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Wednesday, 07 March 2007 05:49

Bogus professor quits Wikipedia

A 24 year old with no advanced degrees who posed as a professor of religion while working on Wikipedia's arbitration committee has resigned at the request of Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales.

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Monday, 05 March 2007 11:13

Conservapedia aims to set Wikipedia right

Wikipedia is "anti-American", "anti-Christian" and "anti-capitalism" according to US fundamentalist Christians who have set up their own online reference site, Conservapedia, to protect themselves from the evils of the world.
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Friday, 02 March 2007 08:35

Wikipedia: did one of its admins lie?

Looks like one of Wikipedia’s admins has allegedly told some porkies about his qualifications, but instead of outrage it’s all been swept under the rug. Does it matter?

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Sunday, 25 February 2007 16:50

Wikipedia entry causes pro-golfer Fuzzy Zoeller to sue

Prevented by law from suing Wikipedia, pro-golfer Fuzzy Zoeller is suing the owner of an IP address from where allegedly defamatory remarks were posted onto Wikipedia alleging that he abused drugs, alcohol and his family in what could set a precedent for online defamation cases.
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Friday, 09 February 2007 04:06

Anna Nicole Smith's death sends Wikipedia into overdrive

News of the death of former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith has led to a rush of activity at Wikipedia, with administrators at the anyone-can-edit encyclopedia on high alert to keep vandalism and libellous statements out of the entry for the recently deceased starlet.
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Thursday, 08 February 2007 05:50

Accused NASA astronauts, like all U.S. citizens, are innocent unless proven guilty

The world mass media seems to have prosecuted and proven guilty a NASA astronaut recently—at least by their aggressive reporting and over-analyzing on television and other media sources. However, under the laws of the United States of America, all citizens of the United States accused in criminal trials are granted the legal right to be presumed innocent until convicted by a court of law.

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Wednesday, 07 February 2007 16:16

Whistle blown on Wiki site for whistle-blowers

LONDON (Reuters) - It had to happen. A Web site set up to encourage anonymous leaks of controversial government secrets has been exposed before its launch.

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Tuesday, 23 January 2007 23:12

U.S. study suggests most people are uninformed about nanotechnology

A recent U.S. study has found that the general public’s and the mass media’s lack of awareness of nanotechnology has led to misconceptions about the emerging technology.

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