Wikipedia

Wikidata, and a clash of world views - Posted April 24, 2012
Remember the days before Wikipedia had all the answers? We looked things up in libraries, referring to shelf-filling encyclopaedias. We bought CD-ROMs (remember them?) full of fa... [semanticweb.com]

Research: Many Wikipedia Entries Have Errors, PRs Can't Do Much About It - Posted April 20, 2012
Marcia DiStaso, assistant professor of PR at the College of Communications at Penn State University, surveyed 1,300 PR pros and they say 60 percent of Wikipedia entries contain errors about their clients. And because of rules against PRs editing Wikipedia articles, the errors can remain published for an indefinite amou... [PRNewser]

Two Perspectives on Wikidata - Posted April 10, 2012
Mark Graham recently raised some concerns regarding the Wikidata project in The Atlantic. Graham writes, "Wikidata will create a collaborative database that is both machine readable an... [semanticweb.com]

SWiPE Plans to Make Search a Breeze - Posted April 4, 2012
Eileen Brown recently reported that SWiPE hopes to make querying search engines a less frustrating experience. Brown writes, "If you struggle with RDF triples (Resource Description Framew... [semanticweb.com]

A Fundamental Linked Data Debate - Posted April 4, 2012
There is a fierce debate going on in the world of the Semantic Web and Linked Data, the question being is it of fundamental importance to realising the benefits of the technology or are they just dancing on the head of a pin. The core debate revolves... [semanticweb.com]

The Semantic Web Has Gone Mainstream! Wanna Bet? - Posted March 13, 2012
In 2005, I started learning about the so-called Semantic Web. It wasn't till 2008, the same year I started my PhD, that I finally understood what the Semantic Web was really about. At the time, I made a $1000 bet with 3 college buddies that the Semantic Web would be mainstream... [AllTwitter]

The Semantic Web Has Gone Mainstream! Wanna Bet? - Posted March 13, 2012
In 2005, I started learning about the so-called Semantic Web. It wasn't till 2008, the same year I started my PhD, that I finally understood what the Semantic Web was really about. At the time, I made a $1000 bet with 3 college buddies that the Semantic Web would be mainstream... [semanticweb.com]

The Semantic Link with Guest, Denny Vrandecic - February, 2012 - Posted February 14, 2012
On Friday, February 10, a group of Semantic thought leaders from around the globe met with their host and colleague, Paul... [semanticweb.com]

#SemTechBiz Berlin - Day 2 - Posted February 7, 2012
After a great day yesterday I was eager to to discover what today's program had to offer. Unfortunately I had to set off for the airport, where I am now writing this, before the end. However I caught most of the day and here are my few thoughts and... [AllTwitter]

The SemanticLink Podcast - Submit Your Questions - Posted February 7, 2012
After December's episode of the Semantic Link, we asked for your thoughts on both the topics we should cover, and the ways in which you would like to interact with the podcast.... [semanticweb.com]

Wikimeta Project's Evolution Includes Commercial Ambitions and Focus On Text-Mining, Semantic Annotation Robustness - Posted February 6, 2012
?Wikimeta, the semantic tagging and annotation architecture for incorporating semantic knowledge within documents, websites, content management systems, blogs and applications, this month is incorporating itself as a company called Wikimeta Technologies. Wikimeta, which has a heritage linked with the NLGbAse project, last year was provided as its own web service. ... [semanticweb.com]

Promoting Open Data: Wikipedians in Residence - Posted January 30, 2012
Over the last two years Wikipedia has benefited from a number of Wikipedians in Residence, people ... [semanticweb.com]

Breaking News: Wikipedia's Next Big Thing at SemTechBiz Berlin - Posted January 27, 2012
A late addition has been made to the agenda for the Semantic Technology and Business Conference (#SemTechBiz) in Berlin, Germany. The conference, which takes place February 6-7 in Berlin, Germany, will now feature a session entitled Wikipedia's Next Big Thing: The Wikidata Project. ... [AllTwitter]

Breaking News: Wikipedia's Next Big Thing at SemTechBiz Berlin - Posted January 27, 2012
A late addition has been made to the agenda for the Semantic Technology and Business Conference (#SemTechBiz) in Berlin, Germany. The conference, which takes place February 6-7 in Berlin, Germany, will now feature a session entitled Wikipedia's Next Big Thing: The Wikidata Project. ... [semanticweb.com]

Liveblogging, Blackouts, and Protests! The Internet Takes On SOPA - Posted January 18, 2012
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Big Name Websites Protest SOPA - Posted January 17, 2012
Some of the sites U.S. Internet users rely on most plan to take part in an online protest Wednesday, Jan. 17, against SOPA -- the Stop Online Piracy Act -- and related bill PIPA -- PROTECT IP Act -- currently under consideration. We here at 10,000 Words have cov... [TVSpy]

Wikipedia to Shut Down on Wednesday in Protest of SOPA - Posted January 17, 2012
Time to dust off the old Encyclopedia Britannica, because all your online facts are about to go unchecked. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has confirmed that the free online encyclopedia will shut down on Wednesday, January 18 in protest of the Stop Online Privacy Act (... [SocialTimes.com]

Liner Notes for YouTube - Seevl Plugin - Posted November 22, 2011
Seevl, the music discovery service built on Semantic Technology that I wrote about a few months ago, has released a significant update to their plugin for YouTube. The plugin is still only ava... [semanticweb.com]

New Semantic Resource for Moms: WikiMommy.com - Posted November 7, 2011
A pair of bloggers has launched a semantically powered resource website for moms, WikiMommy.com. According to the website, "There are millions of mommy blogs and sites all over the internet. From blogs to giveaways, reviews, recipes, money saving tips, etc., moms contribute a considera... [semanticweb.com]

Lexalytics Amps Up the Semantic Understanding of Salience 5.0 - Posted October 31, 2011
Bill Ives recently discussed the advancements of Salience 5.0 with Lexal... [semanticweb.com]

Click.to Twick.it Gives Tweet-Length Definitions for Any Term - Posted September 13, 2011
Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH of Germany has released click.to Twick.it, a free service that "provides short, fast, and under 140 character long explanations which everyone can understand... The merger of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia and the 140-characte... [semanticweb.com]

Eqentia Offers More Robust Taxonomy Capabilities For Content Curators, And More - Posted August 3, 2011
Eqentia added to its content discovery and knowledge management portal this week features to recommend additional content or people connections to end users and content curators. But it's also been doing some other interesting work in the past couple of months on the back-end that draws on semantic technologies to help... [SocialTimes.com]

Productontology.org Shares the Product Types Ontology - Posted July 7, 2011
Developers can find excellent resources at productontology.org, home of The Product Types Ontology: High-precision identifiers for product types based on Wikipedia. According to productontology.com, "GoodRelations is a standardized vocabula... [semanticweb.com]

Wikipedia Improves Social Layer With WikiLove - Posted June 28, 2011
Love what a user is doing on Wikipedia? As early as tomorrow, you'll be able to spread that love much more easily. The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, announced in a blog post last week that it was testing WikiLove, a new button that simplifies the process sending of "barnstars" and other accolades.... [TVSpy]

Wikipedia Improves Social Layer With WikiLove - Posted June 28, 2011
Love what a user is doing on Wikipedia? As early as tomorrow, you'll be able to spread that love much more easily. The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, announced in a blog post last week that it was testing WikiLove, a new button that simplifies the process sending of "barnstars" and other accolades.... [10,000 Words]

Lexalytics Chows Down on Wikipedia To Improve Text and Sentiment Analytics - Posted April 18, 2011
Lexalytics, whose text and sentiment analytics engine underpins media monitoring solutions from vendors such as Radian6 (the recent acquisition target of Salesforce.com) and Scout Labs, has a new version of its Salience software that digested every bite of knowledge inside Wikipedia and built an und... [AllTwitter]

Semantic Image Search: Next Up For a Major Search Engine? - Posted March 23, 2011
We've seen the big three players in the search engine space honing their semantic edge, and we may soon see one of them deploying semantic technology to sharpen image searches, too. nachofoto says it is in discussions with one of the giants (which it declines to name for now) that could... [semanticweb.com]

Setting Gold Standards for the Semantic Web - Posted March 1, 2011
A new article out of AI3 discusses the need for so-called "gold standards" in the semantic web and examines several possible gold standards. As the article puts it, "The types of gold standards use... [semanticweb.com]

Build Data-Aware Apps, Without the Hassle - Posted January 31, 2011
The day may come when you might not need a team of developers to write data-driven or data-aware apps that themselves can be described in just a few words. Ideally, that would mean companies would spend a lot less money on, and speed up, a long-winded process that encompasses everything from... [semanticweb.com]

Wikipedia to Mark 10th Anniversary Jan. 15 - Posted January 13, 2011
Wikipedia was born on Jan. 15, 2001, and, days before its 10th anniversary, founder Jimmy Wales... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

WikiExperts.us Founder Urges Wikipedia to Embrace Ads - Posted December 15, 2010
Alex Konanykhin, founder of WikiExperts.us, which helps promote visibility on ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

The Wikimedia Foundation Aims to Raise $16M Over Two Months - Posted November 15, 2010
The Wikimedia Foundation set a fundraising goal of $16 million over the next two months, saying it needs the money "to maintain the infrastructure necessary to keep these sites free, stable, and running smoothly, whi... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Jimmy Wales: 'Wikipedia Assumes Good Faith' - Posted October 15, 2010
[caption id="attachment_6616" align="alignleft" width="271" caption="Left to right: Adweek's Mike Chapman and Jimmy Wales Photo: Nancy Lazarus"][/caption] Jimmy Wales, founder of ... [PRNewser]

Wikipedia Cofounder Jimmy Wales Joins Hunch - The Business Insider - Posted December 7, 2009
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Mediabistro Blog-Family Roundup - Posted November 23, 2009
• Carl Kassel retires from NPR after 30 years as the voice of "Morning Edition." - ... [FishbowlNY]

Fox News, New York Times Vandalizing Rivals' Wikipedia Entries? - Posted August 15, 2007
Were staffers at Fox News and the New York Times engaged in Wikipedia vandalism on the job? It sure looks like it. A writer for tech publishers O'Reilly Media traced changes to Al Franken's Wikipedia entry to a Fox News IP address. Then bloggers Geeks Are Sexy compiled a list of... [FishbowlNY]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted February 9, 2007
Meta-News Story: The LAT covered the Anna Nicole Smith death the way you'd expect -- with a breaking news story that appeared online yesterday and a few timelines slapped up to fill space. But check out... [FishbowlLA]

Penguin UK Ventures Into Wiki Territory - Posted February 1, 2007
The idea seems logical enough, and Penguin UK, in collaboration with De Montfort University, have joined forces to see if the idea can work in practice. What is it? A MILLION PENGUINS, a "wiki-novel," a book that echoes the principles of Wikipedia. In other words, it is open to anyone to... [GalleyCat]