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Wikipedia editor abased

By alex | Published: 3/7/2007
Who knew this story had legs? Essjay, an active editor on Wikipedia, who has claimed to be a tenured professor, is in fact a community college dropout. It turns out he used the claimed position to win arguments over content on Wikipedia. Heck, if I knew a Ph.D. ever helped you win arguments, I’d put […]
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Wikimania 2007 CFP

By alex | Published: 3/1/2007
The Call for Papers for this year’s Wikimania is up. It will be held August 3-5 in Taipei this year. Probably too long a trip for me, but for any of the readers who may be in Asia that time of year, it’s certainly worth dropping in on. They are looking for presentations of various […]
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ReWritable: Microsoft and Wikipedia

By alex | Published: 1/24/2007
Microsoft is in trouble for paying for changes in Wikipedia that appeared to place the company’s stance on open standards in a bad light. While I recognize the danger in allowing paid partisans to contribute to Wikipedia, it does raise some questions. Wikipedia is built on the idea that good material will rise to the […]
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Cosi

By alex | Published: 11/17/2006
Went to see City Opera’s Cosi fan tutte tonight (you know, the version without Natalie Portman). The 85 year-old Rudel, the original director of the NYC Opera, has returned to direct a short run of the familiar opera, and the house was packed. We had a great pair of seats, with thanks to the anonymous […]
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