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*[http://www.wikipediareview.com Wikipedia Review] - forums for critical discussion of Wikipedia
*[http://www.wikipediareview.com Wikipedia Review] - forums for critical discussion of Wikipedia
*[http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-11-29-wikipedia-edit_x.htm A false Wikipedia 'biography'] - ''[[USA Today]]'' editorial by [[John Seigenthaler]] on his experience of being accused via a Wikipedia article of involvement in the [[assassination of President John F. Kennedy]] An extended version is found [http://www.wikipedia-watch.org/usatoday.html here].
*[http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-11-29-wikipedia-edit_x.htm A false Wikipedia 'biography'] - ''[[USA Today]]'' editorial by [[John Seigenthaler]] on his experience of being accused via a Wikipedia article of involvement in the [[assassination of President John F. Kennedy]] An extended version is found [http://www.wikipedia-watch.org/usatoday.html here].
*[http://andrewkeen.typepad.com Andrew Keen] - blog by the author of ''The Cult of the Amateur'', a book which included criticism of Wikipedia. A recent article is: {{cite web |title=Wikipedia and the Internet grow up |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/6122514/Wikipedia-and-the-Internet-grow-up.html |author=Andrew Keen |date=October 25, 2011 |publisher=The Telegraph |accessdate=2011-10-25}} "The Wikipedia revolution was built upon the experiment of free crowdsourced content." "What is becoming increasingly clear is that the supposedly revolutionary orthodoxies of internet openness and collaboration are often excuses for invasive, dishonest and sometimes even criminal behaviour."
*[http://andrewkeen.typepad.com/the_great_seduction/2008/11/confessions.html Andrew Keen] - blog by the author of [http://books.google.com/books?id=VPqfyfgi834C&printsec=frontcove ''The cult of the amateur: how blogs, MySpace, YouTube, and the rest of today's user-generated media are destroying our economy, our culture, and our values'', a book which included criticism of Wikipedia. A recent article is: {{cite web |title=Wikipedia and the Internet grow up |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/6122514/Wikipedia-and-the-Internet-grow-up.html |author=Andrew Keen |date=October 25, 2011 |publisher=The Telegraph |accessdate=2011-10-25}} "The Wikipedia revolution was built upon the experiment of free crowdsourced content." "What is becoming increasingly clear is that the supposedly revolutionary orthodoxies of internet openness and collaboration are often excuses for invasive, dishonest and sometimes even criminal behaviour."
*[http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=12106 Wikipedia—The Dumbing Down of World Knowledge] — an article (from April 12, 2010) by [[Edwin Black]] on Wikipedia, [[expertise]], [[vandalism]] and [[Google]]'s [[search engine results page]]s
*[http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=12106 Wikipedia—The Dumbing Down of World Knowledge] — an article (from April 12, 2010) by [[Edwin Black]] on Wikipedia, [[expertise]], [[vandalism]] and [[Google]]'s [[search engine results page]]s
:''Quote'': "The Wikipedia concept, if turned right side up, could be a boon to mankind. Allowing named and credentialed scholars from around the world to collaborate in their area of expertise could revolutionize the speedy advancement of knowledge." {{cite web |url=http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=12106 |title=Wikipedia—The Dumbing Down of World Knowledge |author=Edwin Black |date=April 12, 2010 |publisher=The <u>Cutting</u> Edge |accessdate=2011-10-25 }}
:''Quote'': "The Wikipedia concept, if turned right side up, could be a boon to mankind. Allowing named and credentialed scholars from around the world to collaborate in their area of expertise could revolutionize the speedy advancement of knowledge." {{cite web |url=http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=12106 |title=Wikipedia—The Dumbing Down of World Knowledge |author=Edwin Black |date=April 12, 2010 |publisher=The <u>Cutting</u> Edge |accessdate=2011-10-25 }}

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A hand-picked, annotated list of Web resources about Wikipedia.
Please sort and annotate in a user-friendly manner and consider archiving the URLs behind the links you provide. See also related web sources.

Founders

Utilities

  • Article Traffic Stats - displays traffic per time for individual articles
  • Trending Topics - list pages that were most frequently accessed over the last month
  • WikiScanner - database of 'anonymous' edits on Wikipedia, linking them to various organizations by IP address
  • Wiki Rage - multilingual site displaying articles with the most recent edits

Assessment

  • David A. Hoffman, Salil K Mehra (August 26, 2009). Wikitruth through Wikiorder. Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper. Retrieved on 2011-10-20. Also in Emory Law Journal, 59 (2010).

Criticism and controversy

Quote: "The Wikipedia concept, if turned right side up, could be a boon to mankind. Allowing named and credentialed scholars from around the world to collaborate in their area of expertise could revolutionize the speedy advancement of knowledge." Edwin Black (April 12, 2010). Wikipedia—The Dumbing Down of World Knowledge. The Cutting Edge. Retrieved on 2011-10-25.