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Wikipedia is increasingly being used as a source in the world press.

Articles citing Wikipedia have been published in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Singapore, Switzerland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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[edit] News searches

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[edit] Multiple tags

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  • Lastname, Firstname. "Name of article."(If necessary, brief context here) Name of Source. [Month] [Day], 2007. link
    "Relevant/representative quotation here." (Please wikify the articles that were referenced)

[edit] Articles

[edit] January 2007

  • "en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourettes - The Wikipedia article on Tourette's is thorough, accurate and well-documented."
"The online encyclopaedia Wikipedia claimed that [topless model Jodie] Marsh's former relationships 'include nightclub boss Fran Cosgrave, male model Calum Best and Labour MP Frank Dobson'."
  • Author names Wikipedia as his source on reporting what Leila Khaled is currently doing.
  • "Tinfoil hat," says Wikipedia, has become "a popular stereotype and term of derision; the phrase serves as a byword for paranoia and is associated with conspiracy theorists." (Page 2)
  • "So I consulted Wikipedia, which informed me that Sudoku is a 'logic-based placement puzzle' involving 'a type of Latin square with an additional constraint on the content of individual regions.'"
  • The Guardian leader article quotes Wikipedia as a source of information in its praise of the harpist Joanna Newsom.

[edit] February 2007

Print version of article about state mercury-removal program has a sidebar, "Mercurial Facts", "adapated from Wikipedia, an on-line encyclopedia". Doesn't use any actual wording from the article; instead sort of paraphrases it.
"My Wikipedia bio is about to disappear because I fail to satisfy the "notability guideline."

[edit] March 2007

  • Cites Chelsea F.C. on fans throwing celery at each other while singing dirty songs, although specifics about given are not in the article.

[edit] April 2007

[edit] May 2007

Uses Image:Stewart Airport sign.jpg as an illustration.

[edit] June 2007

[edit] July 2007

"At age 14, Ross worked as an intern at pioneering Web browser company Netscape Communications Corp., according to his profile on Wikipedia." (Note that other material in the article regarding Ross may come from his article, however, this sentence is the only thing directly attributed to the Wikipedia article.)

[edit] August 2007

  • Humphrey, Tom. Entries on Wikipedia edited by Davis aide: Press secretary also admits deleting info on brother via federal computer. (Press secretary working for U.S. Representative David Davis blanked vandalized referenced material from sources such as Forbes.com within Wiki articles about his Davis and his brother, Tennessee State Representative Matthew Hill.) Knoxville News-Sentinel. August 11, 2007.
Last paragraph of article about disputes over J. Michael Bailey and allegations of research misconduct cites the {{POV-section}} tag on the corresponding section, although it seems to be referring to this August 14, 2007 version of the article.

[edit] September 2007

  • Groeschen, Tom. "Bombers become TV stars today." The Cincinnati Enquirer. 2007-09-02. link
    "Ryan, according to a Wikipedia.org online biography, has been known mostly for calling PBA bowling events on the network. He also has done college football sideline reporting, college basketball, lacrosse and Little League World Series games."
  • "Johnnie To to produce, direct Ghost Blows Out the Light." BeyondHollywood.com. September 3, 2007. link
    "More about “Ghost Blows Out the Light” (or “Candle in the Tomb”) from Wikipedia", and "And look at this, Wikipedia even does movie news, now!"
  • Nisebe, Mariana. "Mamá a los 5" Clarín. 2007-09-06. link
    The article talks about Lina Medina linking to the Spanish version of the article, as well as the Spanish version of pituitary gland. Finally, the article links to List of youngest birth mothers, stating that soon two 11-year old Argentine children will have to be added to the list.
  • "National MP falls victim to water hoax." NZPA. September 13, 2007. link
    The article is about a New Zealand MP, Jacqui Dean, who sent a letter to the Associate Health Minister asking if there were any plans to ban dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO). From the article, "Wikipedia says the [dihydrogen monoxide hoax] has been running since 1989 with the aim of illustrating how a lack of scientific knowledge and an exaggerated analysis can lead to misplaced fears."
  • Silverman, Ben. "The Top 10 Best-Selling Game Franchises" Yahoo! September 28, 2007. link
    The article announces the top 10 best-selling video games of all times. Even though the author does not mention the Wikipedia article, the order of games and all but two of the numbers are the same, and more important, they are missing the FIFA franchise from the top ten (just as Wikipedia was missing it back in the version when the Yahoo! feature was published).
  • Snow, Blake. "Timeline: Japanese contributions to video games." Gamepro.com. September 21, 2007. link
    "A complete list of his (Shigeru Miyamoto's) 82 finished games can be found here."
  • Corn, Mike. "Quinter man keeping active lifestyle." Hays Daily News. September 26, 2007. link
    Talking about Waldo McBurney: "He's been on national television countless times and featured in many national and local newspapers. Online, there's even a Wikipedia page about him as well as a YouTube video when he was on CBS when he was named the oldest worker."

[edit] October 2007

  • Elston, Brett. "Nintendogs outsells Halo... And 20 other jaw-dropping "truths" from the internet" GamesRadar October 2, 2007. link
    The article points to 20 curious observations, from a gamers' point of view, taken from List of best-selling video games.
    "With that in mind, we present this delicious page. It's the "List of best-selling video games."
    It also uses List of best-selling game consoles as a source.
    "A quick jaunt over to this list reveals that the TurboGrafx-16 outsold Sega's Saturn."
  • Mercedes hunts for Wikipedia vandal, Autosport, 11 October 2007
    Refers to the Lewis Hamilton article being vandalised by an employee of Mercedes-Benz, who manufacture the engines that Hamilton uses in Formula One.
  • "Hijackers gun down Lucky Dube", News24, October 19, 2007. link
    On his untimely death, story sources our article on Lucky Dube to explain his unusual name.
  • Trebay, Guy. "She's Famous (and So Can You)" The New York Times October 28, 2007.link
    Uses article on Tila Tequila, among other Internet manifestations of her, as proof that she has become a famous despite doing very little to earn that fame.
    Try also to obliterate the knowledge that Tequila is not, oddly enough, her real name (Nguyen is); that she is what Wikipedia — in an entry only slightly less extensive than that on Sigrid Undset, the Norwegian novelist and 1928 Nobel laureate for literature — refers to as an "American glamour model ..."

[edit] November 2007

  • "Serial muscle fondler accused of bicep grope" Metro. November 8, 2007. link
    "However, defending Arobieke, Robert Platts accused Jonathan of making the story up based on Arobieke's Wikipedia entry, which states that 'stories of his activity reaching as far as Wigan and Doncaster.'
    Mr Platts said: 'Mr Arobieke accepts he was in Preston that day and around the area we are talking about, but he denies any contact with you.
    'What I suggest happened to you is that (your friend) spotted him because he knew about him because of his Liverpool football (friends) and the fact that he had in the past downloaded him through the net.' "
  • "Man at centre of muscle-squeezing claims blames Wikipedia." Lancashire Evening Post. November 14, 2007. link
    "Prosecutor Jonathan Clarke accepted the complainant involved in the first incident on Fishergate had researched Arobieke on the Wikipedia website. However, he said although the 2001 harassment charge was made up of numerous incidents involving 14 young men – most of which involved him grabbing their muscles and complimenting them on their physique – it was not detailed on Wikipedia."
  • Spencer, Chris. "Top 10 Least Intimidating College Mascots." College News. November 15, 2007. link
    "According to Wikipedia, a Buckeye is a sort of tree, common in Ohio."
  • Miles, Joyce. "American Concrete billboard stirs controversy." Lockport Union-Sun & Journal. November 16, 2007. link
  • "“Cement shoes,” according to online encyclopedia Wikipedia, is a slang term adopted by the American Mafia crime world for a method of execution that involves weighting down a victim and throwing him or her into the water to drown. “It has become adopted in the United States as a humorous term representing any exotic threat from criminals,” Wikipedia said."

[edit] December 2007

  • Mores, Jeff. "Life as a gypsy: A Bentonville pagan sorts through stereotypes." Benton County Daily Record December 3, 2007. http://nwanews.com/bcdr/News/56313/
    "Paganism can be traced to the Romani people, an ethnic group living in many communities all over the world, according to Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. Wikipedia states that the Roma are among the best known ethnic groups that appear in literature and folklore and are often referred to as gypsies." (inaccurate citation already reported to the Communications committee)
  • Nelson, Fraser. "The implications of Bhutto's murder" The Business. December 27, 2007. [5]
    "when established newswires are struggling to get the line straight, the news is quickly established on the web. Her death was proclaimed in hospital she was taken to at 1.15pm GMT. Ten minutes later her, her Wikipedia entry was updated and the "is" changed into "was"." (oldid as used in article - [6])