You can soon buy a 7,471-volume printed version of Wikipedia for $500,000
Wikipedia may have helped kill the printed encyclopedia, but the online crowdsourced fountain of knowledge will soon be available in physical book form too. From Aaaaa! to ZZZap! is a new exhibition...
View Article‘Print Wikipedia’ Totals 7600 Volumes, To Sell For $500,000
The “Print Wikipedia” project, described by Mr. Mandiberg as half utilitarian data visualization project and half absurdist poetic gesture, got its start on Thursday when Mandiberg began uploading all...
View ArticlePrint edition of Wikipedia to have 7600 volumes; to sell for $500,000
In an ambitious project, a New York artist is creating a print edition of Wikipedia that runs to 7,600 volumes and is...
View ArticlePrint Wikipedia, in 7,600 volumes, to sell for $500,000
In an ambitious project, a New York artist is creating a print edition of Wikipedia that runs to 7,600 volumes and is priced at $500,000. Michael Mandiberg, who teaches at the College of Staten Island...
View ArticlePrint edition of Wikipedia to sell for USD 500,000
New York: In an ambitious project, a NewYork artist is creating a print edition of Wikipedia that runs to 7,600 volumes and is priced at USD 500,000. Michael Mandiberg, who teaches at the College of...
View ArticlePrinted Wikipedia for $500,000
NEW YORK: In an ambitious project, A New York artist is creating a print edition of Wikipedia that runs to 7,600 volumes and is priced at $500,000. Michael Mandiberg, who teaches at the College of...
View ArticleEdit-athon aims to put left-out black artists into Wikipedia
If you're trying to measure an artist's notability, one gauge is whether his or her work is owned by a major institution such as, say, the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Yet, of the 50 or so notable...
View ArticleUse WikiTweaks to avoid distractions on Wikipedia
Want to stay focused when reading about a topic on Wikipedia, but your curiosity is piqued by the links in the text? Check out this Chrome extension to stay on track. by October 30, 2014 3:57 PM PDT...
View ArticleThe Met got punk'd at The Costume Institute's annual gala
The exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute attracted the trendy and those that dressed for the occasion in punk chic. “Punk: Chaos to Couture” opened to a red carpet of many...
View ArticleWikipedia edit from government computer added Muslim insult
The charity that represents Wikipedia in the UK has condemned edits made from government computers after more incidents of vandalism emerged. The BBC has discovered that the phrase "all Muslims are...
View ArticleOne Man’s Quest to Rid Wikipedia of Exactly One Grammatical Mistake
Meet the ultimate WikiGnome. On a Friday in July 2012, two employees of the Wikimedia Foundation gave a talk at Wikimania, their organization’s annual conference. Maryana Pinchuk and Steven Walling...
View ArticleEdit-athon aims to put left-out black artists into Wikipedia
If you're trying to measure an artist's notability, one gauge is whether his or her work is owned by a major institution such as, say, the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Yet, of the 50 or so notable...
View ArticleRussia threatens to block Wikipedia over cannabis page
The Russian government has threatened to ban Wikipedia over a page explaining charas, a hashish type of cannabis. Roskomnadzor, the Kremlin's internet watchdog, has reportedly written to Wikipedia's...
View ArticleRussia banned Wikipedia for hashish entry, lifts ban just hours later
Russia has long be the enemy of Western values. From suppressing dissent and doubling down on Russian Orthodox social values to passing laws aimed at suppressing NGOs that could be deemed a “threat” to...
View ArticleThis is what looks like when you print out Wikipedia
Artist Michael Mandiberg turned the online knowledge base into a 5 million-page, 7,600-volume, $500,000 collection of books...
View ArticleDon’t trust anything on Wikipedia
Wikipedia defines “Trust, but verify” — the phrase Ronald Reagan famously used in negotiating nuclear-arms cuts with the Soviet Union — this way: “A form of advice given which recommends that while a...
View Article13 Super-Specific Tactics To Get The Most Out Of Wikipedia>
Wikipedia, your college professors' most trusted source of information, was born on today's date in 2001. The site has always been an experiment -- though a pretty successful one. Anyone can...
View ArticleKonkani Wikipedia from Goa University in 6 months
PANAJI: Piles of the thick four volumes of Konkani vishwakosh or encyclopedia waiting to be picked up by users at the Goa University (GU) will now attain a modern avatar. The volumes, work on which was...
View ArticleEdits to Wikipedia pages on cases of police brutality traced back to NYPD
Police departments across the country are now being scrutinized following the Justice Department's report claiming evidence of widespread racial discrimination within the Ferguson, Mo., police...
View ArticleEdit-athon aims to put left-out black artists into Wikipedia
If you're trying to measure an artist's notability, one gauge is whether his or her work is owned by a major institution such as, say, the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Yet, of the 50 or so notable...
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