Editing Incubator escapee wiki:Press coverage 2005 (section)

==April==

* Burnett, Thane. "Sounds of life, death." ''Toronto Sun''. 1 April 2005. <small>[http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Columnists/Toronto/Thane_Burnett/2005/04/01/978664.html]</small>
*:"Schiavo's end resonated quickly around the world. Within moments -- even as leaders walked to microphones -- the online encyclopedia Wikipedia was updated to reflect her final breath."

*Sternstein, Aliya. "Wiki means fast". ''FCW.com''. April 4, 2005. <small>[http://www.fcw.com/article88467-04-04-05-Print]</small>
*:"The Wikipedia is a classic example. It is an online, self-correcting, self-evolving encyclopedia updated by a community of users, trusting the good intentions of the posters."

*Brøndmo, Hans-Peter. "How Will Tags Color the Web?" ''ClickZ Network''.  April 4, 2005. <small>[http://www.clickz.com/experts/brand/sense/article.php/3494361]</small>
*:"Wikipedia, likewise, has a core group of about 500 users worldwide who constitute a highly active community. They monitor content changes and submissions for accuracy and adherence to the Wikipedia terms. They edit submissions, categorize content, and generally constitute Wikipedia's "editorial staff"."

*Morgan, Fiona, and others. "Our Favorite Geeks." ''Independent Weekly''. April 6, 2005.<small>[http://indyweek.com/durham/2005-04-06/cover2.html]</small>
*:Profile of [[User:Seth Ilys|Seth Ilys]] based on his Wikipedia contributions.

*Slashdot. April 8, 2005 [http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/05/04/08/1658247.shtml?tid=109&tid=95&tid=8] 
*:Readers of [[Microsoft]]'s [[Encarta]] encyclopedia can now [http://beta.encarta.msn.com/encnet/support/encartafeedback.aspx?page=editing propose edits to articles]. Edits will be approved and copyedited by Encarta staff.

*Jeffery, Simon. "Wikipedia - first with the news". ''The Guardian''. April 12, 2005. <small>[http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/internet/2005/04/12/wikipedia_first_with_the_news.html]</small>
*:Reports that Wikipedia's article on [[Andrea Dworkin]] correctly noted her death over 24 hours before the mainstream media, " ... Wikipedia the sole supporting published source, breaking the news in its own quiet and understated manner. ..."

*The Associated Press. "Encarta encyclopedia tests edit system". Business Week. April 13, 2005.<small>[http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D89ESGN01.htm?campaign_id=apn_tech_down]</small>
*:"This is in contrast to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which lets anyone instantaneously make changes, even delete entries, regardless of whether that person has any expertise in the subject. [...] 'The truth of the matter is, we have 42,000 articles in Encarta and somewhere around 60 million words, so even if I had a staff of 1,000 editors we wouldn't be able to look at all of the content all the time,' Alt said."

*Mackintosh, Hamish. "Talk Time". ''The Guardian''. April 14, 2005. <small> [http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,,1458558,00.html] </small>
*:Interview with Jimmy Wales. "Once, everyone was excited about the new medium of the net. People talked about free knowledge and the ability to share ideas but then it seemed to be all about pop-up ads and porn spam. We came on to the scene when people were getting disillusioned. Hopefully they thought it was an attempt to create something positive."

*BBC News Online. "Hitchhiker's Guide in your pocket". April 15, 2005. <small>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4447885.stm]</small>
*:"In some respects the way that the H2G2 website was put together pre-figures the idea of the wikipedia [sic], an online encyclopedia, that is also written, edited and checked by ordinary web users."

*Hoffman, Allan. "Note to Web monks: Try surfing for a wiki." ''The Star-Ledger''. April 17, 2005. <small>[http://www.nj.com/columns/ledger/hoffman/index.ssf?/base/columns-0/111371345959810.xml]</small>
*:"To get a sense of what a wiki really is, you will need to visit one. Start at Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org), a popular, freely available encyclopedia. Wikipedia might look like any other Web-based resource, with brief items brimming with links to other references. Wikipedia has more than 525,000 entries in English on just about any topic imaginable. The entry on wiki provides the source of the quirky name &mdash; a Hawaiian term meaning quick. But look under the covers of Wikipedia, and you will discover how easy it is to edit the articles..." (text continues at article)

*Cara, Anna. "If 'Wikipedians' don't like this article, they'll change it" ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution''.  April 17, 2005.
*:"In an interview with Wikipedia's latest newsletter, Stanford University professor Lawrence Lessig simply says, 'Wikipedia is jazz.'"

*"Web quickly spreads word of new pope". Reuters. April 19, 2005. <small>[http://news.com.com/Web+quickly+spreads+word+of+new+pope/2100-1028_3-5676551.html]</small>
*:"The election spurred the posting of special alert banners on major news network sites including ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX and NBC. The [[Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger|entry for Ratzinger]] on Wikipedia had already been updated to reflect his new title. The [http://news.com.com/Yahoo+to+support+Wikipedia/2100-1024_3-5658621.html?tag=nl community-based Web encyclopedia] also was quick to post word of the death of Terri Schiavo in March." Links are as shown in quotation.

*Silverman, Dwight. "Sudden info on the pope". ''Houston Chronicle''. April 20, 2005. <small>[http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/tech/blog/3144453]</small>
*:"For those who don't know, the [[Main Page|Wikipedia]] is an encyclopedia that is developed by the online community. Anyone is free to [[Help:Starting a new page|submit]] or [[Wikipedia:How to edit a page|revise]] an article.
*:"You'd think it would be chaotic, but it actually works well &mdash; and quickly..."
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*"The future of journalism: Yesterday's papers". ''The Economist''. April 21, 2005. <small>[http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3896039]</small>
*:"Wikis are collaborative web pages that allow readers to edit and contribute. This, to digital immigrants, may sound like a recipe for anarchic chaos, until they visit, for instance, [[Main Page|wikipedia.org]], an online encyclopaedia that is growing dramatically richer by the day through exactly this spontaneous (and surprisingly orderly) collaboration among strangers." Links to Wikipedia as shown.

*Rhymer, Rigby. "The advent of the online whiteboard: COLLABORATIVE SOFTWARE: Companies around the world are waking up to the considerable attractions of interactive wiki pages". ''Financial Times (London)''. April 22, 2005. 
*:"Wikipedia, the web's largest encyclopaedia and the best known example of a wiki"

*"BBC Launches Real-Life 'Hitchhiker's Guide'" Adam Pasick for ''Reuters''. <small>[http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050426/wr_nm/media_britain_hitchhikers_dc_3]</small>
*:"Wikipedia allows anyone to make changes to entries but relies on a final review by a core team of about 1,000 users. Similarly, the BBC has the final say over what appears on H2G2, according to Ashley Highfield, Director of BBC New Media & Technology."

*Mitra, Kushan. "Just how did a website with a quaint sounding prefix (it's Hawaiian, duh!) establish the concept of an online democracy? And why did a multi-millionaire one-time derivatives trader become its benevolent dictator?". ''Business Today (India)''. April 24, 2005.
*:"Wikipedia is nothing short of a revolution."

*Foremski, Tom. "Notes from Software 2005: Lunch with the Swami of the enterprise software sector...". ''SiliconValleyWatcher''. April 26, 2005. <small>[http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2005/04/notes_from_soft.php]</small>
*:"I sat with MR at lunch, (he is a big SiliconValleyWatcher fan BTW). Here are some notes from my chat with the 'swami of the software sector'. (MR, I hope it’s not offensive to call you swami; I did wikipedia it…!)" ''(This marks the first time this user at least has seen "Wikipedia" used as a verb.)''

*Hoffman, Allan. "Just Browsing'. ''New Orleans Times-Picayune''. April 27, 2005.
*:"Wikipedia is an astonishing resource"

*Williams, Derek. "Wikipedia".  ''Newsletter of American [[Mensa International|Mensa]] COM SIG''.  April 27, 2005.
*:Discusses the idea behind Wikipedia, it's growth, and mentions and replies to common criticisms.

*Jdd, Damon D. "Geocollaboration using Peer-Peer GIS". ''Directions Magazine''. April 28, 2005. <small>[http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=850&trv=1]</small>
*:"The web site, [[Main Page|Wikipedia]], is an encyclopedia written collaboratively by many of its readers. It illustrates an interesting level of collaboration at the less interactive, open community side of the spectrum. Wikipedia [[Collaboration|defines]] collaboration as follows." ''Article then quotes first paragraph of [[Collaboration]]. Article links to main page and article as shown.''

*"The Saj of Tao | Denouement". ''The Tufts Daily''. April 28, 2005. <small>[http://www.tuftsdaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/04/28/42707844a5c48]</small>.
*:"'''Wikipedia.org''', my dearest friend. Not a credible source to cite on research papers, I discovered, but if I'm in a bind and need to know who made the steam engine efficient enough to jumpstart the creation of an effective steam-powered cargo-carrying industry (James Watt) for the sole purpose of setting up a joke a few lines later about a fat stupid President opening up ANWR to oil-drilling at the turn of the last century, I know where to go."

*Dubey, Chris. "Online Encyclopedia Offers Free Help". ''The University of Hartford Informer''. April 28, 2005. <small>[http://www.hartfordinformer.com/news/2005/04/28/News/Online.Encyclopedia.Offers.Free.Help-946288.shtml]</small>
*:"Where on the Internet can you find optimized information on such diverse topics as hyperbolic Ann Coulter quotes, the history of auto racing and the Usenet flame war called the Meow Wars? No, it isn't Google I'm talking about. It's Wikipedia, a Web-based, free-content encyclopedia, written collaboratively by volunteers..." ''Remainder of article is about Wikipedia''.

*Cody, Nabours. "Life, the universe and everything". ''The UCSD Guardian''. April 29, 2005. <small>[http://www.ucsdguardian.org/cgi-bin/hiatus?art=2005_04_28_01]</small>.
*:"Much of the book’s best humor remains in the movie, from the doomed-but-philosophizing sperm whale (perhaps the book’s finest moment) to the excerpts from the Guide itself (sort of the Wikipedia of the universe)."

*"China's old foes seek an end to conflict". ''The Economist''. April 29, 2005. <small>[http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3930577]</small>
*:"Wikipedia has [[Chinese civil war|background information]] on the civil war." &ndash; sidebar reference in an article on the meeting between [[Communist Party of China]] leader [[Hu Jintao]] and [[Kuomintang]] leader [[Lien Chan]].

*Hoff, Rob. "REALLY Local Content". ''Business Week''. April 29, 2005. <small>[http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2005/04/really_local_bl.html]</small>
*:"Of course, this kind of thing would depend on lots of people contributing voluntarily, but Craigslist, [[w:|Wikipedia]], and other volunteer sites prove that's not an insurmountable barrier." ''Links to Wikipedia as shown.''

*Rowse, Darren. "A Blogging Perspective OS X Tiger". ''WebProNews''. April 30, 2005. <small>[http://www.webpronews.com/news/ebusinessnews/wpn-45-20050430ABloggingPerspectiveOSXTiger.html]</small>.
*:"Dashboard - one of the main things that Apple have been selling this upgrade with is the new Dashboard feature which allows users to download desktop widgets. At the click of a button these widgets appear on your screen giving you up to date information on a variety of topics - ranging from stock prices, weather, world time, dictionary, calculator, wikipedia look up, mini rss reader."