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Submission + - Wikipedia's longest featured articles (wikimedia.org)

Submitted by The ed17 on Saturday May 14, 2016 @12:38PM

The ed17 writes: Elvis leads the list, coming in at 17,659 words. In today's strangest juxtaposition, "History of Poland (1945–89)" features just behind. A pope, Michael Jackson, and the Maya civilization also land spots.

Submission + - The next big step for Wikidata: forming a hub for researchers (wikipedia.org)

Submitted by The ed17 on Saturday January 03, 2015 @03:38PM

The ed17 writes: Wikidata, Wikimedia's free linked database that supplies Wikipedia and its sister projects, is gearing up to submit a grant application to the EU that would expand Wikidata's scope by developing it as a science hub. ... This proposal is significant because no other open collaborative project ... can connect the free databases in the world across disciplinary and linguistic boundaries. ...the project will be capable of providing a unique open service: for the first time, that will allow both citizens and professional scientists from any research or language community to integrate their databases into an open global structure, to publicly annotate, verify, criticise and improve the quality of available data, to define its limits, to contribute to the evolution of its ontology, and to make all this available to everyone, without any restrictions on use and reuse.

Feed Google News Sci Tech: Southwest Groundwater Disappearing at 'Shocking' Rate - Discovery News (google.com)

From feed by feedfeeder on Saturday July 26, 2014 @07:52PM

Southwest Groundwater Disappearing at 'Shocking' Rate
Discovery News
A ring of light-colored rock shows how much the water level has dropped at Nevada's Lake Mead. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Gallery. GlobalWarmingRightBeforeYourEyes:Photos. View Caption +. The effects of global warming are frequently projected...
Rigorous Climate Science Now Lying?American Thinker (blog)
Ignoring climate change could sink the US economyMiamiHerald.com
Would Jesus Accept Climate Science?Huffington Post

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Submission + - Dear museums: uploading your content to Wikimedia Commons just got easier (wikipedia.org)

Submitted by The ed17 on Saturday July 26, 2014 @07:01PM

The ed17 writes: Galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAMs) are now facing fewer barriers to uploading their content to Wikimedia Commons—the website that stores most of Wikipedia's images and videos. Previously, these institutions had to build customized scripts or be lucky enough to find a Wikimedia volunteer to do the work for them. According to the toolset's coordinator Liam Wyatt, "this is a giant leap forward in giving GLAMs the agency to share with Commons on their own terms."

Comment Typo (Score 2) 51

by The ed17 on Friday July 18, 2014 @09:38PM (#47487103) Attached to: $10 Million Lawsuit Against Wikipedia Editors "Stragetically" Withdrawn

Can a moderator please fix the typo in the title ("Stragetically" vs. ""Strategically"), preferably before I feel any more stupid? :-) Thanks for posting this. I'm a bit humbled.

Comment Typo (Score 1) 1

by The ed17 on Friday July 18, 2014 @03:00PM (#47484869) Attached to: $10 million lawsuit against Wikipedia editors "stragetically" withdrawn

If a moderator could fix my horrid typo (in the title, no less), I'd be greatly appreciative.

Submission + - $10 million lawsuit against Wikipedia editors "stragetically" withdrawn (wikipedia.org) 1

Submitted by The ed17 on Friday July 18, 2014 @02:36PM

The ed17 writes: On the same day the Wikimedia Foundation announced it would offer assistance to English Wikipedia editors embroiled in a legal dispute with Yank Barry, the lawsuit has been dismissed without prejudice at the request of Barry's legal team—but this action is being described as "strategic" so that they can refile the lawsuit with a "new, more comprehensive complaint."

Comment Re:{{PD-USGov}} (Score 1) 108

by The ed17 on Sunday June 29, 2014 @10:18PM (#47347485) Attached to: US National Archives Will Upload All Its Holdings To Wikipedia

You are correct. A lot of the holdings are documents and pictures, like this one, that were created as part of a US government employee's official duties, meaning that they entered the public domain as soon as they were written or taken.

Comment Re:Double submission (Score 1) 2

by The ed17 on Wednesday February 06, 2013 @06:23PM (#42814359) Attached to: The popularity of Wikipedia articles: catalysts, trends, and applications

sorry, "the similarity of this submission to http://slashdot.org/submission/2483271/wikipedia-popularity-dead-celebrities-and-super-bowl-entertainment "

Comment Double submission (Score 1) 2

by The ed17 on Wednesday February 06, 2013 @06:20PM (#42814323) Attached to: The popularity of Wikipedia articles: catalysts, trends, and applications

Please note that the similarity of this submission to is because that one disappeared from the /recent page. I was then invited to resubmit the submission by the author of this article. Thanks :-)

Comment Where? (Score 1) 1

by The ed17 on Wednesday February 06, 2013 @06:00PM (#42814105) Attached to: Wikipedia Popularity: Dead Celebrities and Super Bowl Entertainment

I also submitted this at this anonymous submitter's request; why was it removed from http://slashdot.org/recent ? (sorry, slashdot noob here :-) )

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