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Sunday, February 25, 2007. Web 20's 'digital mobs' attacked. Lanier singled out Wikipedia's anonymous contributors for criticism. The latest phase of internet - web 2.0 - has been attacked by a leading author and digital pioneer for its "mob" mentality, describing it as "digital Maoism". Jaron Lanier, who popularised the virtual reality concept in the early 1980s, said that in rush to forge a new age of collectivism, we risk losing individual identities and dumbing down our understanding of the world.
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Sunday, March 11, 2007. Wikipedia to writers: Prove your expertise. AP) - Following revelations that a high-ranking member of Wikipedia's bureaucracy used his cloak of anonymity to lie about being a professor of religion, the free Internet encyclopedia plans to ask contributors who claim such credentials to identify themselves. We always prefer to give a positive incentive rather than absolute prohibition, so that people can contribute without a lot of hassle," Wales wrote. Jordan's fraud came to light l...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2005. John Seigenthaler: Wikipedia biography controversy. John Seigenthaler Sr. on CNN, 5 December 2005. The John Seigenthaler Sr. Wikipedia biography controversy occurred in 2005. After an anonymous editor posted a hoax in the Wikipedia. Entry for John Seigenthaler Sr. In May. In September 2005, Victor S. Johnson, Jr. An old friend of Seigenthaler's, discovered the entry, which suggested that Seigenthaler may have had a role in the assassinations of both John F. Kennedy. Describing...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006. Blogs and Wikis: Ushering in an Era of Change. Q: How is Wikipedia encouraging use of its applications and tools in developing countries? Q: What are the most innovative licensing arrangements a developing country can adopt to allow decentralized knowledge production? Wales: In most cases, free licenses, such as those available through GNU. Q: Will Wikipedia format its content for e-learning so that every person in the developing world can have access to a Wikipedia? Using the...
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