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"Anonymous Source Is Not the Same as Open Source", New York Times
"We are the Wiki world", cover article of Life section, The Press-Enterprise (Southern California)
"Is the printed encyclopedia dead?", Manila Bulletin (Philippines)
"Where flattery, insults live side by side", Buffalo News (New York State)
"Something 'wiki' this way comes in partisan politics", The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia; subscription required)

Mentions

"What's next? Time peeks into the future", a summary of this week's Time Magazine cover story, says "...as Time tech expert Lev Grossman writes, we're living in an age of individual innovation spurred on by the Internet as well as what he calls "individual altruism" — a form of group project best represented by resources like Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that is edited by the masses instead of an elite cadre of professional editors." The story was also prominently displayed on the front page of the CNN.com website (which features Time content).

Vague speculation on Google partnership

"Google Reference, a Wikipedia partnership?", ZDNet

HowStuffWorks feature article

"How Wikis Work", HowStuffWorks, featured on front page of Computer section

Also this week: Office actions — News and notes — Press coverage — Features and admins — B.R.I.O.N. — T.R.O.L.L.

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Possible mention

Since this may fall under WP:AUTO, I'm going to list it here and let someone else decide. ;)

I made a point of mentioning Wikipedia in a recent interview at whitedust.net. Wikipedia also came up multiple times during the related Slashdot thread. I figure it's a tenuous case for whether or not it counts as "Wikipedia in the News", but I wanted to at least point it out. :) The interview is probably also worth adding under either "References" or "External links" at Elonka Dunin. FYI, --Elonka 04:03, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Another mention

Here is another mention I stumbled accross

A little plagiarism never did a student any harm, Mark Steel, The Independent, 15 March 2006.

The article can be read for free on UK Watch at A Little Plagiarism.

He says "The Wikipedia website, which appears to be the main source for Oxford students’ essays, could have a laugh by writing stuff such as President Harry Truman invented gravity and goldfish were discovered by the Belgians, just to see it pop up in hundreds of exam answers"

--JK the unwise 16:06, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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