Cash offer raises Wikipedia questions Longmont Daily Times-Call, CO - 18 minutes ago By Brian Bergstein. AP. BOSTON — When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical ...
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Wikipedia Founder Blasts Paid Entries TechNewsWorld, CA - 10 minutes ago By Brian Bergstein. AP. Microsoft's gaffe in paying someone to post Wikipedia entries raises a question: Why is it so bad to pay someone to contribute or ...
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When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically. The imbroglio will soon pass, but it raises a bigger question: Why is it so bad to pay someone to write something on Wikipedia?
Cash offer raises Wikipedia questions Longmont Daily Times-Call, CO - 1 hour ago By Brian Bergstein. AP. BOSTON — When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical ...
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BOSTON -- When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.
In my post yesterday discussing an attempt by a Microsoft employee to pay a blogger to make changes to certain Wikipedia entries that Microsoft considered unfair, we noted that a Microsoft spokesperson made a number of factual statements.
Microsoft's offer to pay for Wikipedia edits may not be the big scandal many news organizations are hoping for. This opinion comes straight from Rick Jelliffe, the O'Reilly author and blogger who was offered money for changing Microsoft Wikipedia entries. In an email interview, Jeliffe told TG Daily that he believes the edits are normal and that paid edits could be the wave of the future.
'Paid entry' idea irks Wikipedia Times of India, India - 55 minutes ago BOSTON: When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, ...
By Brian Bergstein Microsoft Corp. got slammed Wednesday by bloggers and the founder of the Wikipedia after it was revealed that it had hired a man to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on the online encyclopedia.
BOSTON -- When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.
Should Wikipedia writers be paid? DetNews.com, MI - 33 minutes ago Brian Bergstein / AP. George Widman / AP. Gregory Kohs, 38, started Wikipedia Review, a service that offered to write Wikipedia entries for businesses for $49 to ...
When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.
US: 'Paid entry' idea irks Wikipedia Asia Pacific Media Network, CA - 2 hours ago Boston --- When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, ...
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Microsoft has landed in the Wikipedia doghouse after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site.
What's wrong with accepting money to write on Wikipedia? Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 17 minutes ago By Brian Bergstein, AP. BOSTON -- When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical ...
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BOSTON -- When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.
When a blogger revealed that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.
Wikipedia raises stir over for-pay articles Victoria Times Colonist, Canada - 11 minutes ago BOSTON (AP) -- When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, ...
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BOSTON -- When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.
Wikipedia raises stir over for-pay articles Victoria Times Colonist, Canada - 2 hours ago BOSTON (AP) -- When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, ...
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What's wrong with accepting money to write on Wikipedia?
Cash offer spurs question on writing for Wikipedia Ventura County Star (subscription), CA - 18 hours ago By Brian Bergstein, AP technology writer. BOSTON — When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in ...
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MICROSOFT is in the doghouse with Wikipedia doghouse as a result of offering to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced encyclopedia website.
Cash offer spurs question on writing for Wikipedia Ventura County Star (subscription), CA - 21 hours ago By Brian Bergstein, AP technology writer. BOSTON — When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in ...
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Cash offer spurs question on writing for Wikipedia Ventura County Star (subscription), CA - Jan 28, 2007 By Brian Bergstein, AP technology writer. BOSTON — When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in ...
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MICROSOFT is in the doghouse with Wikipedia doghouse as a result of offering to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced encyclopedia website.
Brief: Microsoft Tries To Influence Wikipedia Entry InformationWeek, NY - 54 minutes ago By Paul McDougall. When Wikipedia didn't make changes to what Microsoft claims is erroneous information about a key software standard, the software company ...
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Wikipedia fumes as Microsoft pays blogger to fix 'inaccuracies' Australian IT, Australia - 7 hours ago MICROSOFT is in the doghouse with Wikipedia doghouse as a result of offering to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced ...
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Microsoft said to have offered payment for Wikipedia edits Computerworld New Zealand, New Zealand - 23 minutes ago By Nancy Gohring Auckland | Friday, 2 February, 2007. A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft to edit certain entries ...
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MICROSOFT is in the doghouse with Wikipedia doghouse as a result of offering to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced encyclopedia website.
Microsoft Pays Someone To Correct Wikipedia Entries - So What? Desicritics.org, India - 1 hour ago So they paid someone to take a look at the entries and see if they're correct. That person was given complete freedom to make whatever choices he felt right ...
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Microsoft said to have offered payment for Wikipedia edits Computerworld New Zealand, New Zealand - 20 hours ago By Nancy Gohring Auckland | Friday, 2 February, 2007. A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft to edit certain entries ...
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The Redmond giant offered to to pay a blogger to comment on the ODF/OOXML discussion.