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New Web Site Aims To Help Homeless - The Ledger

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:18:45 -0800

New Web Site Aims To Help Homeless
The Ledger
The founder of the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia has created a new Web site that helps Tampa Bay area's homeless. Jimmy Wales was in town Friday to introduce the launch of tampabayhomeless.wikia.com. The project creates an online resource for ...

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Around the Region for Nov. 22 - Gainesville Sun

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:44:02 -0800

Around the Region for Nov. 22
Gainesville Sun
TAMPA — The founder of the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia has created a new Web site that helps Tampa Bay area's homeless. Jimmy Wales was in town Friday to introduce the launch of tam- pabayhomeless.wikia.com. The project creates an online ...

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Five weird facts about Wikipedia - Australian Personal Computer

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:10:54 -0800

Five weird facts about Wikipedia
Australian Personal Computer
In a presentation at the Symbian Exchange & Exposition 2009 in London, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales revealed some of the more esoteric aspects of the contributor base for Wikipedia and its commercial sibling Wikia, which lets people develop Wikis on ...

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Openness is not the enemy of quality - Wikipedia - Gadgetrepublic

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:22:40 -0800

Openness is not the enemy of quality - Wikipedia
Gadgetrepublic
Wikipedia has spawned numerous spin-off versions, such as WikiTravel and wikitravel, to name a few. His idea with Wikia is to spread knowledge sharing to the people. "People have created amazing things, such as Recipes.wiki.com and there's wowwiki, ...

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'Openness is not the enemy of quality,' Wikipedia founder says - Siliconrepublic.com

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:35:15 -0800

Siliconrepublic.com

'Openness is not the enemy of quality,' Wikipedia founder says
Siliconrepublic.com
Wikipedia has spawned numerous spin-off versions, such as WikiHow and WikiTravel, to name a few. His idea with Wikia is to spread knowledge sharing to the people. “People have created amazing things, such as Recipes.wiki.com and there's WoWWiki, a Wiki ...

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HP and Wikia Make Web Content More Printable - Cartridge News

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:05:05 -0800

HP and Wikia Make Web Content More Printable
Cartridge News
HP and the founder of Wikipedia have partnered up to enable users to print Wiki content with HP's MagCloud publishing service, which is basically like CafePress for magazines. When you join Wikia (the umbrella website for Wiki communities), ...

Interview with Wikipedia's founder - Siliconrepublic.com

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:09:36 -0800

Interview with Wikipedia's founder
Siliconrepublic.com
Wikipedia has spawned numerous spin-off versions, such as wikihow and WikiHow, to name a few. His idea with Wikia is to spread knowledge sharing to the people. “People have created amazing things, such as Recipes.wiki.com and there's wowwiki, a Wiki ...

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Creator of the world's biggest encyclopedia - Irish Independent

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:03:34 -0800

Creator of the world's biggest encyclopedia
Irish Independent
Wikipedia has spawned numerous spin-off versions such as WikiHow and WikiTravel, to name a few. His idea with Wikia is to spread knowledge sharing to the people. "People have created amazing things such as Recipes.wiki.com and there's WoWWiki, a Wiki ...

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Wikipedia Loosing Contributors - Banmoco.co.uk (blog)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:44:14 -0800

Wikipedia Loosing Contributors
Banmoco.co.uk (blog)
Meanwhile, it was announced that Jimmy Wales was in Tampa Bay last week to launch tampabayhomess.wikia.com, a service which aims at helping the plight of homeless people. The new website creates a resource for government agencies, service providers, ...

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'I wasn't sure if anyone would use it' - Irish Times

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:49:46 -0800

'I wasn't sure if anyone would use it'
Irish Times
“The major innovations that have made Wikipedia successful have come from the community.” This notion of online communities is also a key component of his for-profit business, Wikia, a publishing platform. Wales's definition of these communities is ...

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