'Citation Filtered: Iran's Censorship of Wikipedia'

iranmediaresearch.org, Citation Filtered: Iran's Censorship of Wikipedia "Using proxy servers in Iran, researchers Collin Anderson and Nima Nazeri scanned 800,000 Persian language Wikipedia articles. Every blocked article was identified and blocked pages were divided into ten categories to determine the type of content to which state censors are most adverse." Sounds interesting. The report is here [PDF] (haven't read it yet). Also see the useful infographics

Wikipedia issues

Rachel Shabi & Jemima Kiss, Guardian, Wikipedia editing courses launched by Zionist groups, 18 Aug 2010

"Two Israeli groups set up training courses in Wikipedia editing with aims to 'show the other side' over borders and culture."

wiki-Ikhwan

Evgeny Morozov, Net.Effect, Muslim Brotherhood's mysterious Wikis, 24 Feb 2010 "In case you needed another proof that one doesn't have to be a pro-Western, pro-secular, and pro-democracy liberal to take advantage of opportunities offered by new media, here it comes. A recent article in Al-Masry Al-Youm discusses efforts by Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to document their own history on the Web. And what are the tools they've chosen to do it? Wikis!"

Wikipedia & David Rohde

New York Times, Keeping News of Kidnapping Off Wikipedia, 28 Jun 09 "The Wikipedia editor in that case was Michael Moss, an investigative reporter at The Times and friend of Mr. Rohde who has written extensively about groups like Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Like many Wikipedia editors, he adopted a user name that hid his true identity.

"“I knew from my jihad reporting that the captors would be very quick to get online and assess who he was and what he’d done, what his value to them might be,” he said. “I’d never edited a Wikipedia page before.”"

Jimmy Wales

AFP/Yahoo News, 'Ordinary' Arabs to retake Internet: Wikipedia founder, 18 May 2008 ""Too often when people around the world reflect on the situation in the Middle East they focus on extremism and the different problems," [Jimmy] Wales told journalists at the World Economic Forum for the Middle East."

Australia

The Australian Higher Education, Uni chief lifted text from Wikipedia, April 26, 2008 "Griffith University vice-chancellor Ian O'Connor has admitted lifting information straight from online encyclopedia Wikipedia and confusing strands of Islam as he struggled to defend his institution's decision to ask the repressive Saudi Arabian Government for funding."

Wikipedia

The Observer, Wikipedia defies 180,000 demands to remove images of the Prophet, 17 Feb 08 update

Wikipedia

Fox News, Muslims Protest Wikipedia Images of Muhammad, 6 Feb 08 Further details on previously blogged story. "Nearly 100,000 people worldwide have signed a Web-based petition asking Wikipedia to remove all depictions of the Prophet from its English-language entry, viewable here."

Wiki Islam


NYT, Wikipedia Islam Entry Is Criticized, 5 Jan 08 "An article about the Prophet Muhammad in the English-language Wikipedia has become the subject of an online protest in the last few weeks because of its representations of Muhammad, taken from medieval manuscripts."