Staff / TruthdigFeb 14, 2011
Sheep are the smartest animals in the farmyard, Fox News is a propaganda machine, and Julian Assange may have four love childrenThese discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 23, 2011
Martin Luther King Jr.’s "missing" final years, questioning the capacity of our undergraduate graduates, and a new California law that allows cops to snoop our smart phones. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 17, 2010
Wikipedia is big news in college, Texas textbooks go the way of toilet paper and the NPR strike we never saw coming. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigAug 26, 2009
The online user-generated encyclopedia will require editors to approve changes to articles about living people, an effort to curb misinformation and the sometimes nasty food fights made possible by the site's pioneering format. The changes are either a direct assault on Wikipedia's soul or a sign of its growing maturity, depending on whom you ask. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 29, 2009
It's been a rough week for the Church of Scientology. First there was the opening of a trial that could lead to the banning of the organization in France, and on Thursday L. Ron Hubbard's controversial religion was banned from revising articles in Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia that is edited by Internet users. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Joe Conason / TruthdigAug 14, 2008
The discovery that John McCain's remarks on Georgia were derived from Wikipedia is, to put it politely, disturbing and even depressing -- but not surprising. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 10, 2007
In a profile in the libertarian magazine Reason, the founder of Wikipedia explains how and why he launched the controversial site in order "to make the Internet not suck." Turns out the plan is much bigger than just building a better encyclopedia and is based on the ideas of libertarian economist F.A. Hayek. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 10, 2007
A couple of leading Internet personalities, including the creator of Wikipedia, have proposed a set of voluntary guidelines to help rein in the nastiness and abuse that can thrive in the blogosphere. Critics say the proposal would limit free expression, while supporters argue that "free speech is enhanced by civility." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 8, 2007
The popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which draws its content from countless anonymous contributions, will institute safeguards following revelations about the identity of one of its most industrious contributors. Ryan Jordan, under the name "Essjay," wrote thousands of articles for the site while claiming to be a theology professor but was exposed by The New Yorker as a 24-year-old college dropout. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 18, 2006
Time announced its "person of the year" on Saturday, dissing everyone from Ahmadinejad to Pelosi in order to declare "you" the winner. Don't you feel special? Specifically, the magazine highlighted websites including YouTube, Wikipedia and MySpace for "bringing together the small contributions of millions of people and making them matter." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 4, 2006
The Wikimania conference is underway, and "mania" is just one word that's getting the wiki treatment. Consider these project announcements: "Wikiversity" and "Wikiwyg." More news on what's new in wiki via blogger Andy Carvin (via boingboing.net). Great story by Stacy Schiff in The New Yorker about the future of Wikipedia. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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