Press

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This page is dedicated to relevant press surrounding wikis.

• Watch the films, (including the rough cut of Globalvision's "The Wiki Way,") that will be featured at Wikimania 2007's Film Festival
• Wikimedia Page about the Wikimentary.
• 15 Productive Uses for a Wiki.
• Great presentation on social media, including wikis.
• Visit the new Cyberjournalist.net, a wiki that lists journalists' blogs. July 27, 2007.
• Pop's take on the Media Bistro advertisment that offers instructions on how to "influence your own Wikipedia presence." July 26, 2007.
• Independent article about Socialtext, or wikis as alternative to e-mails. July 25, 2007.
• A CMS Wire common sense article about how sound use of wikis can improve the workplace. July 25, 2007.
• Fcw.com article on Diplopedia, the wiki for government employees. July 25, 2007.
• BlogCritics.org reviews the new science-based wiki, Galaxiki. July 25, 2007.
• The Inquirer denounces Wikipedia for nitpicking Brittanica's flaws. July 24, 2007.
• As the Harvard Business School can tell you, Wikipedia is sharper than you thought. July 23, 2007.
• Information Today on OpenLibrary.org's attempt to, "create an online library that included every book, every journal, every instance of every type of content a traditional library might contain." July 23, 2007
• Times article on the perils of posting online comedy, focusing in particular on Where are the Joneses?. July 22, 2007.
• Announcing the release of the Harry Potter wiki. July 20, 2007.
• DailyProgress article on the launching of a Monticello wiki. July 20, 2007.
• Wiki theater: The Wikipedia Plays. July 20, 2007.
• San Francisco Chronicle profile of Jimmy Wales. July 19, 2007.
• A Review of Scribus; the new open source desktop publisher. July 19, 2007.
• CMS Wire piece on the launching of SamePage, a new enterprise wiki. July 18, 2007.
• Blog article on Open Library, a wiki book database. July 16, 2007.
• A piece on wiki legislation. July 16, 2007.
• Alternet interview with Richard Farmbrough, the man with the most Wikipedia entries. July 13, 2007.
• The Information World Review finds that a wiki like application is used as a seach tool for the National archives. July 13, 2007.
• Bright lights, big wiki: wikis devoted to cities start appearing, beginning with Torontopedia.
• Cracking the code: A few intrepid hackers found a way to unlock the iPhone. July 11, 2007.
• Sandeep Krishnamurthy comments on how brands are reviewed on Wikipedia. July 11, 2007
• MediaChannel article via Reuters about how Wikipedia remains the top online information destination. July 11, 2007
• WikiTV: Article about the online arrival of a new wiki sitcom. July 10, 2007.
• MarketingWeek article about Ford sponsoring the new Wiki sitcom "Where are the Joneses?" July 10, 2007.
• New York Times Business article on whether Wikipedia can predict the future. July 9, 2007.
• Jefferson Flanders reviews issues of wikipedia's objectivity. July 9, 2007
• ITNews article on Techrigy, a new startup devoted to tracking blog and wiki conversations. July 9, 2007.
• Some helpful hints about evaluating Wikipedia information. July 9, 2007.
• Indy Star article on web startup company, Mindback, to challenge Wikipedia. July 8, 2007.
• A CIO introduction to blogs and wikis. July 6, 2007.
• When high schoolers use Wikipedia, here's what can happen. July 6, 2007.
• /Inquirer will tell you: be careful of Wikipedia. Here's why. July 5, 2007.
• Interview with the founder of the structured wiki, or "striki." July 5, 2007.
• Science fiction, double feature, Galaxiki. July 5, 2007.
• openPR.com article about WikiCreole, a new wiki markup language. July 4, 2007.
• Article about a new pet health wiki. July 3, 2007
• CIO article - Jimmy Wales' advice for running a wiki well. July 3, 2007.
• Press release about the launching of a pet health wiki. July 3, 2007.

• The New York Times article on Wikipedia: "All the News That's Fit to Print Out". July 1, 2007.
• Intranet Journal interview with Isaac Garcia, CEO of intranet Central Desktop. June 29, 2007.
• Wikipedia breaks news of WWE star's tragedy. June 29, 2007.
• CIO.com's interview with Jimmy Wales. Jimmy gives guidelines to smoothly running an open source operation. June 28, 2007.
• PR Newswire comments on the success of the Million Dollar Wiki. June 26, 2007.
• News Tribune article on the new conservative wiki, Conservapedia. June 24, 2007.
• PC World article about Youtube's new editing system.
• Taking the "icky" out of wiki markup. June 21, 2007.
• Marketwire release on Wetpaint wikis. Wetpaint is a Web company whose sites synthesize wikis, blogs and forums into one whole. June 20, 2007.
• Business Day article about the rise of wikis in South Africa. June 20, 2007.
• Wall Street Journal article about new business office wikis. June 18, 2007.
• Article on the launching of a food wiki, Nutritionpedia. June 18, 2007.
• LA Times article about how Steve Urquhart's politicopia helps to open communication between legislators and constituents in Utah. June 18, 2007
• Wiki design contest! Win money! June 16, 2007.
• Technology News review of various sports wikis. June 16, 2007.
• Chris Simmons' article about the million dollar wiki. Founder Graham Langdon, is attempting to make a wikipediaesque search engine except that each page costs $100, and the purchaser owns that page. So far only 20 pages. We'll see... June 15, 2007
• Medicexchange article about the launching of a new healthcare wiki, OTPedia.com. June 15, 2007.
• NewsOK article about a Marvel Comics wiki. June 15, 2007.
• Guardian Article about British government condoning open source sites rather than corporately mediated ones. June 14, 2007
• American Chronicle article about a new wiki novel meant to be written by users. June 14, 2007.
• The Miami Herald reports on Florida Lieutenant Governor Jeff Kottkamp who edited autobiographical information on a privately owned website to omit certain felonies he has been acused of. June 14, 2007
• IT News article on Apple implementing a wiki server. June 12, 2007.
• Blog survey of sustainable solution wikis. June 12, 2007.
• Sys-con.com reports that the newest MacOS Leopard makes it easier than ever to create wikis. June 11, 2007
• Press release about ITerating, a wiki-based software guide, and its new developments. June 11, 2007.
• Biofuel Review piece about wikis and sustainable biofuels. June 8, 2007.

• PRWeb article about the wiki for HBO's new program, John from Cincinnati. June 8, 2007.
• All American Patriots article about Wikipedia. June 7, 2007
• Apple media report about the launching of a new wiki site. June 6, 2007
• Mobile Magazine article about a new piece of wiki technology. June 6,2007
• San Jose Daily Business News article about wiki expansion into SourceForge.net. June 6, 2007
• Alternet editorial about Wikipedia activism. June 5, 2007
• Boston Globe editorial about the right-leaning Conservapedia. June 4, 2007
• Katherine Mangu-Ward for ReasonOnline on Jimmy Wales' life and success. June 2007
• Columbia Journalism Review covers the case of cyclist Floyd Landis' WikiDefense. May/June 2007
• Assignment Zero article about Wikipedian Joe Mabel. May 27, 2007
• Interview with Brett Gaylor of Open Source Cinema. May 9, 2007.
• Assignment Zero interview with Ben Elowitz of Wetpaint May 8, 2007
• Assignment Zero interview with Jimmy Wales May 6, 2007
• Wired article about Assignment Zero and Citizendium. May 3, 2007
• New York Times article about Virginia Tech and wikis. April 23, 2007
• YouTube music video chronicling the life of the WikiMan. March 28, 2007
• The New York Times says to ring in the New Year, wiki-style. January 1, 2007.
• Article by the Chronicle of Higher Education about how wikis are stirring up academia. October 27, 2006
• New York Times article about how companies try to profit from the wiki model. September 4, 2006
• Lisa Voyticki's article about the Wikimentary. August 2, 2006
• Rory O'Connor's article about Wikimania and wikis. August 2, 2006
• New York Times article about Open Source technologies and spying. December 3, 2006