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Gregory Kohs was Examiner.com's only citizen journalist assigned to exclusively cover Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation. Kohs held this role from July 2010 until July 2016, when Examiner closed down due to financial insolvency. Over that span of time, he published 90 different articles which collectively received over 80,000 page views. Archived copies of these articles are kept here for posterity.
National Wiki Edits Examiner
2010
- Ting Chen is new chairman of Wikimedia Foundation - July 13, 2010
At its sixth annual "Wikimania" summit of devoted Wikipedia users and other guests, the Wikimedia Foundation announced the ascension of Ting Chen as the new chairperson of the Foundation's board of trustees. Mr. Chen, an information... (alternate link)
- Swingtips conquer Wikipedia - July 19, 2010
Wikipedia goes to great length to discourage in principle, if not prohibit in practice, the phenomenon of people or businesses writing about themselves on Wikipedia. In fact, Wikipedians have cobbled together a 5,490-word "behavioral guideline"...
- British Museum pays for Wikipedia page views - July 26, 2010
One of Wikipedia's biggest problems is the fact (or perhaps it's merely a perception) that experts who work in the time-honored knowledge professions -- college professors, librarians, museum curators -- are often made to feel unwelcome by the belligerent...
- Wikipedia criticism group purges three critics - July 27, 2010
An academic group dedicated to fostering a "critical point of view" as regards Wikipedia has decided to purge three noteworthy Wikipedia critics from its ranks. The crime? They were too critical of Wikipedia. The Critical Point...
- Wikijunior took the money, but no books printed - August 3, 2010
As a struggle persists about whether or not to welcome avowed pedophiles to edit Wikimedia Foundation projects like Wikipedia, and whether or not it's okay to allow a 15-year-old volunteer administrator on Wikimedia Commons to view, judge... (alternate link)
