In an interesting case of man vs. animal vs. copyright law, Wikipedia has refused repeated requests from a photographer to remove a famous series of monkey self-portraits because the animal pressed the button, which they believe puts the image into the public domain. David Slater is a British nature photographer who was attempting to get… Continue reading Photographer Goes Bananas Over Wikipedia Refusing to Remove His Viral Monkey Selfies
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Bio-artist Creates Tree of Knowledge By Inserting Wikipedia Pages Into Tree DNA
In the history of mankind, only Adam and Even have eaten from the Tree of Knowledge. That may soon change. Bio-artist Joe Davis plans to create a living Tree of Knowledge, using Wikipedia and apple trees. With the help of researchers and mathematicians, Davis has created a method of inserting 50,000 Wikipedia pages into the… Continue reading Bio-artist Creates Tree of Knowledge By Inserting Wikipedia Pages Into Tree DNA
Tumblr Blog TL;DR Wikipedia Shortens Wikipedia Entries Into Hilarious Definitions
A new Tumblr blog has surfaced and it’s a good one. Named TL;DR Wikipedia, the blog takes Wikipedia entries and shortens them to create new, ridiculous definitions. (“TL;DR” is Internet shorthand for “too long, didn’t read.”) TL;DR Wikipedia is “Wikipedia Condensed For Your Pleasure,” and it is just that, both enjoyable and amusing. Check out… Continue reading Tumblr Blog TL;DR Wikipedia Shortens Wikipedia Entries Into Hilarious Definitions
Quora Raises $80 Million To Drive Growth and Protect Independence
While people frequently turn to Wikipedia and Google Search to answer their questions, they may be overlooking a website specifically designed to answer those questions. Question-and-answer website Quora boasts that it is actually “your best source of knowledge” because it lets you ask any question and get real answers from people with first-hand experience. With… Continue reading Quora Raises $80 Million To Drive Growth and Protect Independence
Texas PR Firm Accused of Creating Hundreds of Fake, Biased Wikipedia Entries
The Wikimedia Foundation has accused a Texas public relations firm of writing hundreds of fake Wikipedia entries on behalf of its clients, the Verge reports. After uncovering the scam last month, Wikimedia sent a cease-and-desist letter to the PR firm on Tuesday asking the firm to stop editing Wikipedia pages until it complies with Wikipedia’s… Continue reading Texas PR Firm Accused of Creating Hundreds of Fake, Biased Wikipedia Entries
Edit-A-Thon to Improve Wikipedia’s Pages on Female Scientists
Isn’t it frustrating that many female scientists don’t have Wikipedia pages? Anne Fausto-Sterling, a Brown University professor of biology and gender studies, and Maia Weinstock, a former student of Brown, are committed to beefing up Wikipedia’s entries on female scientists. On Ada Lovelace Day, an annual celebration of women and technology, the two awesome activists… Continue reading Edit-A-Thon to Improve Wikipedia’s Pages on Female Scientists
Edit Wars: The Most Controversial Articles on Wikipedia
Do you use Wikipedia as your go-to online reference? Wikipedia is a free Internet encyclopedia with over 30 million articles that are written collaboratively by volunteers from around the globe. But what happens when these contributors clash on crowd-sourced material? When a dispute arises on Wikipedia, every contributor is encouraged to discuss the matter on… Continue reading Edit Wars: The Most Controversial Articles on Wikipedia
