits-see-the-most-alarming-changes-allegedly-made-by-police-to-online-articles-10106834.html NYPD Wikipedia edits - see the most alarming changes allegedly made to online articles] (There was a lot of international coverage of this story) | |||
*Independent [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/grant-shapps-adopts-another-pseudonym-the-mystery-of-his-middle-name-v-10113196.html Grant Shapps adopts another pseudonym - the mystery of his middle name "V"] | |||
*Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/11485976/The-BBC-could-have-checked-Wikipedia-for-the-truth-about-Cyclone-Pam.html The BBC could have checked Wikipedia for the truth about Cyclone Pam] | |||
*Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/debates/11500485/My-Wikipedia-page-is-completely-wrong-but-I-cant-be-caught-correcting-it.html My Wikipedia page is completely wrong but I can't be caught correcting it] | |||
*Comscore [http://www.comscore.com/Insights/Market-Rankings/comScore-Ranks-Top-UK-Digital-Media-Properties-for-February-2015 Top 20 most visited web properties in the UK for Feb 2015 - Wikipedia / WM sites rank 11th] | |||
*Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/11539958/How-much-can-we-trust-Wikipedia.html How much can we trust Wikipedia? Piece by Jamie Bartlett from Demos] | |||
*Time magazine [http://time.com/wikipedia/ Saving Wikipedia - feature about Lila Tretikov and the future direction of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation] | |||
*Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/11537719/University-Challenge-winner-Ted-Loveday-I-learned-my-answers-on-Wikipedia.html University Challenge contestant puts his success down to reading lots of Wikipedia] | |||
*Huffington Post [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/jimmy-wales/jimmy-wales-internet-freedom_b_7040986.html Piece by Jimmy Wales opn digital rights, entitled "To Protect the Most Fundamental Rights of Internet Users, We Must Always Be Skeptical of Any Call for Regulation"] | |||
*Oxford Internet Institute [http://elections.oii.ox.ac.uk/does-anyone-read-wikipedia-around-the-election-time/ Does anyone read Wikipedia around election time?] | |||
*List.co.uk [https://www.list.co.uk/article/71080-sinitta-has-to-change-her-wikipedia-page-everyday-as-pranksters-change-her-age/ Sinitta has to change her Wikipedia page everyday as pranksters change her age] | |||
*Reveal.co.uk [http://www.reveal.co.uk/showbiz-celeb-gossip/news/a648749/sinitta-has-to-keep-changing-her-age-on-wikipedia.html Sinitta has to keep changing her age on Wikipedia] | |||
*Radio Times [http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-05-24/wikipedia-co-founder-jimmy-wales-rather-than-being-a-selfless-act-giving-should-be-selfish Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales: Rather than being a selfless act, giving should be selfish] | |||
*Your Thurrock [http://www.yourthurrock.com/Thurrock-MP-Jackie-Doyle-Price-furious-wikipedia/story-26563312-detail/story.html Is Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle-Price "too furious" after wikipedia page hacked as she takes on Lakeside Cruisers (again)] | |||
*Mirror [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wikipedia-co-founder-jimmy-wales-picks-5753661 Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales picks Disney's Frozen - Let it Go on Desert Island Discs] | |||
*OK [http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/sinitta-admits-changing-her-wiki-age Sinitta reveals constant battle over changing her age online] | |||
*BBC (video) [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-32872369 Jimmy Wales: 'I'm a pathologically optimistic person"] | |||
*BBC [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32734566 Hand-sewn Wikipedia page marks Magna Carta anniversary] | |||
*Metro [http://metro.co.uk/2015/05/16/the-list-of-deleted-articles-from-wikipedia-might-be-the-weirdest-place-on-the-internet-5200742/ The list of deleted articles from Wikipedia might be the weirdest place on the internet] | |||
*Financial Times [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/afdcceda-cc8f-11e4-b5a5-00144feab7de.html#axzz3bEgdTm4F European court ruling: Storm over the ‘right to be forgotten’ rumbles on] | |||
*The Times (paywall) [http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Tech/article1557382.ece Mystery editors rewrite ministers’ Wiki history] | |||
*Guardian [http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/may/14/hand-stitched-magna-carta-wikipedia-page-explores-the-fabric-of-democracy Hand-stitched Magna Carta Wikipedia page explores the fabric of democracy] | |||
*Mail Online [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3097096/Expenses-claims-sex-scandal-wiped-MPs-Wikipedia-pages-computer-users-inside-Parliament-election.html Expenses claims and a sex scandal wiped from MPs' Wikipedia pages by computer users inside Parliament before election] | |||
*Mirror [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mps-expenses-sex-scandals-deleted-5764885 MPs expenses and sex scandals deleted from Wikipedia pages by computers inside parliament] | |||
*Express [http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/579989/Expenses-claims-and-sex-scandal-wiped-from-MPs-Wikipedia-pages-from-INSIDE-Parliament Expenses claims and sex scandal wiped from MPs' Wikipedia pages from INSIDE Parliament] | |||
*New Statesman [http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2015/05/wikipedia-has-colossal-problem-women-dont-edit-it The Wikipedia wars: does it matter if our biggest source of knowledge is written by men?] | |||
*Independent [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/sepp-blatter-branded-swiss-tosser-in-unapproved-wikipedia-edit-10284018.html Sepp Blatter branded a 'tosser' as Wikipedia page is hacked] | |||
*Metro [http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/03/someone-in-whitehall-just-added-david-cameron-to-the-wikipedia-list-of-dictators-5228949/ Someone in Whitehall just added David Cameron to the Wikipedia list of dictators] | |||
*Mirror [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tories-wikipedia-right-wing-dictatorships-5817386 Tories added to Wikipedia list of 'right-wing dictatorships' - by person on government computer] | |||
*Daily Mail [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3123142/30-000-teach-pupils-use-Wikipedia-Fury-council-pays-expert-children-critically-engage-online-encyclopaedia.html £30,000 to teach pupils how to use Wikipedia: Fury after council pays IT expert to show children how to 'critically engage' with online encyclopaedia] | |||
*Metro [http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/29/chelsea-fan-hacks-petr-cechs-wikipedia-page-after-he-completes-arsenal-transfer-5271988/ Chelsea fan hacks Petr Cech’s Wikipedia page after he completes Arsenal transfer] | |||
*Irish Examiner [http://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/technology-and-gaming/tsipras-not-author-of-greek-tragedy-as-mischievous-wikipedia-edit-suggested-341206.html Tsipras not author of Greek tragedy as mischievous Wikipedia suggested] | |||
*Independent [http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/greece-debt-crisis-alexis-tsipras-is-an-author-of-greek-tragedy-says-wikipedia-10372183.html Greece debt crisis - Alexis Tsipras is an author of Greek tragedy, says Wikipedia] | |||
*Daily Mail [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3164804/This-looks-like-print-Wikipedia.html Michael Mandiberg prints Wikipedia in book form] | |||
*Metro [http://metro.co.uk/2015/07/18/this-is-what-it-looks-like-when-you-print-out-all-of-wikipedia-5301953/ This is what it looks like when you print all of Wikipedia] | |||
*Independent [http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/paul-dunne-wikipedia-page-edited-to-make-him-a-golf-machine-created-to-rule-the-world-10400344.html Paul Dunne's Wikipedia page edited to make him a golf machine created to rule the world] | |||
*Times Higher Education Supplement [https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/university-hopes-wikipedian-residence-will-tackle-gender-gap University hopes 'Wikipedian in residence' will tackle gender gap] - A US university is hiring a Wikimedian in Residence to work specifically on the gender gap | |||
*Venture Beat [http://venturebeat.com/2015/07/27/with-less-than-1-of-its-users-giving-money-wikipedias-donation-ads-are-getting-bigger/ Wikipedia tests full-screen ads to help drive donations] | |||
*Pink News [https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/07/25/tory-mps-wikipedia-entry-edited-from-parliament-to-remove-gay-rights-criticism/ Tory MP’s Wikipedia entry ‘edited from Parliament’ to remove gay rights criticism] | |||
*Channel 4 [http://www.channel4.com/news/a-year-in-the-life-of-whitehalls-wikipedia-warriors A year in the life of Whitehall's Wikipedia warriors] | |||
*New Scientist [http://www.newstatesman.com/sci-tech/2015/08/wikipedia-corrupting-science-blowjobs-and-elves-scientists-warn Wikipedia is corrupting science with blowjobs and elves, scientists warn] | |||
*Wired [http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-08/17/wikipedia-wars-are-killing-politically-charged-science Wikipedia wars are killing politically charged science] | |||
*Ars Technica [http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/08/socially-controversial-science-topics-on-wikipedia-draw-edit-wars/ Socially controversial science topics on Wikipedia draw edit wars] | |||
*Times Higher Education [https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/blog/news-blog-how-big-sin-zygmunt-baumans-alleged-self-plagiarism News blog: How big a sin is Zygmunt Bauman's alleged self-plagiarism?] | |||
*Independent [http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/russia-threatens-to-block-wikipedia-over-cannabis-page-10464894.html Russia threatens to block Wikipedia over cannabis page] | |||
*Pure Content [http://purecontent.com/blog/wikipedia-says-that-google-traffic-will-continue-to-fall/ Wikipedia says that Google traffic will continue to fall] | |||
*Guardian [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/25/russia-bans-wikipedia-drug-charas-https Russia briefly bans Wikipedia over page relating to drug use]] | |||
*Independent [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russias-internet-watchdog-goes-to-war-with-wikipedia-over-cannabis-page-10471549.html Russia's internet watchdog goes to war with Wikipedia over cannabis page] | |||
*The Russia story was widely reported. No need to repeat all instances here as not a WMUK story. | |||
*Huffington Post [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/08/26/jeremy-corbyn-is-completely-bonkers-says-wikipedia-founder-jimmy-wales_n_8042484.html Jeremy Corbyn Is 'Completely Bonkers,' Says Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales] | |||
*Forbes [http://www.forbes.com/sites/jaysondemers/2015/09/03/is-the-google-knowledge-graph-killing-wikipedia/ Is the Google Knowledge Graph killing Wikipedia?] | |||
{{Collapse bottom}} | |||
===Wikimedia Foundation sues the NSA=== | |||
{{Collapse top}} | |||
This is a new section for coverage related to the news that the Wikimedia Foundation (along with other groups) is to sue the National Security Agency in the US. There's a lot of coverage, some UK based, so makes sense to keep more of a record here. | |||
*New York Times - [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/opinion/stop-spying-on-wikipedia-users.html Stop Spying on Wikipedia Users] | |||
*BBC News - [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31813289 Wikimedia Foundation sues NSA over surveillance] | |||
*Reuters - [http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/10/usa-nsa-wikipedia-idUSL4N0WC47O20150310 UPDATE 1-ACLU, Wikimedia file lawsuit challenging NSA mass surveillance] | |||
*TIME - [http://time.com/3738697/wikimedia-nsa-upstream-surveillance/ Wikipedia to Sue NSA Over Mass Surveillance Program] | |||
*The Guardian - [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/mar/10/wikipedia-to-file-lawsuit-against-nsa-and-us-department-of-justice Wikipedia to file lawsuit against NSA and US Department of Justice] | |||
*The Daily Beast - [http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2015/03/10/wikipedia-to-sue-nsa-over-surveillance.html Wikipedia to Sue NSA Over Surveillance] | |||
*Boston Globe - [http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/03/10/wikipedia-nsa-apple-lost-soul-and-more/7zaTa8mPKvne6HmFu7ERtN/story.html Wikipedia vs. NSA, Apple’s ‘lost’ soul, and more] | |||
*The Hill - [http://thehill.com/policy/technology/235164-wikipedia-sues-nsa-for-spying-on-web-backbone Wikipedia takes feds to court over spying] | |||
*Globe and Mail - [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/tech-news/wikipedia-filing-suit-challenging-nsas-mass-surveillance/article23383318/ ACLU, *Wikimedia Foundation sue NSA over mass surveillance] | |||
*Times of India - [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Wikipedia-to-file-lawsuit-challenging-mass-surveillance-by-NSA/articleshow/46516960.cms Wikipedia to file lawsuit challenging mass surveillance by NSA] | |||
*The Next Web - [http://thenextweb.com/us/2015/03/10/wikimedia-foundation-sues-nsa-to-challenge-mass-surveillance/ Wikimedia Foundation sues NSA to challenge mass surveillance] | |||
*TechCrunch - [http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/10/wikimedia-sues-nsa-over-mass-surveillance/ Wikimedia Sues NSA Over Mass Surveillance] | |||
*Boing Boing - [http://boingboing.net/2015/03/10/wikimedia-sues-the-nsa.html Wikimedia sues the NSA] | |||
*Venture Beat - [http://venturebeat.com/2015/03/10/the-wikimedia-foundation-and-8-other-organizations-sue-the-nsa-and-doj-over-mass-surveillance/ The Wikimedia Foundation and 8 other organizations sue the NSA and DOJ over mass surveillance] | |||
*Engadget - [http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/10/wikimedia-suing-nsa/ Wikimedia is suing the NSA over its mass surveillance program] | |||
*The Verge - [http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/10/8181651/wikipedia-sues-nsa-surveillance Wikipedia is suing the NSA over mass internet surveillance] | |||
*PCWorld - [http://www.pcworld.com/article/2894852/wikimedia-sues-nsa-to-stop-it-from-spying-on-its-users.html Wikimedia sues NSA to stop it from spying on Wikipedia users] | |||
*Techdirt - [https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150310/04065330265/wikimedia-sues-nsa-over-its-mass-surveillance-program.shtml Wikimedia Sues NSA Over Its Mass Surveillance Program] | |||
*CBR Online - [http://www.cbronline.com/news/wikimedia-sues-nsa-for-mass-snooping-4528812 Wikimedia sues NSA for mass snooping] | |||
*National Journal - [http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/wikipedia-is-suing-the-nsa-20150310 Wikipedia Is Suing the NSA] | |||
*International Business Times - [http://www.ibtimes.com/wikimedia-foundation-sues-nsa-doj-over-mass-surveillance-program-1841738 Wikimedia Foundation Sues NSA, DOJ Over Mass Surveillance Program] | |||
*Malaysian Insider - [http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/world/article/wikipedia-to-file-lawsuit-challenging-surveillance-by-nsa Wikipedia to file lawsuit challenging surveillance by NSA] | |||
*Wall Street Journal - [http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/03/10/am-roundup-wikipedia-challenges-nsa-surveillance/ AM Roundup: Wikipedia Challenges NSA Surveillance] | |||
*Washington Post - [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/03/10/wikipedia-is-suing-the-nsa-over-online-spying/ Wikipedia is suing the NSA over online spying] | |||
*Business Insider - [http://www.businessinsider.com.au/r-wikipedia-to-file-lawsuit-challenging-mass-surveillance-by-nsa-2015-3 Wikipedia is going to to sue the NSA over its mass surveillance program] | |||
*Zawya - [http://www.zawya.com/story/Wikipedia_online_encyclopedia_to_file_lawsuit_against_surveillance_by_NSA-TR20150310nL4N0WC2ZZX2/ Wikipedia to file lawsuit challenging mass surveillance by NSA] | |||
*Infoworld - [http://www.infoworld.com/article/2894428/internet/wikimedia-sues-nsa-to-stop-it-from-spying-on-its-users.html Wikimedia sues NSA to stop it from spying on its users] | |||
*Tech Week Europe - [http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/security/wikimedia-nsa-surveillance-164200 Wikimedia Foundation Sues NSA Over Internet Surveillance] | |||
*The Monitor Daily - [http://www.themonitordaily.com/wikimedia-files-lawsuit-against-nsa-surveillance/2831/ Wikimedia Files Lawsuit Against NSA Surveillance] | |||
*ACLU - [https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/nsa-has-taken-over-internet-backbone-were-suing-get-it-back The NSA Has Taken Over the Internet Backbone. We're Suing to Get it Back] | |||
*The Verge - [http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/10/8181651/wikipedia-sues-nsa-surveillance ACLU Sues NSA to Stop Mass Internet Spying] | |||
*Pan Armenian - [http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/189135/ Wikimedia sues NSA over mass surveillance program] | |||
*Medianama - [http://www.medianama.com/2015/03/223-wikimedia-foundation-files-lawsuit-against-nsa-over-mass-surveillance/ Wikimedia Foundation files lawsuit against NSA over mass surveillance] | |||
*Trusted Reviews - [http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/wikipedia-is-suing-the-nsa-over-mass-surveillance Wikipedia is suing the NSA over mass surveillance] | |||
*Huffington Post - [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/10/wikimedia-nsa-lawsuit_n_6837998.html Wikipedia Is Suing The NSA] | |||
*Silicon Republic - [http://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/item/41073-wikipedia-sues-nsa-says/ Wikipedia sues NSA, says mass surveillance threatens sum of world’s knowledge] | |||
*Sputnik News - [http://sputniknews.com/us/20150310/1019300073.html Wikipedia Sues NSA Over Mass Surveillance] | |||
*Neon Nettle - [http://www.neonnettle.com/news/1419-wikipedia-is-about-to-sue-the-nsa-over-mass-surveillance Wikipedia Is About To Sue The NSA Over Mass Surveillance] | |||
*The Independent - [http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/wikipedia-foundation-sues-nsa-over-mass-surveillance-programme-10098362.html Wikipedia foundation sues NSA over mass surveillance programme] | |||
*Tech News Today - [http://www.technewstoday.com/21959-wikimedia-foundation-set-to-sue-nsa-over-mass-surveillance-program/ Wikimedia Foundation Set To Sue NSA Over Mass Surveillance Program] | |||
*Just Security - [http://justsecurity.org/20918/wikimedia-sues-nsa/ Wikimedia Sues the NSA] | |||
*Bangladesh Daily News - [http://bdnews24.com/technology/2015/03/10/wikipedia-to-file-lawsuit-challenging-mass-surveillance-by-nsa Wikipedia to file lawsuit challenging mass surveillance by NSA] | |||
*GMA Network - [http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/450069/scitech/wikipedia-to-file-lawsuit-challenging-nsa-mass-surveillance Wikipedia to file lawsuit challenging NSA mass surveillance] | |||
*Big News Network - [http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/230938929 Wikipedia to Sue NSA Over Mass Surveillance] | |||
*Business Insider India - [http://www.businessinsider.in/Wikipedia-is-suing-the-NSA-over-its-mass-surveillance-program/articleshow/46518254.cms Wikipedia is suing the NSA over its mass surveillance program] | |||
*JP Updates - [http://jpupdates.com/2015/03/10/aclu-wikimedia-file-lawsuit-challenging-nsa-mass-surveillance/ Wikimedia, ACLU suing NSA over mass surveillance] | |||
*The Sudbury Star - [http://www.thesudburystar.com/2015/03/10/wikimedia-aclu-suing-nsa-over-mass-surveillance Wikimedia, ACLU suing NSA over mass surveillance] | |||
*Fort Erie Times - [http://www.forterietimes.ca/2015/03/10/wikimedia-aclu-suing-nsa-over-mass-surveillance Wikimedia, ACLU suing NSA over mass surveillance] | |||
*Toronto Sun - [http://www.torontosun.com/2015/03/10/wikimedia-aclu-suing-nsa-over-mass-surveillance Wikimedia, ACLU suing NSA over mass surveillance] | |||
*The Week - [http://theweek.com/speedreads/543421/wikipedia-sue-nsa-over-mass-surveillance Wikipedia will sue the NSA over mass surveillance] | |||
*Buenos Aires Herald - [http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/183966/wikipedia-several-organizations-file-lawsuit-against-nsa-mass-surveillance Wikipedia, several organizations file lawsuit against NSA mass surveillance] | |||
*ValueWalk - [http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/03/wikipedia-suing-nsa-us-government/ Wikipedia Suing NSA, US Government Over Internet Surveillance] | |||
*IT Pro Portal - [http://www.itproportal.com/2015/03/10/wikipedia-sue-nsa-mass-surveillance/ Wikipedia to sue the NSA over mass surveillance] | |||
*CNET - [http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/wikipedia-operator-sues-nsa-over-upstream-surveillance/ Wikipedia parent sues NSA, DOJ over 'upstream' surveillance] | |||
*TechPortal.in - [http://thetechportal.in/2015/03/10/wikimedia-sues-nsa-for-its-mass-surveillance-program/ Wikimedia sues NSA for its mass surveillance program] | |||
*Baltimore Sun - [http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-aclu-suit-against-nsa-20150310-story.html ALCU files suit against NSA 'upstream' surveillance] | |||
*Yibida - [http://en.yibada.com/articles/18457/20150310/wikimedia-foundation-sues-nsa-over-spying.htm Wikimedia Foundation Sues NSA Over Spying] | |||
*London South East - [http://www.lse.co.uk/AllNews.asp?code=icqhzixz&headline=Wikipedia_Files_Lawsuit_Challenging_NSA_Surveillance_Programme Wikipedia Files Lawsuit Challenging NSA Surveillance Programme] | |||
*Frankfurter Allgemeine - [http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/wikipedia-stiftung-klagt-gegen-den-nsa-13474445.html Wikipedia-Stiftung klagt gegen NSA] | |||
*Zeit Online - [http://www.zeit.de/digital/datenschutz/2015-03/wikipedia-nsa-klage-ueberwachung Wikipedia-Stiftung verklagt die NSA] | |||
*Stern - [http://www.stern.de/digital/computer/wikipedia-stiftung-klagt-gegen-nsa-2179022.html Wikipedia-Stiftung klagt gegen NSA] | |||
*Focus - [http://www.focus.de/finanzen/news/wirtschaftsticker/unternehmen-wikipedia-stiftung-klagt-gegen-nsa_id_4533486.html Wikipedia-Stiftung klagt gegen NSA] | |||
*Stuttgarter Zeitung - [http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.usa-wikipedia-stiftung-klagt-gegen-nsa.fdbf657a-e088-4b2a-8486-7b32496fafbf.html Wikipedia-Stiftung klagt gegen NSA] | |||
*Der Standart - [http://derstandard.at/2000012734019/Wikipedia-klagt-gegen-NSA Wikipedia klagt gegen NSA] | |||
*N24 - [http://www.n24.de/n24/Nachrichten/Politik/d/6282412/wikipedia-stiftung-klagt-gegen-nsa.html Wikipedia-Stiftung klagt gegen NSA] | |||
*Heimat Zeitung - [http://www.heimatzeitung.de/nachrichten/computer_und_internet/1613323_Wikipedia-Stiftung-klagt-gegen-NSA.html Wikipedia-Stiftung klagt gegen NSA] | |||
*Sueddeutsche - [http://newsticker.sueddeutsche.de/list/id/1659368 Geheimdienste- Internet: Wikipedia-Stiftung klagt gegen NSA] | |||
*RP Online - [http://www.rp-online.de/panorama/ausland/massenueberwachung-wikipedia-stiftung-klagt-gegen-nsa-aid-1.4932991 Wikipedia-Stiftung klagt gegen NSA] | |||
*NTV - [http://www.n-tv.de/ticker/Wikipedia-Stiftung-klagt-gegen-NSA-article14669211.html Wikipedia-Stiftung klagt gegen NSA] | |||
*Westfalen Blatt - [http://www.westfalen-blatt.de/Ueberregional/Nachrichten/Multimedia/1910606-Geheimdienste-Wikipedia-Stiftung-klagt-gegen-NSA Wikipedia-Stiftung klagt gegen NSA] | |||
*Swiss Info - [http://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/alle-news-in-kuerze/wikipedia-stiftung-klagt-gegen-massenueberwachung-der-nsa/41315376 Wikipedia-Stiftung klagt gegen Massenüberwachung der NSA] | |||
*Blick - [http://www.blick.ch/news/ausland/weil-leser-ueberwacht-werden-wikipedia-klagt-gegen-massenueberwachung-id3554939.html Wikipedia klagt gegen Massenüberwachung] | |||
*Admin Magazin - [http://www.admin-magazin.de/content/view/full/15797 Wikimedia verklagt NSA] | |||
*Tiroler Tageszeitung - [https://www.tt.com/lebensart/web/9742788-91/wikipedia-stiftung-klagt-gegen-geheimdienst-nsa.csp Wikipedia-Stiftung klagt gegen Geheimdienst NSA] | |||
*Thurgauer Zeitung - [http://www.thurgauerzeitung.ch/aktuell/panorama/panorama/Wikipedia-will-gegen-Ueberwachung-klagen;art253654,4155409 Wikipedia-Stiftung klagt gegen NSA] | |||
*Web.de - [http://web.de/magazine/digital/wikipedia-stiftung-klagt-nsa-30500834 Wikipedia-Stiftung klagt gegen NSA] | |||
*Heise Online - [http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/NSA-Skandal-Wikimedia-verklagt-US-Geheimdienst-2571893.html NSA-Skandal: Wikimedia verklagt US-Geheimdienst] | |||
*Appsoko - [http://appsoko.com/wikimedia-foundation-sues-nsa-to-challenge-mass-surveillance/ Wikimedia Foundation sues NSA to challenge mass surveillance] | |||
*Globoble - [http://www.globoble.com/news/wikimedia-sues-nsa-to-stop-it-from-spying-on-its-users Wikimedia sues NSA to stop it from spying on its users] | |||
*News Power - [http://newspower.org/wikimedia-is-suing-the-nsa-over-its-mass-surveillance-program/ Wikimedia is suing the NSA over its mass surveillance program] | |||
*The Register - [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/10/wikimedia_to_file_suit_against_nsa/ Wikimedia hurls sueball at NSA and DOJ over dragnet surveillance] | |||
*Politico - [http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/wikimedia-sues-nsa-justice-department-115932.html?hp=l3_4 Wikimedia sues NSA, DOJ over mass surveillance] | |||
*Reason (blog) - [http://reason.com/blog/2015/03/10/amtrak-venezuela-rural-suicide-am-links Amtrak Is Government, Venezuela Is 'National Security Threat,' Wikimedia Is Suing the NSA: A.M. Links] | |||
*Global Post - [http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/thomson-reuters/150310/wikipedia-file-lawsuit-challenging-mass-surveillance-nsa Wikipedia to file lawsuit challenging mass surveillance by NSA] | |||
*NDTV - [http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/wikipedia-to-file-lawsuit-challenging-mass-surveillance-by-national-security-agency-745519 Wikipedia to File Lawsuit Challenging Mass Surveillance By National Security Agency] | |||
*Authorlink - [http://authorlink.com/news/pen-joins-aclu-lawsuit-to-stop-mass-internet-spying-2015/ PEN Joins ACLU Lawsuit to Stop Mass Internet Spying – 2015] | |||
*Huewire - [http://www.huewire.com/headlines/wikimedia-foundation-is-suing-the-nsa-over-mass-surveillance-program/11860/ Wikimedia Foundation is suing the NSA over Mass Surveillance Program] | |||
*Gizmodo India - [http://www.gizmodo.in/news/Wikipedia-Just-Joined-the-List-of-Pissed-Off-Organizations-Suing-the-NSA/articleshow/46519040.cms Wikipedia Just Joined The List Of Pissed-Off Organizations Suing The NSA] | |||
*Syracuse - [http://www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2015/03/wikipedia_lawsuit_nsa_spying.html Wikipedia sues NSA, DOJ: 'Stop spying' on users with mass 'upstream' surveillance] | |||
*Belfast Telegraph - [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia-sues-nsa-over-mass-surveillance-programme-31055615.html Wikipedia sues NSA over mass surveillance programme] | |||
*Al Jazeera - [http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/3/10/wikipedia-eight-other-organizations-file-lawsuit-against-nsa.html Wikipedia to sue NSA over online surveillance] | |||
*Paste Magazine - [http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/03/wikipedia-files-lawsuit-against-nsa.html Wikimedia Files Lawsuit Against NSA] | |||
*Smithsonian - [http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/whys-wikipedia-suing-nsa-180954514/?no-ist Why’s Wikimedia Suing the NSA?] | |||
*RT.com - [http://rt.com/usa/239261-wikimedia-nsa-lawsuit-surveillance/ Wikipedia sues NSA, DoJ over mass surveillance] | |||
*RAPSI - [http://rapsinews.com/news/20150310/273299441.html Wikimedia sues NSA over upstream mass surveillance] | |||
*Channel EYE - [http://channeleye.co.uk/wikimedia-sues-the-nsa/ Wikimedia sues the NSA] | |||
*Middle East Post - [https://middleastpost.com/wikimedia-sues-nsa-over-surveillance/ Wikimedia sues NSA over surveillance] | |||
*Demanjo News - [http://www.demanjo.com/news/technology/777443/wikimedia-sues-nsa-over-its-mass-surveillance-program.html Wikimedia Foundation sues the NSA, looking to end the mass surveillance program] | |||
*Saint Louis Post-Dispatch - [http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/aclu-wikimedia-file-lawsuit-challenging-nsa-mass-surveillance/article_ed14de7e-7e44-5bfc-97f0-6954c67e298b.html ACLU, Wikimedia file lawsuit challenging NSA mass surveillance] | |||
*The Inquirer - [http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2398946/wikimedia-foundation-sues-the-us-government-over-privacy Wikimedia Foundation sues the US government over privacy] | |||
*CBS News - [http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wikipedia-suing-nsa-over-spying/ Wikipedia suing NSA over spying] | |||
*N4GM - [http://n4gm.com/2015/03/10/wikimedia-foundation-files-lawsuit-nsa-challenge-mass-surveillance/ Wikimedia foundation files a lawsuit against NSA to challenge mass surveillance] | |||
*The Washington Times - [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/10/wikipedia-taking-nsa-justice-department-court-over/ Wikipedia suing NSA, DOJ over mass-surveillance program] | |||
*NBC News - [http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/wikimedia-sues-nsa-alleging-mass-internet-surveillance-n320756 Wikipedia Sues NSA Over Mass Surveillance] | |||
*US News and World Report - [http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/03/10/wikipedia-sues-over-nsa-internet-surveillance Wikipedia Sues Over NSA Internet Surveillance] | |||
*NY Observer - [http://observer.com/2015/03/the-aclu-and-wikipedia-are-suing-the-nsa/ The ACLU and Wikipedia are Suing the NSA] | |||
{{Collapse bottom}} | |||
===Wikimedia UK directly created or quoted=== | |||
{{Collapse top}} | |||
*Daily Record [http://www.scotlandnow.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/highland-league-goalkeeper-bigger-wikipedia-4527687 Highland League goalkeeper has a bigger Wikipedia page than Barcelona star Neymar] | |||
*Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11195640/Why-cant-nobodies-have-lengthy-Wikipedia-profiles.html Why can't nobodies have lengthy Wikipedia profiles?] | |||
*Metro [http://metro.co.uk/2014/10/28/scottish-highlands-goalkeeper-creates-detailed-wikipedia-page-worthy-of-a-premier-league-star-4925220/ Scottish Highlands goalkeeper creates detailed Wikipedia page worthy of a Premier League star] | |||
*Daily Mail [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2811950/Semi-professional-keeper-Scottish-Highland-League-bigger-Wikipedia-page-England-international-Joe-Hart.html Semi-professional keeper in the Scottish Highland League has bigger Wikipedia page than England international Joe Hart | |||
*Mirror [http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/meet-fraser-hobday-amateur-goalkeeper-4522282 Meet Fraser Hobday: The amateur goalkeeper with a bigger Wikipedia page than Neymar] | |||
*Director magazine [https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/File:Director_Magazine_feature.pdf 8 ways to sharpen your presence on Wikipedia] - the article actually gives more information about the pitfalls and makes it clear that companies shouldn't undertake CoI editing. | |||
*Watford Observer [http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/11731287.South_Oxhey_described_as__slum_of_Watford__on_Wikipedia/ South Oxhey described as a slum on Wikipedia] - this article recounts an act of vandalism on English Wikipedia to a relatively low traffic article. Was fixed after a few days. Features explanations from Stevie about how WP works. | |||
*Global Legal Post - [http://www.globallegalpost.com/blogs/global-view/by-day-and-by-night---two-different-stories-at-the-eiffel-tower-6410796/ - a piece about inconsistencies in freedom of panorama. This piece was drafted by Karl Sigfrid in Brussels and rewritten by Stevie] | |||
*Bodleian Libraries [http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/news/2015/mar-26 Bodleian Libraries joins with Wikimedia UK to share historic collections] | |||
*NCVO blog [http://blogs.ncvo.org.uk/2015/05/01/wikipedia-learning-from-one-of-the-worlds-most-successful-volunteer-collaborations/ Wikipedia: Learning from one of the world's most successful volunteer collaborations] - Guest post by Stevie | |||
*The Scotsman [http://www.scotsman.com/news/museums-now-able-to-set-sail-on-wave-of-technology-1-3849413 Museums now able to set sail on wave of technology] piece about the residency at Museums Galleries Scotland | |||
*National Library of Wales [https://www.llgc.org.uk/blog/?p=9877 Sharing thousands of Welsh landscapes with Wikipedia] | |||
*Herald Scotland [http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/13614216.Michelle_Mone_s_office_guilty_of__Wiki_Washing__her_online_biography/ Michelle Mone's office guilty of "Wiki-Washing" her online biography] | |||
{{Collapse bottom}} | |||
===Contribsx story=== | |||
{{Collapse top}} | |||
*Channel 4 [http://news.channel4.com/election2015/04/21/update-3483/ Grant Shapps denies Wikipedia claims he has edited rivals’ pages] | |||
*The Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11553498/Grant-Shapps-embroiled-in-row-over-claims-he-edited-pages-of-Tory-rivals.html Grant Shapps embroiled in row over claims he edited pages of Tory rivals] | |||
*Sky News [http://news.sky.com/story/1469598/shapps-denies-editing-rivals-wikipedia-pages Shapps Denies Editing Rivals' Wikipedia Pages] | |||
*ITV News [http://www.itv.com/news/2015-04-21/grant-shapps-caught-up-in-sockpuppet-row-over-wikipedia-edits-on-tory-party-rivals/ Grant Shapps denies claims that he edited Wikipedia pages of Tory rivals] | |||
*Buzzfeed [http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/9-wikipedia-edits-that-may-or-may-not-have-been-made-by-gran 9 Wikipedia Edits That May Or May Not Have Been Made By Grant Shapps] | |||
*The Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11555267/Wikipedia-administrator-who-accused-Grant-Shapps-of-editing-pages-of-Tory-rivals-is-Liberal-Democrat-activist.html Wikipedia administrator who accused Grant Shapps of editing pages of Tory rivals is Liberal Democrat activist] | |||
*The Drum [http://www.thedrum.com/news/2015/04/21/wikipedia-closes-account-it-asserts-was-likely-used-tory-chairman-grant-shapps-edit Wikipedia closes an account it asserts was likely used by Tory chairman Grant Shapps to edit rivals’ pages] | |||
*The Spectator [http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/steerpike/2015/04/paddy-ashdown-grant-shapps-is-fine-man-whos-never-done-anything-dodgy/ Paddy Ashdown: Grant Shapps is ‘fine man’ who’s ‘never done anything dodgy’] | |||
*MSN [http://www.msn.com/en-ie/weather/other/shapps-denies-wikipedia-claims/vp-AAbtkHS Shapps Denies Wikipedia Claims] | |||
*Sputnik News [http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150421/1021195589.html UK Party Chairman Suspected of Editing Wikipedia Pages of Political Rivals] | |||
*Politics Home [https://www.politicshome.com/party-politics/articles/dot-commons-diary/liberal-democrats-have-been-hacked The Liberal Democrats have been hacked!] | |||
*Independent [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/lib-dems-win-prize-for-the-best-press-release-of-the-general-election-campaign-10193562.html Lib Dems win prize for the best press release of the General Election campaign] | |||
*Politics Home [https://www.politicshome.com/party-politics/articles/story/wikipedia-user-thought-be-grant-shapps-banned-editing-site Wikipedia user thought to be Grant Shapps banned from editing site] | |||
*Independent [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/grant-shapps-accused-of-editing-his-conservative-rivals-wikipedia-pages-and-deleting-references-to-his-embarrassing-past-10193510.html Grant Shapps accused of editing his Conservative rivals' Wikipedia pages and deleting references to his embarrassing past] | |||
*Bailiwick Express [http://www.bailiwickexpress.com/jsy/life/current-affairs/grant-shapps-has-denied-editing-political-rivals-wikipedia-pages-internet-doesnt-care/ Grant Shapps has denied editing political rivals' Wikipedia pages, but the internet doesn't care] | |||
*Boing Boing [http://boingboing.net/2015/04/21/tory-chairman-accused-of-smear.html Tory chairman accused of smearing party rivals' Wikipedia entries] | |||
*The Mirror [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/top-tory-grant-shapps-accused-5562104 Top Tory Grant Shapps accused of 'secretly editing Wikipedia to smear his political rivals'] | |||
*Huffington Post [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/04/21/grant-shapps-accused-of-editing-wikipedia-page-of-political-rivals_n_7112286.html Grant Shapps Accused Of Editing Wikipedia Pages Of Political Rivals] | |||
*International Business Times [http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/grant-shapps-wikipedia-allegations-controversial-mp-denies-editing-entries-1497662 Grant Shapps' Wikipedia allegations: controversial MP denies editing entries] | |||
*Sun Nation [http://www.sunnation.co.uk/wikipedia-accusing-grant-shapps-editing/ Does Grant Shapps edit his own Wikipedia page?] | |||
*The Times [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article4419224.ece Shapps mocked over Wikipedia claims] | |||
*BBC News [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-32412121 Wikipedia editing rules in a nutshell] | |||
*BBC News [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32407991 Election 2015: Grant Shapps denies Wikipedia claims] | |||
*The Guardian [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2015/apr/22/nick-clegg-grant-shapps-wikipedia-video Nick Clegg mocks Grant Shapps over Wikipedia allegations: video] | |||
*Evening Standard [http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/tory-chief-may-sue-over-bonkers-claims-he-doctored-wikipedia-pages-10194655.html Tory chief Grant Shapps may sue over ‘bonkers’ claims he doctored Wikipedia pages] | |||
*International Business Times [http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/wikipedia-committee-investigates-banning-alleged-tory-chairmans-contribsx-account-1497794 Wikipedia committee investigates banning Grant Shapps' alleged 'Contribsx' account] | |||
*International Business Times [http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/behavioural-evidence-how-tory-co-chairman-grant-shapps-alleged-wikipedia-account-was-shut-1497767 Closure of alleged Wikipedia account of Tory chair Grant Shapps blamed on 'behavioural evidence'] | |||
*BBC News [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-32407868 Newspaper review: Trader arrest and Shapps wiki row] | |||
*International Business Times [http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/grant-shapps-politicians-react-wikipedia-editing-claims-1497795 Grant Shapps: Politicians react to Wikipedia editing claims] | |||
*Breitbart [http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/04/22/in-pictures-tory-chairman-accused-of-editing-rivals-wikipedia-pages/ What He Actually Said: Tory Chairman Accused of Editing Rivals’ Wikipedia Pages] | |||
*The i (via PressReader) [http://www.pressreader.com/uk/i-from-the-independent/20150422/281689728351728/TextView Shapps denies editing Wikipedia pages] | |||
*The Daily Mail (via PressReader) [http://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20150422/281633893776720/TextView Did Tory chief doctor Wikipedia?] | |||
*The Mirror [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/grant-shapps-paddy-ashdown-trolls-5563326 Grant Shapps - Paddy Ashdown trolls Tory chairman with hilarious 'defence' following Wikipedia revelations] | |||
*The Guardian [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2015/apr/22/david-cameron-grant-shapps-wikipedia-video David Cameron defends Grant Shapps over Wikipedia allegations - video] | |||
*London Loves Business [http://www.londonlovesbusiness.com/business-news/politics/the-curious-case-of-grant-shapps-wikipedia-page/10168.article The curious case of Grant Shapps’ Wikipedia page] | |||
*Herald Scotland [http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/tory-chairman-linked-to-wikipedia-account-banned-after-investigation.123854809 Tory chairman linked to Wikipedia account banned after investigation] | |||
*City A.M. [http://www.cityam.com/214243/general-election-2015-grant-shapps-denies-wikipedia-sock-puppet-claims-saying-he-was General Election 2015: Grant Shapps denies Wikipedia sock-puppet claims, saying he "was elsewhere" when changes were made] | |||
*Newsthump [https://newsthump.com/2015/04/22/grant-shapps-cleared-of-wikipedia-tampering-as-michael-green-claims-responsibility/ Grant Shapps cleared of Wikipedia tampering as ‘Michael Green’ claims responsibility] | |||
*Metro [http://metro.co.uk/2015/04/22/tory-mp-accused-of-creating-fake-online-identity-to-edit-his-own-wikipedia-page-5161085/ Tory MP Grant Shapps accused of creating fake online identity to edit his own Wikipedia page] | |||
*Liverpool Echo [http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/morning-news-headlines-labour-cancer-9094186 Morning news headlines: Labour cancer attack on Tories; Shapps Wikipedia attack; Med crossing fears] | |||
*Breaking News IE [http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/tory-chairman-shapps-slams-wikipedia-claims-he-may-have-edited-rivals-pages-672887.html Tory chairman Shapps slams Wikipedia claims he may have edited rivals' pages] | |||
*Edinburgh Eye (blog) [https://edinburgheye.wordpress.com/2015/04/22/grant-shapps-accuses-wikipedia-of-being-gamed-by-the-labour-party/ Grant Shapps accuses Wikipedia of being gamed by the Labour party] | |||
*Channel 4 [http://news.channel4.com/election2015/04/22/update-3624/ Wikifiddling – Wikipedia admin deletes links with Lib Dems] | |||
*Yahoo! [https://news.yahoo.com/conservative-chairman-grant-shapps-denies-wikipedia-edits-142108368.html Conservative chairman Grant Shapps denies Wikipedia edits] | |||
*Irish Times [https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/david-cameron-defends-tory-chair-over-wikipedia-claims-1.2185082 David Cameron defends Tory chair over Wikipedia claims] | |||
*Channel 4 [http://www.channel4.com/news/grant-shapps-wikipedia-edits-contribsx-michael-green Grant Shapps Wikipedia edits: the key questions] | |||
*The Times [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/article4419571.ece Grant Shapps and the dark side of Wikipedia] | |||
*The Guardian [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/22/election-hopeful-whose-wikipedia-page-edited-calls-for-shapps-inquiry Election hopeful whose Wikipedia page was edited calls for Shapps inquiry] | |||
*The Guardian [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/22/contribsx-grant-shappss-defence-stand-up-wikipedia Contribsx: does Grant Shapps's defence stand up?] | |||
*Yahoo! [https://uk.news.yahoo.com/shapps-denies-editing-rivals-wikipedia-pages-203037550.html#xAXQ4fE Shapps Denies Editing Rivals' Wikipedia Pages] | |||
*The Independent [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/andy-mcsmiths-election-diary-tories-editing-wikipedia-its-happened-before-10196516.html Andy McSmith's Election Diary: Tories editing Wikipedia? It's happened before] | |||
*Silicon Republic [http://www.siliconrepublic.com/new-media/item/41709-10-wikipedia-editor-memes/ 10 Wikipedia editor memes that may ring true for UK politician Grant Shapps] | |||
*Christian Science Monitor [http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/Backchannels/2015/0422/Did-leading-UK-politician-edit-his-Wikipedia-page-Possibly-but-the-problem-goes-deeper.-video Did leading UK politician edit his Wikipedia page? Possibly, but the problem goes deeper. (+video)] | |||
*Politics Home [https://www.politicshome.com/party-politics/articles/story/david-cameron-defends-grant-shapps-over-wikipedia-claims David Cameron defends Grant Shapps over Wikipedia claims] | |||
*Rappler [http://www.rappler.com/world/regions/europe/90826-united-kingdom-politician-accused-unauthorized-wikipedia-edits UK politician accused of unauthorized Wikipedia edits] | |||
*Politics Home [https://www.politicshome.com/party-politics/articles/dot-commons-diary/nicky-morgan-claims-her-wikipedia-page-all-correct Nicky Morgan claims her Wikipedia page is all correct] | |||
*The Times [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article4419897.ece Lib Dem behind Wikipedia meddling claims] | |||
*BT [https://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/pm-backs-shapps-amid-wikipedia-row-11363976945475 PM backs Shapps amid Wikipedia row] | |||
*Bailiwick Times [http://www.bailiwickexpress.com/jsy/life/current-affairs/q-whats-being-going-grant-shapps-and-wikipedia/ Q&A: What's being going on with Grant Shapps and Wikipedia?] | |||
*Daily Mail [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3051423/Wikipedia-official-accused-Shapps-Lib-Dem-Online-administrator-described-Liberal-Democrat-last.html Wikipedia official who accused Shapps is a Lib Dem: Online administrator once described himself as 'Liberal Democrat to the last'] | |||
*Daily Mirror [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/grant-shapps-under-pressure-david-5566397 Grant Shapps under pressure as David Cameron wobbles in Tory chairman support] | |||
*The Drum [http://www.thedrum.com/news/2015/04/22/liberal-democrats-released-most-sarcastic-press-release-response-grant-shapps Liberal Democrats released the most sarcastic press release in response to Grant Shapps Wikipedia tampering accusations] | |||
*International Business Times [http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/behavioural-evidence-how-tory-co-chairman-grant-shapps-alleged-wikipedia-account-was-shut-1497767 Closure of alleged Wikipedia account of Tory chair Grant Shapps blamed on 'behavioural evidence'] | |||
*BritPolitics [http://www.britpolitics.co.uk/conservative-chairman-grant-shapps-accused-editing-wikipedia Conservative Chairman accused of repeatedly editing Wikipedia entries] | |||
*Huffington Post [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/04/22/grant-shapps-wikipedia-contribsx_n_7115588.html Grant Shapps Mocked By Liberal Democrats And Entire Universe With #WikiShappsFacts] | |||
*The Guardian [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/22/the-internet-must-be-free-from-political-meddling The internet must be free from political meddling] | |||
*Betfair [https://betting.betfair.com/politics/news/grant-shapps---you-couldnt-make-it-up-220415-703.html Grant Shapps - You couldn't make it up] | |||
*City A.M. [http://www.cityam.com/214346/lib-dems-deny-involvement-wikipedia-case Lib Dems deny involvement in Grant Shapps Wikipedia case] | |||
*Politics Home [https://www.politicshome.com/party-politics/articles/story/shapps-wikipedia-investigator-admits-he-should-have-made-more-checks Shapps Wikipedia investigator admits he should have made more checks] | |||
*The Conversation [https://theconversation.com/wikipedia-sockpuppetry-linking-accounts-to-real-people-is-pure-speculation-40670 Wikipedia sockpuppetry: linking accounts to real people is pure speculation] | |||
*TIME [http://time.com/3832479/uk-conservative-wikipedia-grant-shapps/ Chairman of U.K.’s Ruling Party Denies Editing His Wiki Entry and Those of Rivals] | |||
*Jewish News [http://www.jewishnews.co.uk/shapps%E2%80%88i%E2%80%88couldnt-have-edited-wikipedia-i%E2%80%88was-in-shul-for-yom-kippur/ Shapps: ‘I couldn’t have edited Wikipedia, I was in shul for Yom Kippur’] | |||
*The Drum [http://www.thedrum.com/news/2015/04/23/election-beat-podcast-politicians-editing-wikipedia-newspaper-bias-claims-and The Election Beat podcast: Politicians editing Wikipedia, newspaper bias claims and Milifandom] | |||
*The Economist [http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2015/04/johnson-grammar What exactly are our rules comprised of?] | |||
*Daily Me (PressReader) [http://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20150423/281745562928772/TextView Wikipedia official who accused Shapps is a Lib Dem] | |||
*Welwyn Hatfield Times [http://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/grant_shapps_wikipedia_boss_says_there_is_a_full_investigation_over_false_claims_1_4046025 Grant Shapps: ‘Wikipedia boss says there is a full investigation over false claims’] | |||
*The Guardian [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/23/interview-richard-symonds-wikipedia-administrator-blocked-account-linked-to-shapps Wikipedia volunteer who blocked 'Grant Shapps' account: I stand by my decision] | |||
*Newmarket Journal [http://www.newmarketjournal.co.uk/news/regional/pm-backs-shapps-amid-wikipedia-row-1-6702972 PM backs Shapps amid Wikipedia row] | |||
*The Guardian [http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/23/grant-shapps-wikipedia-editor The Grant Shapps affair is a testament to Wikipedia’s integrity and transparency] | |||
*Unlock the Law [http://www.unlockthelaw.co.uk/News/who-can-sue-who-grant-shapps-denies-allegations-of-editing-wikipedia-pages-of-other-mps/1954640964.html Who Can Sue Who? Grant Shapps Denies Allegations of Editing Wikipedia Pages of Other MP’s] | |||
*Morning Star [http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-5e85-Watch-Tories-turn-on-each-other-like-weasels-in-a-sack#.VT4PPCFVhBc Watch Tories Turn On Each Other Like Weasels In A Sack] | |||
*The Conversation [https://theconversation.com/on-the-internet-no-one-knows-youre-grant-shapps-40807 On the internet, no-one knows you're Grant Shapps] | |||
*The Guardian [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/08/wikipedia-volunteer-reprimand-grant-shapps-investigation Wikipedia volunteer faces reprimand over ‘Shapps account’ investigation] | |||
*The Spectator [http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2015/06/wikipedia-reprimands-editor-who-accused-grant-shapps-of-sock-puppet-edits/ Wikipedia reprimands editor who accused Grant Shapps of ‘sock puppet’ edits] | |||
*BBC [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33055855 Censure for Grant Shapps’ Wikipedia accuser] | |||
*Mirror [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wikipedia-raps-grant-shapps-controversy-5848267 Wikipedia raps Grant Shapps controversy editor after ruling there was ‘no proof’ Tory changed his own page] | |||
*The Times (paywall) [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article4464366.ece Wikipedia editor censured over Shapps] | |||
*The Guardian [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/09/wikipedia-account-at-centre-of-row-not-linked-to-grant-shapps Wikipedia: account at centre of row 'not linked' to Grant Shapps] | |||
*Breitbart [http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2015/06/10/shapps-case-raises-questions-for-wikipedia-and-the-guardian/ Shapps case raises questions for Wikipedia and The Guardian] | |||
*Conservative Home [http://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2015/06/the-bbc-apologises-to-shapps-over-its-coverage-of-a-lib-dems-wikipedia-allegations.html The BBC apologises to Shapps over its coverage of a Lib Dem’s Wikipedia allegations] | |||
*The Register [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/30/bbc_partial_apology_grant_shapps_wikipedia_smears/ BBC (sort of) sorry for Grant Shapps Wikipedia smear reportage] | |||
*Register [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/13/grant_shapps_probes_notsorryatall_wikimedia_uk/ Shapps launches probe into Wikimedia UK over self-pluggery allegs] | |||
*Register [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/19/wikipedia_shapps_those_emails_wanted_we_deleted_them/ Wikiland turns to Shapps and says ‘those emails you wanted, we deleted them, sorry’] | |||
*Independent [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/grant-shapps-unable-to-unmask-mystery-wikipedia-contributor-10468442.html Grant Shapps unable to unmask mystery Wikipedia contributor] | |||
*The Drum [http://www.thedrum.com/news/2015/08/24/grant-shapps-claims-highly-suspect-wikipedia-deleted-emails-proving-he-didnt-edit Grant Shapps claims ‘highly suspect’ Wikipedia deleted emails proving he didn't edit his Wiki page] | |||
*Spectator [http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2015/08/revealed-wikipedias-panic-over-shapps-fiasco/ Revealed - Wikipedia's panic over Shapps fiasco] | |||
{{Collapse bottom}} | |||
===General Election 2015 vandalism=== | |||
{{Collapse top}} | |||
*The Independent [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/david-camerons-wikipedia-page-hacked-to-display-ed-milibands-face-and-huge-vote-labour-banner-10233212.html David Cameron's Wikipedia page hacked to display Ed Miliband’s face and huge 'vote Labour' banner] | |||
*Daily Record [http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/david-camerons-wikipedia-page-turned-5654645 David Cameron's Wikipedia page turned bright red and replaced with picture of Ed Miliband in election day hack] | |||
*The Guardian [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/07/milibandits-hack-cameron-wikipedia-page-vote-labour-vandalism-election Milibandits deface Cameron Wikipedia page with 'vote Labour' vandalism ] | |||
*TechWorm [http://www.techworm.net/2015/05/labour-party-supporters-hack-david-cameron-and-nigel-farages-wikipedia-pages-to-tell-voters-to-vote-for-labour-party.html Labour party supporters hack David Cameron and Nigel Farage’s Wikipedia Pages to tell voters to vote for Labour Party] | |||
*Daily Express [http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/575693/Election-2015-David-Cameron-s-Wikipedia-HACKED-and-replaced-with-Ed-Miliband-image David Cameron's Wikipedia HACKED and replaced with Ed Miliband image] | |||
*Your Election 15 (blog) [http://www.yourelection15.co.uk/news/05/07/tory-wikipedia-pages-defaced-pictures-ed-miliband/ Tory Wikipedia pages defaced with pictures of Ed Miliband] | |||
*Belfast Telegraph [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/david-camerons-wikipedia-page-hacked-with-huge-picture-of-ed-milibands-face-31203790.html David Cameron's Wikipedia page hacked with huge picture of Ed Miliband's face] | |||
*Metro [http://metro.co.uk/2015/05/07/someone-changed-david-camerons-wikipedia-page-to-a-big-vote-labour-banner-5186641/ Someone changed David Cameron’s Wikipedia page to a big ‘Vote Labour’ banner] | |||
*Independent [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/the-secret-diary-of-an-mp-hacked-on-wikipedia-but-backed-by-the-voters-10237438.html Secret diary of an MP - hacked on Wikipedia but backed by the voters] | |||
{{Collapse bottom}} | |||
===Freedom of Panorama=== | |||
{{Collapse top}} | |||
*Guardian (Comment is Free) [http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/03/sharing-photos-freedom-of-panorama If you want to keep sharing photos for free, read this] - OpEd by Jimmy Wales drafted with Stevie's help | |||
*Register [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/03/wikipedia_saves_internet_from_fictional_threat/ Wikipedia has saved the internet from a fictional threat] | |||
*Politico {http://www.politico.eu/article/aldes-panorama-drama-reda-copyright-report/ Parliament's Panorama Drama] | |||
*International Business Times [http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/could-eu-take-away-your-freedom-take-photos-holiday-1509228 Could the EU take away your freedom to take photos on holiday?] | |||
*Standard Republic [http://www.standardrepublic.com/wikipedia-fighting-to-prevent-the-prohibition-of-the-use-of-public-places-photo-law/1360.htm Wikipedia is fighting to prevent the prohibition of the use of photos of public spaces] | |||
*Eteknix [http://www.eteknix.com/wikipedia-wants-stop-eu-banning-photos-taken-public-places/ Wikipedia wants to stop the EU banning photos taken in public spaces] | |||
*Digital Photography Review [http://www.dpreview.com/articles/7602493680/photography-in-public-places-threatened-by-proposal-for-copyright-harmonisation-across-europe Photography in public places across Europe threatened by harmonization proposal] | |||
*The Next Web [http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/07/02/wikipedia-is-fighting-to-stop-europe-from-banning-use-of-photos-taken-in-public-places/ Wikipedia is fighting to stop Europe from banning the use of photos taken in public places] | |||
*Silicon Republic [https://www.siliconrepublic.com/life/2015/07/02/wikipedia-to-battle-eu-over-planned-censorship-of-photos-in-public-places Wikipedia to battle EU over planned censorship of photos in public spaces] | |||
*Euronews [http://www.euronews.com/2015/07/08/fight-for-freedom-of-panorama-savepos-wikipedia/ The bitter fight for freedom of panorama] | |||
*Wired [http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/10/public-selfies-saved-by-a-german-pirate A German Pirate just saved our right to take public selfies] | |||
*Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/11729754/Holiday-snaps-saved-as-UK-retains-Freedom-of-Panorama.html Holiday snaps saved as UK retains freedom of panorama] | |||
*Boing Boing [http://boingboing.net/2015/07/09/pirate-meps-copyright-reform.html Pirate MEP's copyright reforms voted in by Europarl with "Right of Panorama" intact] | |||
*PR Week [http://www.prweek.com/article/1355472/european-parliament-scraps-controversial-freedom-panorama-proposals The European Parliament scraps controversial Freedom of Panorama proposals] | |||
{{Collapse bottom}} | |||
===Paid editing September 2015=== | |||
{{Collapse top}} | |||
*BBC News [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34127466 Wikipedia blocks hundreds of "scam" sock puppet accounts] | |||
*International Business Times [http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/wikipedia-381-rogue-editors-targeted-small-uk-businesses-celebrities-blackmail-scam-1518130 Wikipedia - 381 rogue editors targeted small UK businesses and celebrities in blackmail scam] | |||
*Mashable [http://mashable.com/2015/09/01/wikipedia-bans-381-accounts/ Wikipedia bans 381 'black hat' accounts for misleading editing] | |||
*The Drum [http://www.thedrum.com/news/2015/09/02/profiteering-black-hat-wikipedia-edit-group-culled-site Profiteering 'Black Hat' Wikipedia edit group culled from site] | |||
*Guardian [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/02/wikipedia-blocks-editor-accounts-linked-to-extortion-scam Wikipedia blocks editor accounts linked to extortion scam] | |||
*Express [http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/602432/Wikipedia-blackmail-Britain-s-Got-Talent-Paul-Manners-Britons-targeted Britain's Got Talent singer and British businesses targeted by Wikipedia blackmailers] | |||
*Business Insider [http://uk.businessinsider.com/wikipedia-extortion-racket-381-orangemoody-2015-9 Hundreds of British businesses have been targeted by a Wikipedia extortion racket | |||
*Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/11838614/Wikipedia-hit-by-blackmail-scandal-as-victims-are-charged-for-content.html Wikipedia hit by blackmail scandal as victims are charged for content] | |||
*Newser [http://www.newser.com/story/212248/wikipedia-just-busted-sock-puppet-ring.html Wikipedia just busted a black hat sockpuppet ring] | |||
*Ars Technica [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/09/wikipedia-blocks-hundreds-of-linked-accounts-for-suspect-editing/ Wikipedia blocks hundreds of linked accounts for suspect editing] | |||
*Tech Crunch [http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/01/wikipedia-bans-hundreds-of-black-hat-paid-editors-who-created-promotional-pages-its-site/ Wikipedia Bans Hundreds Of “Black Hat” Paid Editors Who Created Promotional Pages On Its Site] | |||
*Wired [http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-09/01/wikipedia-sockpuppet-account-extortion Wikipedia bans 381 accounts for secretly promoting brands] | |||
*Clickz [http://www.clickz.com/uk/2015/09/01/hundreds-of-black-hat-wikipedia-accounts-shut-down Hundreds of ‘black hat’ Wikipedia accounts shut down] | |||
*LidTime [http://www.lidtime.com/hundreds-of-black-hat-wikipedia-accounts-shut-down-7685/ Hundreds of ‘black hat’ Wikipedia accounts shut down] | |||
*Hackbusters [http://www.hackbusters.com/news/stories/375974-wikipedia-blocks-381-sockpuppet-accounts Wikipedia blocks 381 sockpuppet accounts] | |||
*PC Mag [http://uk.pcmag.com/internet-products/70800/news/wikipedia-blocks-381-accounts-for-paid-editing Wikipedia Blocks 381 Accounts for Paid Editing] | |||
*TechPortal.in [http://thetechportal.in/2015/09/01/wikipedia-blocks-black-hat-editors-following-investigation/ Wikipedia Blocks ‘Black Hat’ Editors Following Investigation] | |||
*Computerworld [http://www.computerworld.com/article/2978773/it-industry/wikipedia-blocks-381-user-accounts-for-dishonest-editing.html Wikipedia blocks 381 user accounts for dishonest editing] | |||
*ValueWalk [http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/09/wikipedia-blocks-381-users-accounts-of-black-hat-editing/ The volunteer editors of English Wikipedia blocked hundreds of accounts engaged in “black hat” editing after conducting a weeks-long investigation] | |||
*FastCompany [https://www.fastcompany.com/3050646/fast-feed/wikipedia-banned-hundreds-of-users-who-edited-content-for-undisclosed-pay Wikipedia Banned Hundreds Of Users Who Edited Content For Undisclosed Pay] | |||
*Slate [http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/09/01/wikipedia_bans_318_accounts_for_doing_clandestine_brand_promotion.html Wikipedia Bans 381 Accounts Because They Were “Editing for Profit”] | |||
*The Verge [http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/1/9239119/wikipedia-editors-banned-fake-articles Almost 400 Wikipedia accounts banned for running paid article 'shakedowns'] | |||
*Independent [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/wikipedia-rocked-by-rogue-editors-blackmail-scam-targeting-small-businesses-and-celebrities-10481993.html Wikipedia rocked by 'rogue editors' blackmail scam targeting small businesses and celebrities] | |||
*Washington Post [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/09/02/wikipedia-sting-snares-hundreds-of-accounts-used-for-paid-editing/ Wikipedia sting snares hundreds of accounts used for paid editing] | |||
*iDigitalTimes [http://au.idigitaltimes.com/wikipedia-blocks-381-user-accounts-undisclosed-paid-editing-106847 Wikipedia Blocks 381 User Accounts for Undisclosed Paid Editing] | |||
*PPPFocus [http://www.pppfocus.com/wikipedia-blocks-almost-400-black-hat-accounts-for-shady-editing-35079/ Wikipedia Blocks almost 400 ‘Black Hat’ Accounts for Shady Editing] | |||
*Register [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/02/wikimedia_sweeps_shills/ Wikimedia sweeps shill accounts after stunt doubles, waterparks scammed] | |||
*Daily Mail Online [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3219380/Blackmail-scandal-hits-Wikipedia-rogue-editors-charge-hundreds-pounds-protect-people-s-pages-defamatory-content.html Wikipedia blackmail scandal: Website discovers scammers are charging business and celebrities to 'protect' their profiles from fake libelous changes] | |||
*Yahoo! [https://uk.news.yahoo.com/wikipedia-blocks-381-accounts-black-hat-editing-071120472.html#U3vqSTq Wikipedia blocks 381 accounts for 'black hat editing'] | |||
*The Bristol Post [http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Hundreds-small-businesses-UK-targeted-rogue/story-27721222-detail/story.html Hundreds of small businesses across the UK targeted by "rogue editors" at Wikipedia] | |||
*TechWeez [http://www.techweez.com/2015/09/02/wikipedia-edit-for-pay-scheme/ Wikipedia Suspends 381 Accounts, Deletes 210 Articles over Editing Violations] | |||
*Rappler [http://www.rappler.com/technology/news/104552-wikipedia-blocks-editor-accounts-scam Wikipedia blocks 381 editor accounts for 'black hat' edits] | |||
*Betanews [http://betanews.com/2015/09/02/hundreds-of-unscrupulous-black-hat-editors-banned-from-wikipedia/ Hundreds of unscrupulous black hat editors banned from Wikipedia] | |||
*Huffington Post [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/09/02/wikipedia-scam-editors-receive-harsh-penalty-for-blackmailing-celebs_n_8075608.html Wikipedia Scam Editors Banned As Celebs Blackmailed Over Page Modifications] | |||
*Forbes [http://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2015/09/02/how-the-wikipedia-extortion-racket-worked/ How The Wikipedia Extortion Racket Worked] | |||
*Tech Times [http://www.techtimes.com/articles/81255/20150902/wikipedia-wikimedia-381-accounts-210-posts-undisclosed-paid-advocacy.htm Wikipedia Blocks 381 Accounts For 'Black Hat' Editing] | |||
*Silicon Republic [https://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/2015/09/02/organisation-of-sock-puppet-scamming-editors-deleted-off-wikipedia Organisation of scamming sock puppet editors deleted off Wikipedia] | |||
There's a LOT more coverage of this story but I think this is more than enough to record | |||
*Financial Times [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/50eddade-5256-11e5-8642-453585f2cfcd.html#axzz3l38njdg1 Wikipedia's struggle to save its soul] - a slightly different take on this issue. Thoughtful and balanced, looks at the broader issue of PR generally as it applies to WP. | |||
*Guardian - presumably Jimmy's right to reply as suggested to WMF [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/06/wikipedia-founder-backs-sites-systems-after-extortion-scam Wikipedia founder backs site's systems after extortion scam] | |||
{{Collapse bottom}} | |||
===Science and science conference=== | |||
{{Collapse top}} | |||
*Richard Dawkins [https://richarddawkins.net/2015/08/can-we-trust-wikipedia-on-controversial-scientific-topics/ Can we trust Wikipedia on "controversial" science topics? | |||
*Open Science [http://openscience.com/wikipedia-open-access-and-knowledge-dissemination/ Wikipedia, open access and knowledge disemmination] | |||
*Nature [http://www.nature.com/news/wikipedians-reach-out-to-academics-1.18313 Wikipedia reaches out to academics] | |||
{{Collapse bottom}} | |||
==Sept 2015 onwards== | |||
* Sept '15 https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/wikipedian-residence-improves-public-access-science | |||
[[Category:Communication]] | [[Category:Communication]] | ||
</div> | </div> |
Latest revision as of 16:57, 17 September 2015
List of press coverage from August 2014 onwards
Suggestions on how to display this in a more useful fashion very welcome!
Wikimania
Wikimedia Foundation sues the NSA
Wikimedia UK directly created or quoted
Contribsx story
General Election 2015 vandalism
Freedom of Panorama
Paid editing September 2015
Science and science conference
Extended content |
---|
|