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Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama, where he attended Randolph School, a university-preparatory school.[7] Later he earned bachelor's and master's degrees in finance from Auburn University and the University of Alabama, respectively.
When I was in the hospital a few months ago—I’m fine, thanks—I asked the attending resident about a new drug that I’d heard treated my condition well. He didn’t know much about it, so he suggested we look it up—on Wikipedia.
Wikimedia and Facebook have given Angolans free access to their websites, but not to the rest of the internet.
More than 200 Wikipedia editors have backed a vote of no confidence in a trustee of the site's governing body. Arnnon Geshuri, a former human resources manager at Google, was appointed to the board of the Wikimedia Foundation this month...
Online encyclopaedia Wikipedia has marked its 15th birthday with a list of the most edited pages on the site. The English language version of the site, which can anyone can edit, has more than five million entries and has been edited around 808 million times.
Arnnon Geshuri has stepped down as a trustee of Wikipedia's governing body, under pressure from the site's editors. Nearly 300 backed a vote of no confidence over allegations of involvement in a no-poaching deal while he was a Google human resources boss...
Online encyclopaedia Wikipedia has marked its 15th birthday with a list of the most edited pages on the site. The English language version of the site, which can anyone can edit, has more than five million entries and has been edited around 808 million times.
Wikipedia has launched a tool designed to automatically highlight low-quality edits to articles. The Objective Revision Evaluation Service software has been trained by Wikipedia editors to recognise the quality of an edit based on the language and context of the change.
Wikipedia has blocked 381 accounts for what it has called "black hat" editing - people being paid to create promotional articles without disclosing who they represent. The accounts were reportedly run by one "co-ordinated group"...
Wikipedia has blocked 381 accounts for what it has called "black hat" editing - people being paid to create promotional articles without disclosing who they represent. The accounts were reportedly run by one "co-ordinated group"...
In the wake of a Wikipedia row between the Guardian and Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps, what are the editorial rules governing this massively popular online encyclopaedia? Don't pretend you don't know...
In the wake of a Wikipedia row between the Guardian and Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps, what are the editorial rules governing this massively popular online encyclopaedia? Don't pretend you don't know...
Russia is planning an alternative version of the Wikipedia, the country's presidential library has said. Analysis had shown that Wikipedia "does not have enough detailed and reliable information about Russian regions and the life of the country", it said...
Russia is planning an alternative version of the Wikipedia, the country's presidential library has said. Analysis had shown that Wikipedia "does not have enough detailed and reliable information about Russian regions and the life of the country", it said...
Wikipedia page views can predict disease outbreaks nearly a month before official health advice, a team of US scientists says. The Los Alamos National Laboratory team says people are searching online before seeking medical help.
David Slater, from Coleford in the Forest of Dean, said the web-based encyclopaedia had repeatedly refused to remove the image from its site. He said there had been no interest from anyone in buying the image since it was declared to be in the "public domain"...
Wikipedia has begun naming links to its online encyclopaedia that have been removed from EU search results under "right to be forgotten" rules. The deleted links include pages about European criminals, a musician and an amateur chess player...
5 August 2014 Last updated at 19:48 ET Wiki wars: Do Wikipedia's internal tiffs deter newcomers? Technology reporter As WikiMania, the annual confer...
7 August 2014 Last updated at 06:56 ET Photographer 'lost £10,000' in Wikipedia monkey 'selfie' row A photographer involved in a copyright row with Wikipedia over a monkey "selfie" says he has lost £10,000 in income over two years because of it...