A collection of stories tagged 'wikipedia' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:50:55 EST Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, is going to be printed in a hardcover edition. Beate Varnhorn, of Bertlesmann Lexicon, talks about why the publishing company is publishing and selling a print version of the free online encyclopedia. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53138 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92836898&ft=1&f=1032 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:37:00 EDT Encyclopedia Britannica is taking a page out of the Wikipedia playbook by allowing readers to make edits and contributions to the encyclopedia. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/51171 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91625713&ft=1&f=1006 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:00:00 EDT From free-flowing blogs to social networks and Wikipedia, creating legal regulations for behavior on the Web is a specialty evolving as rapidly as innovations on the Internet. A growing number of law schools are answering the call. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/43998 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17937934&ft=1&f=1001 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:53:00 EST Wikipedia launches Wikia Search, an online search engine to be run by volunteers. Marketplace's Nancy Marshall-Genzer discusses how the nonprofit organization plans to transition into a revenue-generating business and whether Google should be scared. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/43745 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17900405&ft=1&f=1006 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:00:00 EST Wikipedia Vision is a new online map which spins across the globe, tracking the changes people make to the encyclopedia. You can see what was edited, when and where. So this morning we know that someone in Hong Kong changed the definition of a Rolls Royce Phantom. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/41333 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15835057&ft=1&f=1008 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:00:00 EDT Although Aaron Schroeder's wikipedia page jokes that he's inspired by traditional American grunge and modern hard rock, the Kennewick, WA songwriter actually creates brilliant pop rock with elements of folk, country, and glam. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/41248 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15775517&ft=1&f=1039 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:46:00 EDT With major Web sites such as Wikipedia being driven by user-generated content, some technology experts say the days of the professional journalist, critic, writer, movie maker and musician may be numbered. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/41111 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15671312&ft=1&f=1006 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:37:00 EDT Wikipedia is one of the Internet's most popular fact-checking sites. But a new tool shows how the online encyclopedia, which is maintained by its users, is often manipulated by the companies and individuals who are the subjects of its entries. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/38244 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12823729 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:01:00 EDT Wikipedia's co-founder, Larry Sanger, is creating a rival encyclopedia site. Sanger says Citizendium will require contributors to use real names and prove expertise. And experts will be asked to check for accuracy. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/32604 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9134363 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 06:00:00 EDT For conservative computer users who find the online encyclopedia Wikipedia to harbor too many values that conflict with their own, a new site awaits. Conservapedia founder Andy Schlafly says the new site is an alternative to Wikipedia and what he deems to be a liberal bias. Robert Siegel talks with Schlafly. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/32102 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8286084 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:53:00 EDT Robert Siegel talks to Jimmy Wales, founder and chairman emeritus of Wikipedia. Wales will discuss the process of "breaking news" on Wikipedia. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/30827 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7320255 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:00:00 EST This weekend over 400 Wikipedia enthusiasts are gathering at Harvard for Wikimania 2006, a tribute to the Wikipedia Web site. Andrew Lih, who is writing a book about the Wikipedia phenomenon, tells Scott Simon about the conference. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/22227 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5620035 Sat, 05 Aug 2006 08:00:00 EDT For some people, hearing a particular song immediately conjures up thoughts of an old boyfriend or girlfriend. For others, it's a place -- a park, a street corner or a restaurant. At platial.com, a new Web site founded by "psychogeography hobbyists," the result is something like Wikipedia crossed with Rand McNally. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/18072 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5330820 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 16:50:00 EDT The online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which allows users to edit entries on a wide range of subjects, has banned Capitol Hill computers from the editing process. The reason? Hill staffers tend to write glowing entries about their bosses. Alex Chadwick talks with Andrea Seabrook about some of the worst offenders, and just how far-ranging the problem is getting. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/220 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5182883 Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST In the wake of questions of accuracy, a survey by the science journal Nature finds that science entries in the volunteer-driven, online encyclopedia Wikipedia are "not markedly less accurate" than those found in Encyclopaedia Britannica. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/1619 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5055388 Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST The founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, says users will now be required to register before they can create articles. The change comes amid complaints by journalist John Seigenthaler; his biography on the Web site claimed he was a suspect in the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and his brother, Robert Kennedy. Siegenthaler and Wales discuss the change in a follow up to a previous program on accuracy and accountability at Wikipedia. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/2898 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5041077 Tue, 06 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST A new wave of Internet sites, like Wikipedia, invite their users to interact and contribute facts and opinion and edit each other. It's a more democratic way to present information. But is it more accurate? http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/2997 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4986453 Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST Wikipedia is a dynamic, online encyclopedia that allows users to create and edit their own entries. Volunteers then fact-check the entiries to ensure accuracy. NPR's Laura Sydell reports that as Wikipedia has grown dramatically in popularity, some have begun to question its accuracy. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/14379 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4506421 Sun, 20 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST