Wikipedia/External Links

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• Wikipedia - English-language version, including the Wikipedia Signpost, its community-edited online newspaper

Founders

• Jimmy Wales - personal blog of Jimmy Wales ("free knowledge for free minds")
• Jimmy Wales - Wikipedia userpage
• Larry Sanger - personal website

Utilities

• Article Traffic Stats - displays traffic per time for individual articles
• Trending Topics - list pages that were most frequently accessed over the last month
• WikiScanner - database of 'anonymous' edits on Wikipedia, linking them to various organizations by IP address
• Wiki Rage - multilingual site displaying articles with the most recent edits

Assessment

• David A. Hoffman, Salil K Mehra (August 26, 2009). Wikitruth through Wikiorder. Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper. Retrieved on 2011-10-20. Also in Emory Law Journal, 59 (2010).

Criticism and controversy

• Wikipedia Watch - controversial, critical site by Daniel Brandt
• Wiki Truth - wiki edited by Wikipedians critical of Wikipedia
• Wikipedia Review - forums for critical discussion of Wikipedia
• A false Wikipedia 'biography' - USA Today editorial by John Seigenthaler on his experience of being accused via a Wikipedia article of involvement in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
• Andrew Keen - blog by the author of The Cult of the Amateur, a book which included criticism of Wikipedia
• Wikipedia—The Dumbing Down of World Knowledge — an article (from April 12, 2010) by Edwin Black on Wikipedia, expertise, vandalism and Google's search engine results pages

Quote: "The Wikipedia concept, if turned right side up, could be a boon to mankind. Allowing named and credentialed scholars from around the world to collaborate in their area of expertise could revolutionize the speedy advancement of knowledge."