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# wikipedia - Wednesday 14 March, 2012

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End of an era: Encyclopaedia Britannica stops print run after 244 years

14/03/12 2,488 Views 8 Comments

The 32-volume print edition will be no more: once the current stock of printed books is exhausted, it’s going digital-only.

# wikipedia - Thursday 19 January, 2012

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Column: Will Ireland block the internet to save CDs?

19/01/12 10,469 Views 65 Comments

Paul Quigley, co-founder of a site which tracks the sharing of news stories through social media, warns that changes in Irish legislation could shut down any site that ‘interacts’ with the internet.

# wikipedia - Wednesday 18 January, 2012

Nonsense This post contains images

Crisps, Elvis and Riverdance: 30 of our favourite ‘Irish Facts without Wikipedia’

18/01/12 10,331 Views 18 Comments

The #irishfactsaboutwikipedia hashtag has been trending worldwide this afternoon. Here’s our country’s revised history.

From Business ETC Still Available

Here’s how to access Wikipedia during its 24-hour blackout

18/01/12 11,783 Views 46 Comments

How to get around its internet blackout, if you want…

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The 9 at 9: Wednesday

18/01/12 4,206 Views 6 Comments

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Sites go offline in protest at US anti-piracy legislation

18/01/12 3,717 Views 35 Comments

Sites such as Wikipedia, Reddit and Boing Boing are taking part in an ‘internet blackout’ today.

# wikipedia - Tuesday 17 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie SOPA

Wikipedia joins ‘internet blackout’ protest against SOPA

17/01/12 3,353 Views 14 Comments

The future of the controversial bill SOPA looks uncertain after White House criticism, but the protest is going ahead.

# wikipedia - Monday 9 January, 2012

Vatican

Wikifail: Vatican uses Wikipedia for profiles of new cardinals

09/01/12 2,134 Views 26 Comments

A spokesman later clarified that the biographies that had been sent to journalists were unofficial and had been issued in haste.

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The 9 at 9: Monday

09/01/12 5,069 Views 4 Comments

Nine things you need to know this morning…

# wikipedia - Wednesday 4 January, 2012

From Business ETC Wikipedia

Wikipedia raises €15m in annual fundraising drive

04/01/12 2,406 Views 8 Comments

More than one million people worldwide contributed to the world’s leading online encyclopedia.

# wikipedia - Friday 5 August, 2011

From Business ETC WikiLosses

Wikipedia is losing contributors, says its founder

05/08/11 293 Views No Comments

Administrators of the Internet’s fifth most visited website are working to simplify the way users can contribute and edit material.

# wikipedia - Thursday 28 April, 2011

Gagged

Wikipedia editors scramble to repair superinjunction breaches

28/04/11 468 Views No Comments

Users on the free-to-edit encyclopaedia edit the articles of people alleged to have been involved in extramarital affairs.

From TheJournal.ie 9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Thursday

28/04/11 3,943 Views 1 Comment

Nine things you need to know by 9am: The HSE offers its sympathy to the family of a woman who died shortly after giving birth to a healthy daughter; tornadoes and storms ravage the US; the super-injunction celebrities named.

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