Wikipedia:Press coverage 2004
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.
Press coverage archives:
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
- Under preparation
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?
Some of these articles were found using Google News and AltaVista News.
About Wikipedia
English
- 2003 information has been recently moved to Wikipedia:Press_coverage_2003#About Wikipedia
- Emerging Technology: Internet-Era Democracy: Can the World Wide Web give ordinary people a shot at true populism? Discover Magazine cites Wikipedia as an example of how the public can be harnessed. Jan 2004.
- Image Conscious Fast Company Magazine discusses a study of "collaboratively written or edited document"s, History Flow, headed by a member of IBM's research division, Martin Wattenberg. Written by Scott Kirsner, January 2004 issue (#78), page 38.
Bulgarian
Croatian
Danish
- Fagbladet Folkeskolen, May 8, 2003
Dutch
- Apestaartje
- Metro(registration required)
- Dutch computer magazine for the elderly, PC Plus Magazine, published a four page tutorial on how to add and edit Wikipedia entries in their October 2003 issue.
Esperanto
- Radio Polonia interviews Chuck Smith; broadcast 2002/04/28 (MP3, transcript)
- the March edition of the magazine Esperanto by the Universal Esperanto Association includes an article about Wikipedia
- the 203rd issue of Starto by the Czech Esperanto Association includes articles from and about Wikipedia
- the book Fakaj Studoj en Esperanto (Specialized Studies in Esperanto) includes a chapter entitled "Vikipedio - Multlingva Reta Enciklopedio" (Wikipedia - A Multilingual Online Encyclopedia) about Wikipedia by Chuck Smith
- Ĝangalo (a popular Esperanto portal) has an article about Wikipedia
- Ĝangalo has an interview with Arno Lagrange about Wikipedia.
Finnish
- MTV3 Internet (article moved)
- Sektori.com
German
- see [1]
Hungarian
- Figyelo net
- Metro, Aug 27, 2003
Indonesian
- Detikinet, 3 November 2003. 1001 Otak Berkolaborasi Lewat Internet.
Italian
- VBScuola.com (translation of Meyers article)
Japanese - 日本語
Korean
- korea.internet.com Press release coverage
Norwegian
- Veni, Vidi, Wiki - about Wikipedia as a tool for communal writing
- Kulturnett - article on Wikipedia from library science magazine
- Folkets leksikon - article about Wikipedia in Aftenposten.
Polish
- Interia.pl
- On 30.10.2001 the biggest Polish daily "Gazeta Wyborcza" had a lengthy article about Wikipedia. You can read it in Polish here.
- 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 Witryna Dnia, Wikipedia.com, 6 stycznia 2002
Portuguese
Russian
Serbian
- Svet Kompjutera 10/2003, in an article about wikis (the article has three sections: introductory, "Wikipedia" and "Others")
Spanish
- El Mundo
- Datafull.com
- Ke!, revista de Infonomia (requires log-in)
- Noticias.com
Swedish
- Datormagazin, 8/2003