Wikipedia
- A free encyclopedia built collaboratively using Wiki software. (GNU Free Documentation License).
Botwiki - Documenting, developing and testing MediaWiki's bots, mainly for Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation's projects.
Building a (fast) Wikipedia Offline Reader - Article by Thanassis Tsiodras describing how he put together a searchable offline version of the online encyclopedia using various open source tools.
DBpedia - A community effort to extract structured information from Wikipedia and to make this information available on the Web. Details of datasets, online access, and example use cases.
Encyclopodia - Free software version of Wikipedia for Apple iPod devices. [English/German]
Frozen North: How Authoritative is Wikipedia? - Weblog entry. Describes the author's process of putting errors into Wikipedia and watching for corrections to them. Suggests how fact-checking needs to be improved at Wikipedia, and gives ideas for further experiments.
Infodisiac - Offers Wikipedia in several languages in TomeRaider format, for Palm OS, Pocket PC, and EPOC Smart Phones.
Placeopedia.com - Project to connect Wikipedia articles with their geographical locations. Provides a google maps interface to handle user submissions.
Wapedia - Wikipedia optimized for browsing from mobile phones.
WikiBrowse - Wikipedia dedicated, open source browser for Windows.
Wikinfo: Critical views of Wikipedia - Provides a basic history, discusses some notable failures and the limitations of using a wiki as an encyclopedia.
Mediapost.com - Wikipedia's Symbiotic Relationship With Search - Article by Max Kalehoff. "Wikipedia's orderly collection of consumer-created content is becoming a high-powered magnet for Internet searches." "For marketers, Wikipedia can be an unpredictable variable capable of influencing customers and stakeholders. Consider not only its impact on brand search results, but also the impact of potentially inaccurate, unfair, or partisan content. Wikipedia and its contributors can be friends or foes." [Free registration required to view] (May 19, 2005)
kuro5hin.org - Why Wikipedia Must Jettison Its Anti-Elitism - Wikipedia cofounder Larry Sanger writes, "Wikipedia does have two big problems, and attention to them is long overdue. These problems could be eliminated by eliminating a single root problem." (December 30, 2004)
TCS: Tech Central Station - The Faith-Based Encyclopedia - Robert McHenry, former Editor in Chief of the Encyclopædia Britannica, wonders about the Wikipedian assumptions that writings and editings by contributors of greatest expertise will survive and that articles will eventually reach a very high degree of accuracy. (November 15, 2004)
The Register: Wikipedia 'to Make Universities Obsolete' - Opinion article by Andrew Orlowski suggesting that Wikipedia has a long way to go before it's a stand-in for libraries and scholarly publications. (September 7, 2004)
The Register - Wiki-fiddlers defend Clever Big Book - Commentary by Andrew Orlowski. "Our jibe that the Wikipedia is the world's most useless encyclopedia drew precisely two angry responses. But both illustrate the condition perfectly." (July 23, 2004)
Salon.com - Everyone is an editor - Attempts to examine the pros and cons of Wikipedia. Plus, comparisons to previous similar projects. (April 27, 2004)
- A free encyclopedia built collaboratively using Wiki software. (GNU Free Documentation License).
