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Notable academic paper

The article "Can History be Open Source? Wikipedia and the Future of the Past" was originally published in the Journal of American History (Volume 93, Number 1 (June, 2006): 117-46), and was reprinted on the web at the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.

New York Times issues correction

On 21 June, The New York Times issued a correction to last week's front page Wikipedia story (see archived story).


The change was reflected in the new headline, "Growing Wikipedia Refines Its 'Anyone Can Edit' Policy", with "refines" substituted for the previous version that read "revises".

Overview article

The Independent published "New Media: Who are the real winners now we've all gone Wiki-crazy?", saying:

Search for Wikimedia CEO

In "Maybe they should look on Craigslist", the San Francisco Chronicle has noted the appointment of Brad Patrick as interim CEO for the Wikimedia Foundation while the search for a long-term candidate goes on (see archived story).

Internationalization

Corante's "Going Global" blog discusses "How Wikipedia Manages Multilingual Content Expectations", noting how the http://www.wikipedia.org portal specifies the number of articles per Wikipedia language.

Amusing mentions

  • A Globe and Mail columnist writes about having his test edits corrected "by an 11-year-old with a bowl cut and spectacles", in "Here come the Wikipedia police". The edit, a whimsical addition to the Human article, was reverted the following minute by PHDrillSergeant. PHDrill Sergeant, who signs as Porphyric Hemophiliac and is in reality 18 years old, also left the {{behave}} template on the talk page for the columnist's IP address, prompting the columnist's discovery that "Wikipedia, like MySpace, has homepages for its denizens."