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more about #valleywag more comments → PontiusPirate: What is most concerning is that this company is headed towards IPO and Pincus has admitted to doing "every horrible thing to get revenue." His tactics... more » SidAndFinancy: So many stoners getting the munchies for corn on the cob. #google more » PontiusPirate: Never trust a guy who has an aspiring male model on the payroll whose sole job is to troll blogs and post cut & paste comments about how awesome he (P... more » cmd: Mmmm. Always love an Intern Neel update. #wereadtwittersoyoudonthaveto more » insidefb: I consider Mark a friend but he has lied to me on more than one occasion. more » Benny: Never heard of this guy, but this article has my agenda radar going berserk. His comments about that class hardly show him to be cynical about ethics... more » Bos'un's Mate: Pogue is a very good technology critic and observer, but a visionary? No. #davidpogue more » forwardmotion: In his defense: most graduate seminars in whatever subject that last 1-4 weeks are generally bullshit. #markpincus more » heartbreakturnip: In order: "Help me Howard" "Help me God" "Help me grow" "Help me Rhonda" #google more » heartbreakturnip: Many of these sound like the questions of lazy term paper writers. #google more » TheCaliDude: Try "Will she" and "Will he" for sad results. #google more » shostakobitch: Couldn't agree with you more. Another example of this is nuclear weapons. Sure a bunch of hippies thought they might "explode" and kill us all but n... more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: When can we have the chip implant to put bright shiny images directly into our brains? And jetpacks? #television more » Claire Buoyant: I wonder if this is of any semantic significance: alter the "is it wrong/ethical" qeustion to "is it OK/okay", then Google reveals a bunch of suggesti... more » lostarchitect: The worst thing about this might be the Sesame Street characters tacitly approving these searches. #google more » -
#geeklove
Tech Playboy's Pimp Card
Ohhh yeahhh, baby: Jimmy Wales did just hand you a picture of his dapper self, giving you The Look. You know, the sultry one he's used on a long line of women. The look that says, "this card means business." More » -
#sexwars
Why Is Wikipedia a Boys Club? Men Are Dumb
Only about one in eight Wikipedia contributors and editors are women, according to a study by the online encyclopedia's own nonprofit operator. An unfortunate example of sexism? More like an example of the easily conned male ego. More » -
#printisdead
If AP Can't Beat the Google Spammers, It Will Join Them
Ever clicked on some high-ranked Google result, only to land on a useless page of links, obviously created by spam software? Infuriating. Well, prepare to be maddened further; the Associated Press, avowed hater of the internet, will spam Google too. More » -
#mentalhealth
Victorian Psychiatrists Upset at Wikipedia Exposing Their Voodoo Secrets
Apparently, mind-doctors are still using the Rorschach Test to diagnose the vapors, hysteria, and brain disequilibrium in their patients. And they're hopping mad, because Wikipedia has published the answers. More » -
#publicrelations
How Censorship Finally Helped Wikipedia's Co-Founder
Jimmy Wales had an image problem. After bending his online encyclopedia's rules for a lover and, allegedly, for a benefactor, the Wikipedia co-founder faced rebuke and embarrassment. Then the New York Times made him a hero. More » -
#scandal
How the Crescent City Revealed Wired's Plagiarizing Editor
How did the Virginia Quarterly Review connect Chris Anderson's book to Wikipedia, thus unraveling a plagiarism scandal? A strange use of parentheses. More » -
#books
Wired Editor Steals Content for Book About How Content Should be Free
Chris Anderson has been caught lifting huge chunks out of Wikipedia for his book Free. The irony speaks for itself. But it's worth noting that the Wired editor's excuses are disconcertingly clichéd. More » -
#censorship
The Case for Insane Scientology Cyborgs on Wikipedia
Wikipedia recently banned the Church of Scientology and its associates from contributing to the collaborative reference site. But maybe this is what the Scientologists wanted Wikipedia to do. More » -
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#ejections
Wikipedia to Scientologists: 'Get the F#@% Out!'
In a rather extraordinary effort to crack down on the Church of Scientology's obsessive policing of its online public image, Wikipedia has banned all IP addresses owned or affiliated with Scientology from making edits to entries on its website. More » -
#housekeeping
Valleywag: An Instruction Manual
Dear Ryan:
As I head to NBC to run its Bay Area site, I'm leaving you one Silicon Valley gossip blog, used but in good condition. A few thoughts on how to keep it that way. More » -
#wikipedia
Wikipedia is just like a big city — complete with sleazy guys ogling women.
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#printisdead
Is the Los Angeles Times Cribbing from Wikipedia?
Whether they admit it or not, Wikipedia is every reporter's crutch for finding mundane details on deadline. Most know to cover up their laziness. But not this Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent. More » -
#anniversaries
The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It
Dear important scientist Tim Berners-Lee: Thank you for inventing the World Wide Web 20 years ago. It's really great and stuff! But were you aware of the crimes committed in your name? More » -
#snits
Update: Writer Used a Researcher to Invent an Obama Wikipedia Scandal
Aaron Klein, the WorldNetDaily writer who invented a scandal about Wikipedia censoring an article about Barack Obama, demanded we retract that claim because, in fact, he had someone else do the work for him. More » -
#wikipedia
Right-Wing Writer Invents His Own Obama Wikipedia Scandal
Even Matt Drudge gave up on the faux Barack Obama birth-certificate story last fall. But out-there conservative website WorldNetDaily is keeping the fable alive — with a Wikipedia fiction of its own. More » -
#jimmywales
Wikipedia Cofounder's Wiki Bailout Plan
Jimmy Wales, the scandal-prone cofounder of Wikipedia, thinks Barack Obama's first priority should be creating government websites anyone can edit. Translation: A bailout for makers of wikis. More » -
#failanthropy
Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales Almost Out of a Job
Imagine an online encyclopedia anyone can edit — and no one can run. With the calendar running out on 2008, Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia's sleaze-drenched cofounder, nearly lost his seat on the board. Who's in charge here?
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#failanthropy
Brother, Wikipedia Wants Your Dime
The children of the world will be deprived of knowledge unless you shell out money soon, says Jimmy Wales, the sleaze-drenched cofounder of Wikipedia. Is this what Wikipedia has come to — an online telethon? -
#thesumofallhumanknowledge
Kiddie-porn scandal lands Wikipedia a British ban
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia any unemployed Internet commenter can edit, has been banned by British Internet service providers over a display of child porn.

