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Wikipedia is increasingly being used as a source in the world press—articles citing Wikipedia have been published in Germany, Iran, Israel, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Some of these articles were found using Google News, Yahoo! News and AltaVista News. (See also: Wikipedia:Friends of Wikipedia, Wikipedia as a press source 2003)

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April 2004 (10 articles)

  • "Parents sort through emotions, search for meaning in son's death" (The Tacoma News Tribune, United States, April 9, 2004) "The only definition we could find that seemed to apply to our situation was in the online dictionary Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgive): 'A quality by which one ceases to feel resentment against another for a wrong he or she has committed against oneself...It may be granted with or without the other asking for forgiveness.' "
  • "Who knew: Bunnies & bilbies" (Dallas Morning News, United States, April 8, 2004) Cites Wikipedia (presumably the Easter article) as the first of six sources used for a piece on the history and evolution of the Easter holiday.
  • "Looking into the eyes of terror" (Grand Valley Lanthorn, United States, April 1, 2004) In an article on the Madrid attacks, Wikipedia is used as a reference: "The attacks killed 190 people and wounded more than 1,800, making them the worst terrorist assault in Spanish history, according to the Wikipedia Encyclopedia." Links to 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks

March 2004 (30 articles)

  • "You've got to be in Tokyo" (JapanToday.com, Internet, March 30, 2004) "And when I talk of "Tokyo" actually I mean greater Tokyo: comprising the various cities in Chiba, Saitama, Tokyo, and Kanagawa, which collectively form the largest metropolis in the world (according to Wikipedia.org)." Links to Greater Tokyo Area.
  • "Fokken HAIL" (p2pnet.net, Internet, March 22, 2004) Links to the article fuck on an editorial about profanity and the FCC: "Hmm, Wikipedia reports differently and fuck, if you have any interest in this word, go to that site. It's a fucking trip!"
  • "Princess Juliana – an end of an era" (Expatica, Internet, March 22, 2004) mentions Wikipedia as a source on Princess Juliana: "Juliana quickly endeared herself to the Canadian people, displaying a simple warmth, asking that she and her children be treated as just another family during difficult times, according to the online Wikipedia encyclopaedia."
  • "Emus make themselves at home with Hi-Desert woman" (Hi-Desert Star, United States, March 19, 2004) Cites Cassowary on the fierceness of the bird: "On cassowaries, all sources attest to this species' fierceness, the Wikipedia Web page, for instance, stating: 'The bird is perfectly capable of inflicting serious injuries on an adult human - deaths are by no means unheard of.'"
  • "Slogan diminishes our commonwealth" (Carlisle Sentinel, United States, March 19, 2004) References Commonwealth: "Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, says the four [US commonwealths] do this to emphasize that they have 'government based on the common consent of the people.'"
  • "Oi, let's see wizard of 'was'" (Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, March 5, 2004) discusses the sports chant "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi" and offers explanations of its origins, including: "The online encyclopaedia, Wikipedia, suggests the chant has origins in Cornwall, where tin miners' wives would shout 'Oggy Oggy Oggy' when delivering pasties known as Oggies to their husbands." Links to Oggy Oggy Oggy.
  • "Online: Father knows best" (Guardian, United Kingdom, March 4, 2004) Life pages, p. 22, "Some of the concepts were in place before the internet...there was the oNLine system, which Douglas Engelbart invented." Links to NLS.
  • "St. David's Day" (The Guardian, United Kingdom, March 1, 2004) discusses St. George's Day and brings up the place name "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch". "Wikipedia online encyclopaedia says it is the longest name in the UK, and it means: "St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio near the red cave."
  • "An Allegiance to Truth" (Opinion Editorials, United States, March 1, 2004) cites Pledge of Allegiance: "Wikipedia offers a good, concise synopsis of the rulings that have led to the upcoming Supreme Court hearing."

February 2004 (19 articles)

  • "Between the grooves" (The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, February 7, 2004) "Folk metal: Yes, really. A sub-genre of black metal, its best-known (well, it's all relative) exponents are Skyclad and Waylander, says online encyclopedia wikipedia.org."


  • "Moscow goes for homegrown TVMs" (International Railway Journal, United Kingdom, February 1, 2004) mentions that Wikipedia (presumably Moscow metro) was used as a source for an article "Metro Ticketing to Be Fully Automated in '04" in The Moscow Times (December 23, 2003).

January 2004 (18 articles)

  • "Counting some numerically able animals" (The Pocono Record, United States, January 30, 2004) "The largest weapon ever detonated, says 'Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia,' was the 'Tsar Bomba' (King of Bombs) at 50 megatons..." Cites Tsar Bomba.
  • "All the Queen's men and the tales of knights" (The Philadelphia Inquirer, United States, January 29, 2004) Also reprinted as "Gates and others, all knight long," (Wichita Eagle, United States, February 9, 2004) Article about Bill Gates knighthood; "The Wikipedia is a multilingual online encyclopedia being written by its own users, and is surprisingly good. The article on the British 'honours' system has links for details on the various orders of chivalry, including the Order of the Garter and the Order of the Bath." Links to British honours system.
  • "Hip-hop dance history" (San Jose Mercury News, United States, January 28, 2004) Lists Wiki's breakdancing article as a "Breakdancing Encyclopedia" in "On the Web: Hip-hop dance history" source for this article.
  • "Jaffa insult quoted" (The New Zealand Herald, New Zealand, January 27, 2004) The Sidewipe columnist Ana Samways quotes the Wikipedia entry for the Jaffa (insult) used by non Aucklanders to describe Aucklanders. The Herald is based in Auckland.
  • "In the money" (The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, January 24, 2004) Nick Galvin links to Wikipedia as a reference for the Australian dollar: "For some background on the Aussie dollar, you might turn to the excellent Wikipedia. Here you'll find a brief history of our currency, which first appeared in wallets in 1966, plus links to some impressive-looking charts showing the dollar's values against gold and the CPI." Links to Australian dollar.
  • "Happy Chinese New Year" (Coeur d'Alene Press, United States, January 22, 2004) Sholeh Patrick recommends wikipedia's Chinese zodiac article if you want to know more about years of monkeys and rats, and so on.
  • "How it Sounds to the German Ear" (Swiss Revue: official publication for Swiss abroad, Switzerland, January 2004) Uses the German Wikipedia article on Swiss German and translates this. Source and link to original article given.
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