Several stories on wikimainia from MediaChannel.org:
WIKIMANIA
Ground Zero, at least last week, was Frankfurt, Germany, site of Wikimania, the first global gathering of the self-styled ‘wikipedians’ who collectively are well on their way to the goal of providing free online encyclopedias in every language on earth. MediaChannel.org’s Rory O’Connor was there and reports on the Big Bang of the next information revolution.
BEYOND AN ENCYCLOPEDIA: WHAT’S NEXT FOR WIKIMANIA?
In just 10 years Wikimedia has evolved into a phenomenon, spawning a worldwide community that has created a brand potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars and a website now in the top 50 that gets more traffic than USA Today and The New York Times put together. And it all happened through the efforts of volunteers, without a bureaucratic top-down organization, staff structure or marketing budget. News Dissector Danny Schechter was at the Wikimedia Conference and reports on the Wikipedia phenomenon.
WIKIPEDIA TO TIGHTEN GRIP
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says the Wiki web encyclopaedia written and edited by internet users from all over the world plans to impose stricter editorial rules to prevent vandalism of its content.
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