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Wales: Wiki blackout will send global message
By Kate Solomon published
Everyone's favourite Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has defended the user generated encyclopaedia's move to shut down for 24 hours in protest over potential web censorship legislation.

24-hour Wikipedia blackout will protest SOPA/PIPA
By Chris Smith published
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has announced that the English language version of the site will go dark for 24-hours on Wednesday in protest of internet censorship

'The ultimate mission is free knowledge'
By Linux Format published
Interview The Wikipedia software engineer discusses money, banner campaigns and his passion for promoting free knowledge.

Wikipedia meets $20 million fundraising target
By Kate Solomon published
Time to say goodbye to the unintentionally comical contributor photos on Wikipedia as the crowd-sourced encyclopaedia has met its $20 million (£12.8 million) fundraising target.

Jimmy Wales reckons editing Wikipedia is too complicated
By Chris Smith published
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales reckons that too many users are scared to edit the site incase they break something.

Wikipedia founder: Times paywall 'won't last'
By Marc Chacksfield published
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has hit out at the Times for putting its website behind a paywall, believing the business model won't work and is making the paper irrelevant on the web.

Wikipedia to get a 'simplified' makeover
By Marc Chacksfield published
Wikipedia is about to get one of its biggest makeovers, with its owners The Wikimedia Foundation announcing significant changes to the website.

WikiReader takes Wikipedia offline in e-book form
By Marc Chacksfield published
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