May 8, 2008

FBI Hot For 'Wikipedophilia'

The FBI is investigating Wikipedia's inclusion of a photograph of an underage girl on one of their information pages, WorldNetDaily reported. The company has defended their inclusion of adult content despites its ease of access for children, WND noted.

The offending photo is of an old Scorpion album cover that "depicts a naked pre-pubescent girl (appearing about 10 years of age) in a provocative pose. Her chest is completely exposed and a small crack is placed over her vagina."

There have been some complaints about the inclusion of images of graphic sexual acts - heterosexual and homosexual.

ValleyWag mentions these problems in a profile of Wikipedia's Erik Moeller, their number two who oversees content and was instrumental in the development of WikiYouth. Problem is guys you have no restrictions to the adult content on your main site. Even the porn industry requires checking age or having anyone logging in to commit to an age.

A warning before this content displays could be a good start.

Posted by Frank Watson at 3:30 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

May 29, 2007

Colbert Interviews Wikipedia Founder

The Greatest Living American Stephen Colbert interviewed Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales on Thursday.

With a mix of humor and serious questions, the two discussed the future goals of Wikipedia. Wales stated he wanted the site to be the leading source of information in every language.

Colbert summed up the benefits and pitfalls of Wikipedia when he said, "Wikipedia is the first place I go when I am looking for knowledge, or when I want to create some."

Posted by Frank Watson at 3:38 PM | Permalink

May 3, 2007

Wiki Search Adds Jabber Founder to Team

Tectonic has posted an article indicating that Jabber founder, Jeremie Miller, is joining the Wiki Search project. Miller is known for founding the open instant messating service, Jabber, and for the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP).

Tectonic further indicates that "Miller hopes to combine the transparency and power of an open protocol with the efficiency of a user-editable search experience."

Personally, I am still a bit skeptical about the concept of purely human powered search. Don't get me wrong, sites such as del.icio.us provide a great experience for a wide range of types of searches, so I see plenty of room for the success of social search.

So, I would expect that a human powered search engine may do many things very well. I just think that there are also many things that algorithmic search does (and will do) better. But hey, I have been wrong before ...

Posted by at 1:39 PM | Permalink

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