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The Most Surprising Wikipedia Controversies Of All Time

Posted 11.29.2009 | Technology

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Cuteness? Vikings? These entries are so controversial that Wiki has had to lay down the LOCK law and block the pages from being changed. We've ...

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What the MSM Gets Wrong About Wikipedia -- and Why

Jimmy Wales | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology

Read More: Msm, Wiki, New-Wikipedia-Rules, Wales, Jimmy Wales, MSM Flaws, Wikipedia, Technology News
Jimmy Wales

If you follow the news about Wikipedia, even casually, you're probably aware that something is changing. What you probably don't realize is that what you've been led to believe is almost certainly completely wrong.

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It's Time for a Wiki White House

Dan Froomkin | Posted 12.26.2008 | Media

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Dan Froomkin

On January 20, the Bush administration's stodgy, wheezing version of whitehouse.gov will be carted off to the National Archives in its entirety, leaving precisely no legacy -- and no limits.

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Can Netroots Entertainers Galvanize Youth Vote?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 11.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Debate, Vice Presidential Debate, The Youngest Candidate, Michael Moore, Wilshire and Washington, Baratunde Thurston, Sarah Palin, Jason Pollock, Voter Suppression, Wiki, The Onion, Media News
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

If the financial market doesn't implode first, the media may just explode in anticipation of the VP debate. Are expectations so low at this point that Sarah Palin wins just by showing up and sounding intelligent?

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Announcing The Launch Of The Voter Suppression Wiki -- Learn, Report, Act

Baratunde Thurston | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

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Baratunde Thurston

What about the votes that don't count? What about the systematic attempts to erect barriers between voters and the ballot box? What about voter suppression?

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