Tag: Wikipedia

Beijing: China has hired more than 20,000 people to build the country’s online version of national encyclopaedia to compete with Wikipedia, media reports said. The Chinese Wikipedia will be launched in 2018 and will feature 300,000 entries at about 1,000 words each, the BBC reported. The Wikipedia of China will be created by select scholars […]

Ankara: Turkish authorities on Saturday blocked online free encyclopedia Wikipedia in the country, citing administrative measures. According to a report in the BBC, it was not initially clear why the ban had been imposed. “After technical analysis and legal consideration based on the Law Nr. 5651, an administrative measure has been taken for this website,” […]

Washington: Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, said it was an “incredible honour” to receive Spain’s 2015 Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, a prize that is at the “nucleus” of its existence. It also said that it would use the award to explore new opportunities regarding free access to information in Spanish. “Cooperation is the […]

San Francisco: Intended to get right what Facebook and Twitter have so far been getting wrong, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is launching a social-media website named “WT: Social” which will compete with both the social media platforms. Instead of going for an ad-funded model, Wales aims to finance it through donations, just like Wikipedia. Like […]

New Delhi: In a bid to help users make informed decisions on it Search platform, Google will now show next to most results a menu icon, that people can tap to learn more about the result or feature and where the information is coming from. When available, people will see a description of the website […]

New Delhi: Wikipedia has introduced a first-of-its-kind Universal Code of Conduct that expands on the project’s existing policies to create a global set of community standards for addressing negative behaviour and harassment on the site. Launched by the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that administers Wikipedia, the code’s standards include clearly defining acceptable behaviour; delinating harassment […]