Wikipedia embraced in the classroom
Gauntlet
Wikipedia is unreliable for citing sources in university. Cite Wikipedia in an essay and you won't be earning any bonus points with your professor. But some universities have decided to incorporate Wikipedia into course material.

Wikipedia Android app review
PC Advisor
By Matt Egan | PC Advisor | 31 January 12 The Wikimedia Foundation has launched a dedicated, official Wikipedia app for Android phones and tablets. It's free, and it contains all of Wikipedia's content. Read our Wikipedia for Android review to find out ...

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How to Create Your Own Wiki
PC Magazine
Need a mini-version of Wikipedia for your own notes, your workgroup, or just for fun? Here's what you need to know. By Eric Griffith We all know about Wikipedia, that vast storehouse of online knowledge that is also the poster child for sometimes ...

Higher Education and the SOPA and PIPA Bills
The IUSB Preface
No articles were removed for the protest and—with a little knowhow—a visitor could still make their way to a wiki-page during the blackout. So what exactly are the SOPA and PIPA bills? The bills were created as internet anti-piracy legislation to ...

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Wikipedia founder hails halting of US piracy bills
USA TODAY
By Frank Jordans, AP DAVOS, Switzerland – The founder of Wikipedia hailed the online encyclopedia's role in helping halt US legislation aimed at cracking down on Internet piracy, saying the proposed bills needed to be stopped because they were flawed.

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AP Interview: Wikipedia founder hails role in US
The Associated Press
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The founder of Wikipedia hailed the online encyclopedia's role in helping halt US legislation aimed at cracking down on Internet piracy, saying the proposed bills needed to be stopped because they were flawed.

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Did Wiki & Google Free Speech Protests Work?
Hollywood Today Newsmagazine
By Erick Hansen HOLLYWOOD,CA (Hollywood Today) 1/24/12 –Google's dropped its logo-shroud, Wikipedia's returned from limbo, normal service in general has been resumed and all's right with the world…except that SOPA and PIPA are still looming on Capitol ...
'Grass-roots' protests had Wiki written all over themDuluth News Tribune
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Librarians lure students back during Wikipedia blackout
USA TODAY
Wikipedia via AP Wikipedia blacked-out their website Wednesday announcing a 24-hour protest against proposed legislation in the US Congress. Wikipedia via AP Wikipedia blacked-out their website Wednesday announcing a 24-hour protest against proposed ...
Wikipedia blacked out online, but App still worksABC Action News

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Local college students encounter a Wiki-free day
Worcester Telegram
He had been studying abroad in Chile for seven months and hadn't heard about Wikipedia's English-version blackout. Within a few keystrokes, the Clark senior learned exactly why the popular website was blacking out its page for the day.

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Wiki says anti-piracy law thick as a plank
New York Daily News
Wikipedia will black out the English language version of its website Wednesday to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration in Congress, the foundation behind the popular community-based online encyclopedia said in a statement Monday night.
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