Wikipedia:Press coverage

Please place press coverage in this section rather than in another category; but place weblog entries under the weblog categories. If you add an article, please cite both the title and the source.

See also: Danish (http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pressed%E6kning), French (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipédia:Wikipédia%20dans%20la%20presse), and German (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Artikel%20über%20Wikipedia) press coverage, see the Other languages links above.

Press coverage archives:

• 2001
• 2002

Press releases

• January 2002: Wikipedia press release 1 was reproduced in a number of places; see Wikipedia press release 1/Links
• January 2003: 2003 Press Release

Wikipedia as a source

Several newspapers and magazines have cited Wikipedia as a source. This is of course a great vote of confidence, but also brings with it a responsibility. Was French toast really called German toast[?] before? Was the Mesopotamian plain really called the Fertile Crescent?

These articles were found using Google News (http://news.google.com/news?q=wikipedia) and AltaVista News (http://altavista.com/news/search?q=wikipedia&nc=0&nr=0&ns=0&nd=0&avkw=xytx&clh=).

• Liberal Slant's column on anti-French feelings in the US after the attack on Iraq (http://www.liberalslant.com/lk032203.htm) 22 March 2003
• The Age's look on Western civilization starting in the Iraq region (http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/03/28/1048653848997) 29 March 2003
• Sydney Morning Herald (http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/27/1053801392708) May 28, 2003, Some words can make a war cry foul
• An Associated Press article on the Ford Family, reproduced in the Boston Globe on June 6, 2003 as Thumbnails of Ford family and top executive [ broken link (http://boston.com/dailynews/157/economy/Thumbnails_of_Ford_family_and_:.shtml)] and Naples Daily News (http://www.naplesnews.com/03/06/business/d478835a.htm) on June 16, as Ford centennial: A family legacy
• The Globe and Mail (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030620.ubritm/BNStory/International/), June 20, 2003, Blair to phase out Lord Chancellor
• Salt Lake Tribune (http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Jun/06282003/utah/70619.asp), June 26, 2003, Wharton: God doesn't bless only Americans

About Wikipedia

English

• In an interview (http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2003/Jan/hour1_011703) on NPR's "Talk of the Nation - Science Friday", Bruce Perens made a special point of referencing Wikipedia as an example of an OpenSource project.
• Wired News (http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,57364,00), January 28, 2003
• The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,884666,00) (UK), January 30 2003
• Tectonic (http://www.tectonic.co.za/default.php?action=view&id=95) African open source news, February 7, 2003
• SearchDay (http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/03/sd0210-wikipedia), February 10, 2003
• Nashua (N.H., USA) Telegraph (http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/Main.asp?SectionID=30&SubSectionID=90&ArticleID=73632) - February 12, 2003 first-person account
• BBC's h2g2 entry (http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A918434), February 13, 2003
• Mark Jeays, "Wikipedia - An Online Collaborative Encyclopedia", published in The Canadian Writers Guide, 13th Edition (http://www.canauthors.org/cwg), 2003.
• This is Local London: It's Common Knowledge (http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/webwatch/display.var.698326.Webwatch.0) February 22, 2003 - incorrectly states that Wikipedia uses CamelCase
• Sunday Herald Sun: Factual free-for-all takes on Britannica (http://heraldsun.news.com.au/printpage/0,5481,6017606,00) February 23, 2003
• Jack Ganssle, On Language (http://www.embedded.com/story/OEG20030327S0044) on EE Times Network, 27 March 2003. Ganssle favourably compares Wikipedia with other online reference works.
• EContent Magazine (http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=4293) April issue, incorrectly states that there is no way to email users
• [1] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,946503,00) - brief mention of Wiktionary. May 1, 2003
• PC Magazine - What's a Wiki? (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1071705,00.asp), 9th May 2003 by Sebastian Rupley
• Nashua (N.H., USA) Telegraph (http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/Main.asp?SectionID=30&SubSectionID=90&ArticleID=80238) - 14 May 2003; bottom half of column talks about personal experience with one Wikipedia entry.
• New York Times - Business Is Toying With A Web Tool (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/19/technology/19NECO), 19 May 2003 - Wikipedia mentioned and pictured. Article on Socialtext wikis in businesses.
• PC Magazine Site of the Week (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1119452,00.asp) June 6, 2003
• The Javapedia Project (http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2003/06/10/javapedia) (Java Today (http://today.java.net/)), by Ron Goldman. Introduces Javapedia, citing Wikipedia as the inspiration. June 10, 2003
• Gettin' Wiki With It (http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,24330,3445952,00) in Sarah's Blog Report (part of The Screen Savers)
• Expertise is key in Wiki world (http://www.theadvertiser.com/news/html/5F51347C-B9DC-4A73-AEA3-99CC49E40C9D.shtml) The Advertiser, LA. Jun 30, 2003
• Website turns tables on government officials (http://business.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2003/07/04/website_turns_tables_on_government_officials), Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe, July 4, 2003. About the Government Information Awareness[?] project, mentions Wikipedia in comparison.

Bulgarian

• ABC Design (http://www.abcbg.com/cgi-bin/ezine.pl?v&y00018)

Croatian

• KLIK Magazin (http://www.klik.hr/naslovnica/znanost/200110160002025)

Dutch

• Apestaartje (http://www.nrc.nl/W2/Lab/At/20010312)

Esperanto

• Radio Polonia (http://www.radio.com.pl/polonia/esperanto_eo.asp) interviews Chuck Smith; broadcast 2002/04/28 (MP3 (/upload/2002-04-28-radio_polonia_pri_vikipedio.mp3), transcript (http://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedio:Intervjuo_cxe_Radio_Polonia))

Finnish

• MTV3 Internet (http://www.mtv3.fi/uutiset/mediait/news.shtml?pubid=82594) (article moved)

Hungarian

• Figyelo net (http://www.fn.hu/hirek.cmt?id=1) (article moved)

Italian

• VBScuola.com (http://vbscuola.it/nsb/meyers.htm) (translation of Meyers article)

Japanese - 日本語

• HotWired (http://www.hotwired.co.jp/news/print/20030131208) - January 28, 2003

Korean

• korea.internet.com (http://korea.internet.com/channel/content.asp?cid=161&nid=18784) Press release coverage

Norwegian

• Veni, Vidi, Wiki (http://www.espen.com/papers/venividiwiki) - about Wikipedia as a tool for communal writing
• Kulturnett (http://magasinet.kulturnett.no/artikkel.php?id=3c98792bb7e31) - article on Wikipedia from library science magazine

Polish

• Interia.pl (http://komputery.interia.pl/id/akt/www/wys?inf_id=191942)
• On 30.10.2001 the biggest Polish daily "Gazeta Wyborcza" had a lengthy article about Wikipedia. You can read it in Polish here (http://www.gazeta.pl/_komputer/artykul.jsp?xx=513876&dzial=02110203).
• The same article (somewhat shortened) was reprinted by "Angora" weekly magazine. (11.11.2001)
• "Trybuna" daily newspaper had a feature about Wikipedia in the issue of 10.11.2001.
• PC World Komputer (http://www.pcworld.pl/witryna/witryna.asp?nr=441) Witryna Dnia, Wikipedia.com, 6 stycznia 2002

Portuguese

• SAPO (http://tek.sapo.pt/443/282804)
• Terra.com.br Informatica (http://www.terra.com.br/informatica/2001/10/02/017.htm)
• Yahoo! Brasil: Noticias (reprint) (http://br.yahoo.com/noticias/tecnologia/magnet/article?s=br/noticias/011002/tecnologia/magnet/Enciclopedia_Britannica_aguenta_piadas_de_Wikipedia)

Russian

• Computerra.ru (http://www.computerra.ru/offline/2001/415/13039/page2)

Spanish

• El Mundo (http://www.elmundo.es/navegante/2001/09/25/softlibre/1001431379)
• Datafull.com (http://www.datafull.com/noticias/notasola.php?cual=572)
• Ke!, revista de Infonomia (http://www.infonomia.com/extranet/index.asp?idm=1&idrev=1&num=612) (requires log-in)
• Noticias.com (http://www.noticias.com/noticias/2001/0110/n01100127.htm)

See also: Friends of Wikipedia, Wikipedia cited on usenet, MeatBall:WikiInTheNews