As the dust settles after Wikipedia’s fundraising endeavor over the past year, the Wikimedia Foundation — the non-profit organization behind Wikipedia — was able to accumulate $20 million. Not too shabby… “We’ve taken down our fundraising banners, because we’ve hit our target. Thanks to you. Over the past few months, more than one million people more »

Wikipedia, the first stop of research on the Internet for many, has long been both praised and jeered because of its open-source nature. Many love the fact that it allows for anyone to change articles fro the most up-to-date information. Meanwhile, others (notably those in the teaching profession), essentially hate it for the same reason. more »