[Webpub] wikipedia explained on NPR's Fresh Air

[Lisa Mayer]

 From our blog: http://webpub.mit.edu/

Did you know that term “wiki” is derived from the phrase “WikiWiki”,  
which is the Hawaiian word for “quick”? I meant to post this awhile  
ago…for those of you who missed it, NPR’s Fresh Air had Wikipepdia  
founder Jimmy Wales on last month. It’s a good listen, he explains  
the basics of how to edit pages, whether they will start taking adds,  
and more. Here’s the interview.

 From the NPR site:
Jimmy Wales helped create Wikipedia, the interactive online  
encyclopedia founded in 2001. Users write and edit Wikipedia entries  
themselves; the site also has a dedicated corps of editors. There are  
often “edit wars” over entries — some, including the one headlined  
“2006 Lebanon War,” have been edited and then re-edited thousands of  
times — and Wikipedia’s accuracy has been questioned by some  
professors and colleges, who forbid students to cite it as a source.  
But Wikipedia, with versions in 250 languages, is one of the top 10  
sites on the Internet.

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Lisa C. Mayer
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Information Services and Technology (IS&T)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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