Facebook Adds Wikipedia Knowledge Boxes in Search Results
Social Media Today
JUNE 9, 2020
Facebook is looking to add Knowledge Panel type displays in some search results, featuring overviews from Wikipedia.
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Wikipedia Users Fight Over Donald Trump’s Mug Shot Getting Its Own Page
Forbes Social Media
AUGUST 25, 2023
Does Donald Trump’s new mug shot deserve its own Wikipedia page? That’s the debate happening right now, after the former president was arrested in Georgia on Thursday.
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Automated System Can Rewrite Outdated Sentences In Wikipedia
The Realtime Report
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Automated System Can Rewrite Outdated Sentences In Wikipedia. A system created by MIT researchers could be used to automatically update factual inconsistencies in Wikipedia articles, reducing time and effort spent by human editors who now do the task manually. There are so many updates constantly needed to Wikipedia articles.
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Pakistan Blocks Wikipedia Over ‘Sacrilegious Content’
Forbes Social Media
FEBRUARY 4, 2023
The government of Pakistan has blocked access to Wikipedia from within the country over so-called “sacrilegious content,” according to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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Why Wikipedia is Important to Your Company
Justin Levy
MAY 14, 2018
While many businesses are focused on their website and their social media channels, many often overlook their presence on Wikipedia. A company’s Wikipedia article, if they have one, often trades between first and second place with their main website. Here are a few keys: What it takes to have a Wikipedia article accepted.
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Why Wikipedia is Important to Your Company
Justin Levy
MAY 14, 2018
While many businesses are focused on their website and their social media channels, many often overlook their presence on Wikipedia. A company’s Wikipedia article, if they have one, often trades between first and second place with their main website. Here are a few keys: What it takes to have a Wikipedia article accepted.
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Why Wikipedia is Important to Your Company
Justin Levy
MAY 14, 2018
While many businesses are focused on their website and their social media channels, many often overlook their presence on Wikipedia. A company’s Wikipedia article, if they have one, often trades between first and second place with their main website. Here are a few keys: What it takes to have a Wikipedia article accepted.
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How to Successfully Submit Your Article to Wikipedia
Convince & Convert
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
Lots of brands would love to have Wikipedia articles. In a nutshell, your brand is presumed to qualify for a Wikipedia article, if it has received significant coverage in multiple, independent, reliable sources. » Digital Marketing article brand digital marketing marketing reward board source wikipedia'
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WHO Teams With Wikipedia To Fight Covid Misinformation
Forbes Social Media
OCTOBER 23, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it's collaborating with Wikipedia, opening up its Covid-19 information resources through the site.
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Wikipedia Creates Code Of Conduct, Now Has To Work Out How To Enforce It
Forbes Social Media
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Wikipedia's become the latest platform to introduce a code of conduct, aimed at stamping out misinformation and harassment.
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New Study shows the Surprising Power of Wikipedia in Science
The Realtime Report
APRIL 13, 2018
New Study shows the Surprising Power of Wikipedia in Science. A new MIT working paper released and featured on Wikimedia Monthly Research Showcase demonstrates the surprising scientific power of Wikipedia. These newly-created articles were then randomized with half being added to Wikipedia and half being held back.
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The Weirdest Entries On Wikipedia. Creator Spotlight: @Depthsofwikipedia
Forbes Social Media
MAY 31, 2021
The weirdest entries on Wikipedia all in one Instagram account. DepthsofWikipedia is a page dedicated to sharing the weirdest and coolest entries on the internet's encyclopedia. Growing this page has led the page admin, Annie Rauwerda, to even receive a cat from influencer Caroline Calloway.
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48 Ethical Public Relations in the New Age of Wikipedia
Convince & Convert
FEBRUARY 28, 2014
David King , Founder and Director at Ethical Wiki , joins the Social Pros Podcast this week to talk about the impact Wikipedia has on social media in today’s world, the future of PR, and how companies can update their Wikipedia pages to more accurately reflect their corporation and their message. Please Support Our Sponsors.
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Cognitive apprenticeship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Buzz Marketing for Technology
JUNE 23, 2008
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. About Wikipedia. Contact Wikipedia. Donate to Wikipedia. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., About Wikipedia. Cognitive apprenticeship. Personal tools. Log in / create account. Navigation. Featured content. Current events.
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266 Wikipedia Registers 11 New Domain Names
Bill Hartzer
JUNE 19, 2012
Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, has just registered 11 new domain names in the past 24 hours. Usually moves like this indicate upcoming projects, especially because Wikipedia does not have a history of regularly registering new domain names. voyagewiki.org. wikguide.org. wikicompass.org. wikidestination.org.
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When Wikipedia Misses the Facts
Ari Herzog
APRIL 1, 2015
Wikipedia prides itself on always providing a neutral point of view. Maybe that Wikipedia page should be edited? As long as there is a reliable source without bias, their editors ensure the content is printed. Why, then, is the page on penguins lacking a 2008 scientific discovery by the BBC that penguins can fly? Spheniscinae can fly.
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M-Journal Subverts Academia By Morphing Wikipedia Into A Reliable Source
Forbes Social Media
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
M-Journal is a new project from MSCHF Internet Studios that seeks to subvert Academia by turning Wikipedia into something that resembles something that could be cited in a research paper. Or does it?
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55 Did You Know? There is a Simple Version of Wikipedia
Bill Hartzer
FEBRUARY 17, 2016
I bet you didn’t know that there is a simple version of Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopedia. While we certainly are familiar with the more technical side of Wikipedia, if you replace the “en” in the Wikipedia URL of any entry with “simple”, you will get the “simple” version of that entry.
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What Wikipedia Won’t Tell You About Video with Tyler Lessard
Oktopost
MARCH 3, 2021
Marketers who use video grow revenue 49% faster than non-video users. It’s clear sellers need it, but what’s the real secret to using them to explode sales and drive marketing?
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87 Journalism and Wikipedia – Wanky Balls
Laurel Papworth
AUGUST 11, 2010
From TheBitterWallet : It won’t surprise you that Big Chill was never called Wanky Balls, Sweaty Nads, Greasy Schlong or anything else for that matter because you see, the bone idle newsrag decided to believe something that was written on a Wikipedia page about the event ( screengrab here ). From Wikipedia so may or may not be true.
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Twitter Launches Birdwatch, A Wikipedia-Style Approach To Fight Misinformation
Forbes Social Media
JANUARY 25, 2021
On Birdwatch, users will see crowdsourced notes from volunteers attached to tweets.
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PR and Wikipedia – let’s push for a better relationship
Danny WhatMough
JUNE 21, 2012
As part of my work with the PRCA’s Digital Steering Committee, I’m part of a consultation process that is trying to create a set of guidelines for the PR industry to help it better understand and interact with Wikipedia. PR people shouldn’t touch Wikipedia. This is a common viewpoint amongst Wikipedians.
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F8: Facebook says the future is private
Sherrilynne Starkie
MAY 4, 2019
Photo: Wikipedia. Instagram introduced a new camera design including Create Mode, which gives users an easy way to share without a photo or video. These are just some of the new products, features and technologies coming out of F8. Lots of change at Facebook. Are you keeping up?
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Study shows social media drives sales
Sherrilynne Starkie
OCTOBER 25, 2012
Photo credit: Wikipedia). Wikipedia rules the waves. Research released today by LoyaltyOne and two leading North American academic institutions provides the long-awaited proof that social media interaction between a customer and a brand drives immediate and long-term sales increases. The Air Miles program logo in Canada since 2009.
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Elon Musk Just Made An Excellent Point On Twitter About His Own Wikipedia Page
Forbes Social Media
DECEMBER 23, 2019
Stating that he has not looked at the page in years, he noted how it looks insane, which is possibly his way of exclaiming what is obvious to us all: This is someone who has worked tremendously hard and gained an incredible amount of notoriety.
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Wikipedia’s New Code Of Conduct Gets One Thing Right; Another Will Be A Struggle
Forbes Social Media
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Wikipedia isn’t just any social network, and its new rulebook stands apart from the terms of service handed down by commercial social platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
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Non-Targeted Broadcast Public Relations Pitches Are Spam
WebInKnow
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
To paraphrase the Wikipedia entry, email spam is sending email that is both unsolicited by the recipient and sent in substantively identical form to many recipients. Unfortunately, way too many Public Relations people are spammers.
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Customer Satisfaction: Social Media Websites Rank Among The Worst
The Realtime Report
JULY 22, 2014
After leading the category for four consecutive years, Wikipedia is the only major site to experience a decrease in user satisfaction, falling 5% for a score of 74 (and now ranking below Pinterest). Social Media Statistics Customer Satisfaction Facebook Google Instagram Pinterest Reddit social media user Tumblr Twitter Wikipedia Youtube'
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Win a ticket to IABC 2012 Canada Business Summit preconference workshop
Sherrilynne Starkie
OCTOBER 23, 2012
Photo credit: Wikipedia). Château Laurier, Ottawa, Canada. Seen from the corner of Sussex and Rideau. Here’s your chance to win a free ticket to an IABC 2012 Canada Business Summit preconference workshop. The summit takes place November 1-3 at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa.
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Are you on Facebook messenger?
Sherrilynne Starkie
AUGUST 18, 2014
Mark Zuckerberg (Photo credit: Wikipedia). Facebook users will have seen prompts to download the standalone Facebook Messenger app to their phones since April. Now, resistance is futile. Messages have removed from the Facebook mobile app.
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Tips on Buying Gas Powder Coating Ovens for Your Business
The Realtime Report
MARCH 18, 2021
Image from Wikipedia. Image from Wikipedia. Many people embrace coating and surface finishing treatment procedures since they help foster the performance of metal parts, especially during adverse working environments. Powder coated bicycle frames and parts. Heat sensitive carbon fiber tubes coated with a UV curable powder coating.
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Crowd-Sourced Information Online: Helpful or Harmful?
The Social Media Incubator
JANUARY 6, 2012
There’s been quite a bit of discussion about the reliability of online information that is compiled by individual users (think Wikipedia ). How about if you’re a student writing a research paper – can you cite Wikipedia as a credible resource for your information? So what happened?
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What is Rob Ford’s media strategy?
Sherrilynne Starkie
NOVEMBER 9, 2013
Photo credit: Wikipedia). Even better…do so with your loving and supportive spouse by your side. It’s a script we’ve seen played out time and time again with fallen celebrities and politicians who wish to regain their public reputations.
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373 What Happens When You Kiss a Bunch of Frogs?
Waxing UnLyrical
MAY 20, 2016
We are, apparently, the “most influential species” on our planet (according to Wikipedia, and Wikipedia knows all). Last time I checked, you were a smart, sentient being, a member of genus Homo sapiens sapiens. So if you want to kick Social PR butt, then YOU are going to have to make it happen.
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147 What Wikipedia’s Google Ranking Means for Your Business
Convince & Convert
OCTOBER 8, 2015
Let’s face it: Google loves Wikipedia. It seems like we see a Wikipedia result in nearly every search result page (a.k.a. However, Similarweb recently produced data indicating that Wikipedia traffic from Google had dropped significantly. Wikipedia’s Dominance in Google’s Search Results. That’s 7.33
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Jimmy Wales: I Had To Email Jack Dorsey To Stop Twitter Abuse
Forbes Social Media
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
Wikipedia founder reveals his battle to take down vile allegations on Twitter - and why he sympathizes with Twitter's moderators.
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So Slang: dictionary of street terms
Sherrilynne Starkie
MARCH 17, 2012
Image via Wikipedia. A catchy phrase to accompany your clever pranks. As popularized by Sheldon Cooper ( The Big Bang Theory ). I just replaced your toothpaste with denture cream. Jump the shark a term to describe a moment when something that was once great has reached a point where it will now decline in quality and popularity.
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Why SEOs Need to Pay Attention to Freebase
Bill Hartzer
OCTOBER 14, 2013
And Freebase, as well as Wikipedia and a host of other sources, make up the Knowledge Graph. Among other things, it’s much easier (at least for now) to contribute to Freebase than it is to contribute to Wikipedia. Most likely, because of the Wikipedia requirements of citations, etc.,
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Pinterest updates terms of service
Sherrilynne Starkie
MARCH 24, 2012
Red Pinterest logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia). There’s been considerable online discussion of the risks for brands on Pinterest ; there’s also criticism about the kind of content that is being pinned including photographs of self harm. This morning, Pinterest has announced.
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289 Ottawa’s Capital City News
Sherrilynne Starkie
APRIL 14, 2012
News (Photo credit: Wikipedia). A couple of weeks back Ottawa saw the launch of a new local community newspaper, Capital City News. Produced by Sun Media as a grass roots publication, the newspaper is published in weekly neighbourhood variants across the region.
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290 Zuck’s facts about Facebook
Sherrilynne Starkie
JANUARY 28, 2019
Photo: Wikipedia. Last week, the Wall Street Journal , arguably one of the highest profile news organizations in the world, published an article by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and not before time! After almost a year of bad press, multiple scandals and falling share prices, it’s well past time for a Facebook ‘Mea Culpa’. His Facebook Facts.
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170 Gartner: fake social media reviews
Sherrilynne Starkie
OCTOBER 28, 2012
Photo credit: Wikipedia). Checking online reviews has become a normal part of consumer purchasing decisions, and so, companies are paying for or faking these reviews to gain favour and influence preference. By 2014, we could see up to 15 per cent of all online reviews being ‘faked’, according to Gartner, the research company.
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Corporate social responsibility all year round
Sherrilynne Starkie
NOVEMBER 24, 2013
Photo credit: Wikipedia). This isn’t a choice, it’s a civic duty. It’s part of living in a caring society where we all support and look out for our neighbours and friends. The same holds true for brands and organizations. They have a duty to support the communities in which they operate and in those they serve.
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