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Quality of Wikipedia entries depends on authors' c... Read »»A new research by an Arizona University Professor of Indian origin has found that the quality of entries in Wikipedia depends on how authors collaborate. Sudha Ram, a UA's Eller College of Management
Quality of Wikipedia entries depends on authors' c... Read »»
Washington, March 12 : A new research by an Arizona University Professor of Indian origin has found that the quality of entries in Wikipedia depends on how authors collaborate.
You Ask, Jimmy Wales Answers: A Crowd-Sourced Inte... Read »»
Jimmy Wales' Wikipedia relies almost entirely on free contributions from its users to create a mammoth Web encyclopedia. Could an enterprising/lazy blogger use the same technique to interview Wales?
TechMan: Wonky or wacky, wikis invite content cont... Read »»
When they hear wiki, most people think of Wikipedia, that omniscient compendium of knowledge and sometimes misinformation.
A lady’s take on the Jack Neo scandal: What a Ja... Read »»
By Novia Lim A jackass is a male donkey. From Wikipedia: In Arabic, حمار (ḥimar), meaning “donkey”, is a derogatory term that refers to someone of very limited intelligence. In United States, the world had revealed Tiger Woods. In Singapore, we have our very own jackass (donkey) AKA Jack Neo. A cultural medallion winner, comedian, actor, director, and [...]
Perseids, John Hughes, And G.I. Joe Are Trending T... Read »»
Google has Google Trends , Twitter has trending topics, and now so does Wikipedia. Pete Skomoroch , a Senior Research Scientist at LinkedIn and blogger at Data Wrangling , built a trending topics page for Wikipedia . The homepage ranks the top-25 Wikipedia articles with the most pageviews over the past 30 days, as well as the fastest rising articles in the past 24 hours. Some of the most popular ...
Who does what on Wikipedia? (EurekAlert!)... Read »»
( University of Arizona ) The patterns of collaboration between Wikipedia contributors have a direct effect on the data quality of an article, according to a new paper co-authored by a University of Arizona professor and graduate student.
Remind Me Again Why We Practice Daylight Savings? ... Read »»
Tonight at 2am, remember to set your clock an hour forward. Look forward to both more sunlight at the end of the day and unfortunately, an earlier rise to work. Wikipedia explains why: More »
New study targets Wikipedia credibility (Arizona D... Read »»
Wikipedia articles’ quality may be able to be determined by looking at who contributes to them, according to instructor Sudha Ram and graduate student Jun Liu, who co-authored a paper looking at why some Wikipedia articles are of a higher quality.
Monday March 15 2010 (The Malaysian Insider)... Read »»
MARCH 15 — I am a great supporter of Perkasa, the Malay nationalist group. I support them not because I subscribe to their ideology but because I am a strong supporter of free speech.