Comments on: The Revolution Will Not Be Verified http://www.blogpi.net/the-revolution-will-not-be-verified Putting the blogosphere under a magnifying glass Sun, 7 Sep 2008 17:50:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: The Colbert Nation vs. the Ron Paul Machine or: Jimbo Wales is Blog P.I.’s Alpha Dog of the Week at Blog P.I. http://www.blogpi.net/the-revolution-will-not-be-verified#comment-68503 The Colbert Nation vs. the Ron Paul Machine or: Jimbo Wales is Blog P.I.’s Alpha Dog of the Week at Blog P.I. Mon, 28 May 2007 06:25:11 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/the-revolution-will-not-be-verified#comment-68503 <p>[...] Last week Stephen Colbert hosted not Ron Paul — who was on Bill Maher — but Wikipedia’s own BDFL Jimbo Wales (apologies for the ugly Comedy Central player; another prediction dashed): [...]</p> [...] Last week Stephen Colbert hosted not Ron Paul — who was on Bill Maher — but Wikipedia’s own BDFL Jimbo Wales (apologies for the ugly Comedy Central player; another prediction dashed): [...]

]]> By: Colbert Nation, 2; Wikipedia, 0 at Blog P.I. http://www.blogpi.net/the-revolution-will-not-be-verified#comment-21999 Colbert Nation, 2; Wikipedia, 0 at Blog P.I. Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:18:28 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/the-revolution-will-not-be-verified#comment-21999 <p>[...] The first was last August, when the faux winger unleashed upon Wikipedia his so-called Colbert Nation — an unknown percentage of his audience willing to carry out simple online tasks (e.g voting in online polls) at Colbert’s request– to make two specific Wikipedia edits: that Colbert’s opinion about Oregon is that it is “Idaho’s Portugal” rather than “California’s Canada” or “Washington’s Mexico,” and that the number of African elephants in the wild had tripled over the last six months (you’d have to see it, but alas, as I advised against, it has been removed from YouTube). The Nation responded, causing headaches for Wikipedia editors and administrators that persist to this day. [...]</p> [...] The first was last August, when the faux winger unleashed upon Wikipedia his so-called Colbert Nation — an unknown percentage of his audience willing to carry out simple online tasks (e.g voting in online polls) at Colbert’s request– to make two specific Wikipedia edits: that Colbert’s opinion about Oregon is that it is “Idaho’s Portugal” rather than “California’s Canada” or “Washington’s Mexico,” and that the number of African elephants in the wild had tripled over the last six months (you’d have to see it, but alas, as I advised against, it has been removed from YouTube). The Nation responded, causing headaches for Wikipedia editors and administrators that persist to this day. [...]

]]> By: wikipedia http://www.blogpi.net/the-revolution-will-not-be-verified#comment-12949 wikipedia Mon, 01 Jan 2007 02:21:16 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/the-revolution-will-not-be-verified#comment-12949 <p>Wikipedia is the key to most success online, when it comes to collabritive content adding. I have spent many hours writing articles for Jimmy Wales and am very happy with this project. I am based in Seminole FL close to the wikipedia offices in St Petersburg. I love contributing!</p> <p>Happy New Year Bloggers!</p> Wikipedia is the key to most success online, when it comes to collabritive content adding. I have spent many hours writing articles for Jimmy Wales and am very happy with this project. I am based in Seminole FL close to the wikipedia offices in St Petersburg. I love contributing!

Happy New Year Bloggers!

]]> By: You Jackin’ It? at Blog P.I. http://www.blogpi.net/the-revolution-will-not-be-verified#comment-1195 You Jackin’ It? at Blog P.I. Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:49:33 +0000 http://www.blogpi.net/the-revolution-will-not-be-verified#comment-1195 <p>[...] “The Daily Show” certainly jacks some of its content from the web, and it’s almost hard to imagine “The Colbert Report” without web interaction. Other entertainment programs and news outlets are also jacking story concepts, news leads and other useful content from online amateurs — and as I noted last week, they don’t always give credit where credit is due. [...]</p> [...] “The Daily Show” certainly jacks some of its content from the web, and it’s almost hard to imagine “The Colbert Report” without web interaction. Other entertainment programs and news outlets are also jacking story concepts, news leads and other useful content from online amateurs — and as I noted last week, they don’t always give credit where credit is due. [...]

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