Wikipedia:Press coverage 2012
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January
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| title = Q&A interview with William Beutler
| url = http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Beut
| publisher = C-SPAN
| date = {{date|1 January 2012}}
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- {{cite news
| first = Glynn
| last = Moody
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| title = Is Monmouthpedia The Future Of Wikipedia?
| url = http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120102/08191517252/is-monmouthpedia-future-wikipedia.shtml
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| date = {{date|5 January 2012}}
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- {{cite news
| first = James
| last = Althucher
| title = My Failed Attempt At Making An Appeal For The Wikimedia Foundation
| url = http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/07/failed-appeal-wikimedia-foundation/
| work = TechCrunch
| date = {{date|7 January 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|8 January 2012}}
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- {{cite news
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| title = Wikipedia to Shut for 24 Hours to Stop Anti-Piracy Act
| url = http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2012/01/16/technology/tech-us-sopa-wikipedia.html
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| work = New York Times
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| date = {{date|16 January 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|16 January 2012}}
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:*{{cite video|people=David Carr and Brian Stelter|title=TimesCast: Web Sites to Go Dark|time=2:11|url=http://video.nytimes.com/video/2012/01/17/multimedia/100000001291723/timescast-january-17-2012.html|date={{date|January 17, 2012}}|work=The New York Times|accessdate={{date|January 17, 2012}}}}
- {{cite news|title=Wikipedia joins web blackout in Sopa protest|date={{date|January 17, 2012}}|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16590585|work=BBC News|accessdate={{date|January 17, 2012}}}}
- {{cite news|author=Schatz, Amy|title=Web Piracy Bill Faces Fiercer Fight|date={{date|January 17, 2012}}|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203735304577165081404005466.html|work=The Wall Street Journal|publisher=(Dow Jones) News Corporation|accessdate={{date|January 17, 2012}}}}
- {{cite news|author=Remondini, Chiara|title=Wikipedia Blackout to Protest U.S. Piracy Law|date={{date|January 17, 2012}}|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-17/wikipedia-to-shut-for-24-hours-to-protest-proposed-u-s-anti-piracy-laws.html|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate={{date|January 17, 2012}}}}
- {{cite news|author=Ortenzi, T.J.|title=Wikipedia blackout coming Wednesday, says co-founder Jimmy Wales|date={{date|January 17, 2012}}|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/wikipedia-blackout-coming-jan-18-says-co-founder-jimmy-wales/2012/01/16/gIQAh2Ke3P_blog.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|publisher=Tribune Company|accessdate={{date|January 17, 2012}}}}
- {{cite news|author=The Associated Press|title=Wikipedia to Go Dark Over Antipiracy Bill|date={{date|January 17, 2012}}|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204555904577166741285522030.html|publisher=The Wall Street Journal (News Corporation)|accessdate={{date|January 14, 2011}}|archive-date=January 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118043158/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204555904577166741285522030.html|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite news
|last=Sutter
|first=John D.
|title=Why Wikipedia went down at midnight
|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/17/tech/web/wikipedia-sopa-blackout-qa/index.html
|newspaper=CNN
|date=January 18, 2012
|accessdate=July 5, 2018
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|quote=Wikipedia, one of the highest-traffic sites on the Internet, will shut down for 24 hours in protest of these laws, which the website says would make it very difficult -- maybe impossible -- for its nonprofit encyclopedia to continue to operate.
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- {{cite news
| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zambia/9032769/Zambia-president-assassinated-according-to-Wikipedia-prank.html
|title=Zambia president 'assassinated' according to Wikipedia prank
|last=Laing
|first=Aislinn
|date={{date|23 January 2012}}
|work=The Daily Telegraph
|quote = Michael Sata, the Zambian president, has been "assassinated" according to a mischievous alteration to his profile on Wikipedia.
|accessdate={{date|24 January 2012}}
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- {{cite news |title=Russia's most popular social network donates $1 million to Wikipedia |author= |url=http://rt.com/news/prime-time/russia-social-network-wikipedia-601/ |newspaper=RT |date={{date|24 January 2012}}|accessdate=February 16, 2012}}
- {{cite news
| first = Jon Friedman
| last = Friedman
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| title = Wikipedia and SOPA: I blew it. Commentary: In hindsight, the blackout was certainly a smart move
| url = http://www.marketwatch.com/story/wikipedia-and-sopa-i-blew-it-2012-01-25
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| work = MarketWatch
| publisher = Wall Street Journal
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| date = {{date|25 January 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|25 January 2012}}
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| quote = It’s not easy to stand up here on my little soapbox and admit that I blew it. Mea culpa. it’s the right thing to do.
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- :The author gives an apology for his criticism of Wikipedia's SOPA blackout and admits he is impressed with its effectiveness in raising awareness of the Bills.
==February==
- {{cite news
| first = Mike
| last = Pitts
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| title = Digital guides: more work needed
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| work = British Archaeology
| publisher = Council for British Archaeology
| location = York, England
| issn = 1357-4442
| issue= 123
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| page = 45
| date = March–April 2012
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| language = en
| quote = ...you would do better to use your smartphone to access Wikipedia (where you can find articles on individual stones...
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- :The Wikipedia article on Stonehenge is a more useful guide to the monument than paid-for commercial apps.
March
- {{cite news
| author = David Pegg
| author2 = Oliver Wright
|no-tracking=true | title = Who are the Commons moles changing Wikipedia entries?
| url = http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/who-are-the-commons-moles-changing-wikipedia-entries-7545991.html
| work = The Independent
| location = London
| date = {{date|09 March 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|09 March 2012}}
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- {{cite news
| author = Lauren Rae Orsini
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| title = Wikipedia struggles to close the gender gap
| url = http://www.dailydot.com/society/wikipedia-gender-gap-discussion/
| work = Daily Dot
| location = United States
| date = {{date|22 March 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|22 March 2012}}
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- {{cite news |title=Wikipedia users divided on 'Noynoying' article |author=Ivy Jean Vibar |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/03/22/12/wikipedia-users-divided-%E2%80%98noynoying%E2%80%99-article |newspaper=ABS-CBN |date=22 March 2012 |accessdate=23 March 2012}}
- {{cite news
| first = Jack
| last = Stuef
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| title = The Epic Battle For Wikipedia's Autofellatio Page
| url = http://www.buzzfeed.com/jackstuef/inside-the-seedy-world-of-wikipedia-exhibitionism
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| date = {{date|26 March 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|9 April 2012}}
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- {{cite magazine
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| title = Autofellation: le combat d'un exhibitionniste pour illustrer la page de Wikipedia
| url = http://www.slate.fr/lien/52805/autofellation-wikipedia
| magazine = Slate
| date = {{date|4 April 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|9 April 2012}}
| language = fr
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April
- {{cite news
| author = Mohd Arshi Rafique
| title = Who named Mahatma Gandhi 'father of nation'? Govt foxed
| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Lucknow/Who-named-Mahatma-Gandhi-father-of-nation-Govt-foxed/Article1-834824.aspx
| work = Hindustan Times
| location = India
| date = {{date|3 April 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|19 April 2012}}
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- {{cite news
| author = Aviva Shen
| title = How Many Women Does It Take to Change Wikipedia?
| url = http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2012/04/how-many-women-does-it-take-to-change-wikipedia/
| work = Around the Mall
| location = United States
| date = {{date|4 April 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|4 April 2012}}
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- {{cite news
| author = Caity Weaver
| title = Women Can Do Science Too; Wikipedia 'Bout to Find Out
| url = http://gawker.com/5899307/women-can-do-science-too-wikipedia-bout-to-find-out
| work = Gawker
| location = United States
| date = {{date|4 April 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|5 April 2012}}
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- {{cite news
| author = Jamie Frevele
| title = The Smithsonian Archives' Sarah Stierch Will Be Working On Wikipedia's "Women In Science" Problem
| url = http://www.themarysue.com/sarah-stierch-fixing-wikipedia-women-in-science/
| work = The Mary Sue
| location = United States
| date = {{date|5 April 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|5 April 2012}}
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- {{cite news
| first = Jack
| last = Stuef
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| title = Wikipedia's Kiddie Porn Problem
| url = http://www.buzzfeed.com/jackstuef/its-almost-impossible-to-get-kiddie-porn-off-wiki
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- {{cite web
| first = Kyle
| last = Wagner
| title = Why Is It So Hard to Get Kiddie Porn Off of Wikipedia?
| url = http://gizmodo.com/5899532/why-is-it-so-hard-to-get-kiddie-porn-off-of-wikipedia
| website = Gizmodo
| date = {{date|5 April 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|6 April 2012}}
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- {{Cite news |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/wikipedia-republican-primary-candidates-pages-changed-nomination-fight/story?id=16120192 |first=Chris |last=Wilson |title=Wikipedia and the Republican primary: How the candidates' pages changed during the nomination fight |publisher=ABC News |date= {{date|12 April 2012}} |accessdate={{date|12 April 2012}} }}
- {{cite news
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| title = Guest Post: Crowdsourcing Skeptical Outreach on Wikipedia
| url = http://skepchick.org/2012/04/guest-post-crowdsourcing-skeptical-outreach-on-wikipedia/
| publisher = SkepChick
| date = {{date|16 April 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|20 April 2012}}
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- {{cite news
| author= Andrew
| title = What's Missing On Wikipedia?
| url = https://www.makerbot.com/media-center/2012/04/16/whats-missing-on-wikipedia
| publisher = MakerBot Industries
| date = {{date|16 April 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|20 April 2012}}
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- {{cite magazine
| first = Leigh
| last = Josey
| title = Seven's Hamish McLachlan denies fiddling with his own Wiki
| url = http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/17/sevens-hamish-mclachlan-denies-fiddling-with-his-own-wiki/
| magazine = Crikey
| date = {{date|17 April 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|17 April 2012}}
| quote = Users of popular football forum Big Footy uncovered what they considered to be an hilarious example of a celebrity micro-managing their wiki profile, suggesting that Channel Seven personality and host of AFL show Game Day Hamish McLachlan appeared to be the creator and editor of his own Wikipedia entry.
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| title =Six out of 10 Wikipedia business entries contain factual errors
| url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9211336/Six-out-of-10-Wikipedia-business-entries-contain-factual-errors.html
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| work = Daily Telegraph
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| location = London
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| date = {{date|18 April 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|18 April 2012}}
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| quote = "The editing of Wikipedia by public relations and corporate communications professionals is a serious issue and one that needs to be addressed by everyone."
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- {{cite news
| first = Ghomeshi
| last = Jian
| title = This Week On Q
| url = http://www.cbc.ca/q/weekly/2012/04/13/this-week-on-q-97/
| publisher = CBC Radio
| date = {{date|18 April 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|20 April 2012}}
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- {{cite news
| first = Linklater
| last = Natalie
| title = Adding more Women Scientists on Wikipedia
| url = http://cuwise.blogspot.com/2012/04/adding-more-women-scientists-on.html
| publisher = Carleton University
| date = {{date|18 April 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|20 April 2012}}
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- {{cite news
| first = Henrietta
| last = Thornton-Verma
| title = Reaching the Wikipedia Generation: Reference Roundtable Tackles Trends and Thorny Issues
| url = http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/04/publishing/reaching-the-wikipedia-generation-lj-recently-gathered-publishers-aggregators-and-librarians-to-discuss-trends-and-thorny-issues-in-reference/
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| work = Library Journal
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| date = {{date|18 April 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|6 May 2012}}
| language = English
| quote = The conversation is centering on Wikipedia as competitor. I’m interested in whether the group collectively thought of it as a collaborator or a competitor.
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- {{cite news
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| title = The Worrying Consequences of the Wikipedia Gender Gap
| url = https://www.technologyreview.com/s/427626/the-worrying-consequences-of-the-wikipedia-gender-gap/
| publisher = Technology Report
| date = {{date|19 April 2012}}
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- {{cite news
| first = Manus
| last = Susan
| title = Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums with Wikipedia (GLAM-Wiki): Insights Interview with Lori Phillips
| url = http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/04/galleries-libraries-archives-museums-with-wikipedia-glam-wiki-insights-interview-with-lori-phillip/
| publisher = Library of Congress
| date = {{date|20 April 2012}}
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- US v. Lawson, (20 April 2012). [http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5658587010132102045 US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit Finds Juror's Wikipedia Research Invalidated Cockfighting Conviction], Nos. 10-4831, 10-4841, 10-4845, 10-4846, 10-4870, 10-4882, U.S. Ct.App., 4th Cir., 2012-4-20, WL 1372172.
- {{cite news
| first = Ball
| last = James
| title = The Guardian's Open 20: fighters for internet freedom
| url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/20/twenty-fighters-open-internet
| newspaper = The Guardian
| date = {{date|20 April 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|23 April 2012}}
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- {{cite news
| first = Reagle
| last = Joseph
| title = Joseph Reagle – Equality, gender, and speech in open communities
| url = http://www.re-public.gr/en/?p=131
| publisher = Re-Public
| date = {{date|April 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|21 April 2012}}
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- {{cite news
| title = Poorly designed mobile sites 'drain smartphone battery'
| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17811557
| work = BBC News web site
| publisher = BBC
| date = {{date|23 April 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|23 April 2012}}
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| quote = The researchers revealed that by analysing and tweaking the design of Wikipedia, energy consumption could be reduced by 30% - without affecting the user experience.
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- {{cite news
| title = Wikipedia Invites Users to Debate Whether 'Pro-Life' Is Really a Thing
| url = http://jezebel.com/5904296/wikipedia-invites-users-to-debate-whether-pro+life-is-really-a-thing/
| work = Roe V World
| publisher = Jezebel
| date = {{date|23 April 2012}}
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- {{cite web
| first = Alex
| last = Seitz-Wald
| title = Romney Spokesman Under Fire For Tweets Also Edits His Own Wikipedia Page
| url = http://thinkprogress.org/special/2012/04/23/469680/richard-grenell-wikipedia/
| website = Think Progress
| date = {{date|23 April 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|23 April 2012}}
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May
- {{cite news
| first = Jim
| last = Treacher
| title = Wikipedia doesn't want you to know that Obama eats dogs
| url = http://dailycaller.com/2012/05/02/wikipedia-doesnt-want-you-to-know-that-obama-eats-dogs/
| work = Daily Caller
| date = {{date|2 May 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|6 May 2012}}
| language = English
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- {{cite news
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|title=You want to start your own Wikipedia page? About you? Really?
|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/you-want-to-start-your-own-wikipedia-page-about-you-really/2012/05/31/gJQAqOq34U_story.html
|newspaper=Washington Post
|date=31 May 2012
|access-date=22 May 2022
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|quote=The biggest reason to avoid a Wikipedia entry is that once you finally achieve one, it stops being your own. You might have created it, but everyone else can edit it. The resulting product isn’t going to be a celebration of you, it’s going to be a clinical analysis of your failures as well as your triumphs. Or worse, it will be deleted. Wikipedia notes that most vanity entries are removed within minutes of their posting by diligent editors. It’s one thing to debate now whether you are worth a Wikipedia entry. It’s another thing to be informed later, under no uncertain terms, that you’re not.
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== June ==
- {{cite news
| first = Perry
| last = Chiaramonte
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| title = Porn still No. 1 on Wikipedia, co-founder Larry Sanger warns
| url = http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/06/05/co-founder-larry-sanger-wikipedia-is-virtual-porn-hub/
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| work = Fox News
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| date = {{date|05 June 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|10 June 2012}}
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| quote = “I think it’s a serious problem and so few people realize it’s there,” Sanger, one of the original founders, told FoxNews.com.
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::Larry Sanger attacks the Wikimedia Foundation's response to his earlier criticism of its image policy.
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| first = Kristine
| last = Guerra
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| title = Week in Wiki out: Hoosier is top contributor to online encyclopedia
| url = http://www.indystar.com/article/20120611/LOCAL/206110312/Week-Wiki-out-Hoosier-top-contributor-online-encyclopedia
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| work = Indianapolis Star
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| date = {{date|2012-06-11|format=mdy}}
| accessdate = {{date|2012-06-12|format=mdy}}
| language = English
| quote = So why would someone do this voluntarily for years? Because reading and writing are his much-loved hobbies -- even if they entail hours of sifting through countless errors, from small misspellings and grammatical mistakes to outright vandalism. This kind of work, he said, relaxes him.
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- {{cite news
| first = Bill
| last = Graveland
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| title = President of ABC says Wikipedia-fuelled viewers leading to smarter TV
| url = http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/TV/president-of-abc-says-wikipedia-fuelled-viewers-leading-to-smarter-tv-158452415.html
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| work = Winnipeg Free Press
| publisher = The Canadian Press
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| date = {{date|11 June 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|11 June 2012}}
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| quote = I do think we're in a world now where our audience is Wikipedia fuelled and knows everything...
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::How the availability of information through Wikipedia is changing TV viewers tastes.
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| title = Henare wins apology from Wikipedia over blocking
| author = Kate Shuttleworth
| date = 25 June 2012
| url = http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10815239
| work = The New Zealand Herald
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::Politician blocked incorrectly as a sockpuppet after editing his own article
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| title = Can Wikipedia Teach Us About Conflict Resolution?
| url = http://www.science20.com/news_articles/can_wikipedia_teach_us_about_conflict_resolution-91452
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| date = {{date|25 June 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|27 January 2012}}
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| quote = Yasseri and co-authored identified Wikipedia pages that are either controversial, such as the articles for homosexuality and George W. Bush, or "peaceful," like pages for Benjamin Franklin and pumpkins. They found that the majority of pages are peaceful, but that edit wars were commonly waged between a small number of strongly disagreeing editors.
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July
- {{cite news
| first = Ryan
| last = Dube
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| title = The Origins of Wikipedia: How It Came To Be /Geek History Lesson/
| url = http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/origins-wikipedia-si-title/
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- {{cite news
| first = Andrew
| last = Kaczynski
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| title = Members Of Congress Respond To Allegations They Edited Their Wikipedia Pages
| url = http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/members-of-congress-respond-to-allegations-they-ed
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- {{cite news
| title = Wikipedia: Meet the men and women who write the articles
| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18833763
| work = BBC News
| date = {{date|15 July 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|15 July 2012}}
| quote = Now in its 11th year, Wikipedia is one of the most popular sites on the internet and has revolutionised the way humans across the world access information.
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- {{cite magazine
| first = Torie
| last = Bosch
| title = How Kate Middleton's Wedding Gown Demonstrates Wikipedia's Woman Problem
| url = http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/07/13/kate_middleton_s_wedding_gown_and_wikipedia_s_gender_gap_.html
| magazine = Slate
| date = {{date|2012-07-13|format=ymd}}
| accessdate = {{date|2012-07-16|format=ymd}}
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- {{cite news
| first = Kristie
| last = Lau
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| title = Does Kate Middleton's wedding gown deserve its own Wikipedia page? Website editors bicker over 'frankly trivial' entry
| url = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2174826/Does-Kate-Middletons-royal-wedding-gown-deserve-Wikipedia-page.html
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| work = Daily Mail
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| date = {{date|17 July 2012}}
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- {{cite news
| first = Dave
| last = Lee
| title = Jimmy Wales denies Wikipedia admin recruitment crisis
| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18886752
| work = BBC News
| location = London
| date = {{date|18 July 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|18 July 2012}}
| quote = The number of admins has been stable for about two years, there's really nothing going on.
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- {{cite news
|first=Mike
|last=Foss
|title=New York Knicks owner James Dolan gets hijacked on Wikipedia
|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/07/new-york-knicks-owner-james-dolan-gets-hijacked-on-wikipedia/1
|work=USA Today
|date={{date|2012-07-18|format=mdy}}
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|quote=Nothing like sweet, sweet vigilante justice on Wikipedia. Clearly bothered by the New York Knicks' loss of Jeremy Lin, someone decided to take out their frustration on New York Knicks owner James Dolan. Dolan is the frontman for the blues band JD & The Straight Shot. The Wikipedia page of the band was altered this morning, with many of the band's song titles getting edited to reflect Jeremy Lin and the futility of the Knicks.}}
- {{cite news
| first =Dan
| last = Sabbagh
| authorlink = Dan Sabbagh
| author =
| title = Judges deserve the red card for pressurising news websites
| url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jul/22/web-reporting?INTCMP=SRCH
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| location = London
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| date = {{date|22 July 2012}}
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- :The judge in the trial of Simon Harwood wanted the defendant's Wikipedia entry amended.
- {{cite news
| first = Daniel
| last = Nasaw
| title = Meet the 'bots' that edit Wikipedia
| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18892510
| work = BBC News
| date = {{date|25 July 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|25 July 2012}}
}}
- Christopher Williams (31 July 2012) "[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9439046/Chairman-of-Wikipedia-charity-banned-after-pornography-row.html Chairman of Wikipedia charity banned after pornography row]" The Telegraph (UK). Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- Kevin Morris (31 July 2012). "[http://www.dailydot.com/news/wikipedia-chairman-ban-ashley-van-haeftan-porn Wikipedia chairman banned after pornography row]" The Daily Dot (USA) Retrieved 30 January 2013.
August
- 1 August 2012 "[http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/08/01/50-shades-wikipedia-uk-head-banned-after-bondage-porn-ties/ 50 Shades of Wikipedia? UK head banned after bondage porn ties]" Fox News (USA). Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- Christopher Williams (2 August 2012) "[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9447161/Wikipedia-charity-chairman-resigns-after-pornography-row.html Wikipedia charity chairman resigns after pornography row]" The Telegraph (UK) Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- {{cite news
| first =Sebastian
| last = Walker
| authorlink =
| author =
| title = Controlling the web
| url = http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/faultlines/2012/08/20128674949935186.html
| format = Video (flash)
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- :Describes among others Wikipedia's involvements in the anti SOPA demonstration and features a short interview clip of Jimbo Wales (at 7:00 min).
- {{cite news
| first = Brian
| last = Mossop
| authorlink =
| author =
| title = How Wikipedia Won Olympic Gold
| url = http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/08/how-wikipedia-won-olympic-gold/
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| language = English
| quote = Despite being staffed entirely by an army of volunteers, Wikipedia — which is not, strictly speaking, a news site — is keeping pace with conventional media outlets. Official results make their way to athletes' Wikipedia pages within hours, and sometimes minutes, of their finish. With dedicated editors working 24/7, Wikipedia pages are proving to be faster, leaner and more popular alternatives to traditional reporting
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- {{cite news
| first = Keith
| last = Lyons
| title = Wikipedia will help create the most 'visible' Paralympics ever
| url = http://theconversation.edu.au/wikipedia-will-help-create-the-most-visible-paralympics-ever-9031
| work = The Conversation
| date = {{date|29 August 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|30 August 2012}}
| language = English
| quote = An indication of the interest in Paralympian performance is exemplified by the appearance of an Australian Paralympic swimmer, Ellie Cole, on an ABC athlete pre-Games profile. Ellie's Wikipedia page (posted in 2009 and with 500 subsequent edits) received a spike in views immediately after the broadcast. London 2012 was described by many as the social Olympics and the Paralympics is likely to follow in the same footsteps. The wikification of the Games (both Olympic and Paralympic) will add to the transparency of this trend and make the performances of remarkable Australians more available than ever before.
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September
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| title = Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia will use encryption to beat snooper's charter
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- : "Mr Wales was giving evidence to the joint committee on the Draft Communications Data Bill."
- {{cite magazine
| first = Philip
| last = Roth
| authorlink = Philip Roth
| title = An Open Letter to Wikipedia
| url = http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/an-open-letter-to-wikipedia
| magazine = The New Yorker
| date = {{date|6 September 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|9 March 2015}}
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- {{cite news
| first = Perry
| last = Chiaramonte
| authorlink = Perry Chiaramonte
| title = Exclusive: Wikipedia ignores solution to rampant porn problem
| url = http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/09/10/wikipedia-slow-to-filter-graphic-imagery-from-site/
| work = Fox News
| date = {{date|10 September 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|15 September 2012}}
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- {{cite news
| first = Virginia
| last = Heffernan
| authorlink = Virginia Heffernan
| title = Who's Wikipedia? What's Philip Roth? The digital culture war
| url = http://news.yahoo.com/who%e2%80%99s-wikipedia--what%e2%80%99s-philip-roth--the-digital-culture-war.html
| work = Machine Politics
| publisher = Yahoo! News
| date = {{date|13 September 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|14 September 2012}}
}}
- {{cite news
| first = Kevin
| last = Rawlinson
| authorlink = Kevin Rawlinson
| title = Royal Society-proposed edit-a-thon for ignored female scientists
| url = http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/wikipedia-gets-overdue-makeover-to-give-recognition-to-sciences-female-pioneers-8140122.html
| newspaper = The Independent
| date = {{date|15 September 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|15 September 2012}}
}}
- {{cite news
| first = Katia
| last = Moskvitch
| authorlink = Katia Moskvitch
| title = Gibraltar targets tourists with Wikipedia QR codes
| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19544299
| work = BBC
| date = {{date|18 September 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|18 September 2012}}
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- {{cite web
| first = Violet
| last = Blue
| authorlink = Violet Blue
| title = Corruption in Wikiland? Paid PR scandal erupts at Wikipedia
| url =http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57514677-93/corruption-in-wikiland-paid-pr-scandal-erupts-at-wikipedia/
| website = CNET
| date = {{date|18 September 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|20 September 2012}}
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- :Members of the UK Chapter are accused of having manipulated WP:DYK to the benefit of private clients such as the city of Gibraltar.
- {{cite news
| first = Grant
| last = Gross
| authorlink = Grant Gross
| author =
| title = Wikipedia outcry over high-profile contributors being paid for posts
| url = http://news.techworld.com/mobile-wireless/3382390/wikipedia-outcry-over-high-profile-contributors-being-paid-for-posts/
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| date = {{date|20 September 2012}}
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| quote = Critics point to two high-profile contributors who have outside consulting businesses related to Wikipedia content
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- {{cite web
| first = Andrew
| last = Orlowski
| authorlink = Andrew Orlowski
| title = Conflict-of-interest scandal could imperil Wikimedia charity status
| url =http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/20/wikimedia_uk_scandal/
| website = The Register
| date = {{date|20 September 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|20 September 2012}}
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- {{cite news
| first = Valentín
| last = Trujillo
| title = The Uruguayan eyes of Wikipedia
| url =http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/233106/los-ojos-uruguayos-de-wikipedia/
| work = El Observador
| date = {{date|23 September 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|15 October 2012}}
| language = Spanish
| quote = Interview to Fabio Descalzi (user Fadesga); explanation for common people about "what is Wikipedia".
}}
- {{cite news
|first = Don
|last = Walker
|title = 'Inaccurate Reception' game now on Wikipedia
|url = http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/171517851.html
|newspaper = Journal Sentinel
|date = {{date|27 September 2012}}
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120930010622/http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/171517851.html
|archivedate = 30 September 2012
|url-status = dead
|access-date = 29 September 2012
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- :We now have a Wikipedia page on the controversial call during Monday night's Green Bay Packers-Seattle Seahawks game.
- :After perusing the page, Packers fans should feel free to check out another painful moment in Packers history: 4th and 26.
- {{cite news |first=David |last=Gutman |authorlink= |title=Senate staffer writes on U.S. law by day, Jewish law by night|url=http://www.kansascity.com/2012/09/26/3834774/senate-staffer-writes-on-us-law.html |work=The Kansas City Star |publisher=KansasCity.com |date=26 September 2012 |accessdate=2012-10-03}}; {{cite news |first=David |last=Gutman |authorlink= |title=Senate staffer writes on U.S. law by day, Jewish law by night|url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/09/26/3559695/senate-staffer-writes-on-us-law.html |work=The Charlotte Observer |publisher=charlotteobserve.com/Capital News Service |date=26 September 2012 |accessdate=2012-10-03}}
- : "Bill Dauster spends his professional life drafting laws for the U.S. Senate. He spends much of his free time studying a very different kind of law - the Torah. By day, Dauster works as deputy chief of staff for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. But in his free time, he has produced some of the Web's most detailed explication and analysis of the Jewish Bible. Dauster has written Wikipedia entries for each of the Torah's 54 chapters - or parsha - and he constantly updates them with new information and insight."
October
{{cite news |first=Boruch |last=Shubert |authorlink= |title=Aide to Senate Majority Leader Authors Torah Insights for Wikipedia |url=http://jewishvoiceny.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2096:aide-to-senate-majority-leader-authors-torah-insights-for-wikipedia&catid=110:national&Itemid=293 |work= The Jewish Voice |date=3 October 2012 |accessdate=2012-10-07}}
- "Bill Dauster has made quite a name for himself, as both a drafter of government legislation and an author of Wikipedia entries on the Torah."
{{cite news|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444657804578048534112811590.html| title=Editors Won't Let It Be When It Comes to 'the' or 'The'|last=Chaudhuri|first=Saabira|date=13 October 2012|work=The Wall Street Journal|page=A1|accessdate=13 October 2012}}
- Front page article about Wikipedia disputes, featuring the perennial "The/the" Beatles war, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_mediation/The_Beatles currently in mediation], looking at long-standing style and content issues - and some thoughts on on why they are prolonged, over years. Among those quoted: "Tina Vozick, who has been editing Wikipedia entries for six years, says disputes have become more frequent over the years. She blames 'an overabundance of testosterone running around the pages'."
{{cite news|first=June|last=Low|title=South Korean R&B Singer Jung Yuri Brings Crowd on with "You can Do It"|url=http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=11667|publisher=The Seoul Times|date=12 October 2012|accessdate=2014-05-04}}
- "Yuri displayed a unique combination of elegance and grace, with a powerful and sweet voice" - Dominican Republic Minister Counsellor Ernesto Torres Pereyra
November
- {{cite news
| first = Dan
| last = Nosowitz
| authorlink =
| title = Meet The Climate Change Denier Who Became The Voice Of Hurricane Sandy On Wikipedia
| url = http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-11/wikipedia-sandy
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| language = English
| quote = Ongoing news stories on Wikipedia are created in the same way as any other page there, but with a slightly different approach. On a less-breaking page--I used the page for "cornbread" as an example--the only impulse is to create the best encyclopedia-style reference page. There are arguments, of course, over the preference of yellow cornmeal verses white, or whether hushpuppies (which are fried) belong in an article about cornbread (which is baked), but the idea is to get all of the appropriate information into the article. Not so much with Hurricane Sandy, which the contributors know will evolve over time and take on a different shape in a week than it has now. Regarding the global warming issue, one contributor wrote: "With the article being edited heavily with updates at the moment, many of whom are in the storm, my view is that it can wait for a day or two." Another said, "it sounds more like, 'We'll keep all mention of global warming out of the discussion until after nobody's interested in this storm any more.'"
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- {{cite journal
| title = Halifax's David Purdy is one of the top 50 contributors on Wikipedia
| author = Geordon Omand
| date = 23 November 2012
| url = http://dalgazette.com/arts-culture/wiki-wunderkind/
| journal = The Dalhousie Gazette
}}
- {{cite journal
| title = Meet the man with 130,000 Wikipedia edits
| author = Geordon Omand
| date = 29 November 2012
| url = http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2012/11/29/meet-the-man-who-edited-130000-wikipedia-articles/
| journal = Maclean's on Campus
| access-date = 13 December 2012
| archive-date = 3 December 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121203055755/http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2012/11/29/meet-the-man-who-edited-130000-wikipedia-articles/
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December
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| title = Leveson's Wikipedia moment
| author = Andy McSmith
| date = 30 November 2012
| url = http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/levesons-wikipedia-moment-how-internet-research-on-the-independents-history-left-him-redfaced-8372446.html
| org = The Independent
| title2 = Judge may have accepted a little help from Wikipedia
| author2 = David Brown, Billy Kenber
| date2 = 3 December 2012
| url2 = http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/medianews/article3618548.ece
| org2 = The Times
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- {{cite news
| first = Matt
| last = Warman
| title = Wikipedia founder's solution to inaccurate entries: 'send us an email'
| url =http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9736665/Wikipedia-founders-solution-to-inaccurate-entries-send-us-an-email.html#
| newspaper= The Telegraph
| date = {{date|11 December 2012}}
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- {{cite news
| first = David
| last = Thurton
| title = King's instructor top 50 Wikipedia editor
| url =http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2012/12/14/ns-wiki-wizard-kings.html
| newspaper= CBC News
| date = {{date|14 December 2012}}
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- {{cite news
| first = Andrew
| last = Orlowski
| title = Wikipedia doesn't need your money – so why does it keep pestering you?
| url = http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/20/cash_rich_wikipedia_chugging/
| newspaper= The Register
| date = {{date|20 December 2012}}
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- {{cite news
| first = Yvette
| last = d'Entremont
| title = Winning Wiki words
| url =http://www.halifaxnewsnet.ca/News/2012-12-21/article-3145551/Winning-Wiki-words/1
| newspaper= Halifax News Net
| date = {{date|21 December 2012}}
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- {{cite news
| title = Wikipedia's most searched articles of the year revealed
| work = BBC News
| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20858333
| date = {{date|28 December 2012}}
| accessdate = {{date|28 December 2012}}
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