Étiquette : wikimedia

Wikimedia Enterprise announces Google and Internet Archive as its first customers; allows new customers to self sign-up for free trials

“Wikimedia Enterprise, a first-of-its-kind commercial product designed for companies that reuse and source Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects at a high volume, today announced its first customers: multinational technology company Google and nonprofit digital library Internet Archive.  Wikimedia Enterprise was recently launched by the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia, as an opt-in product. Starting today, it also offers a free trial account to new users who can self sign-up to better assess their needs with the product.”

Source : Wikimedia Enterprise announces Google and Internet Archive as its first customers; allows new customers to self sign-up for free trials – Wikimedia Foundation

« The news is broken and we can fix it. We’re bringing genuine community control to our news with unrestricted access for all. We’re developing a living, breathing tool that’ll present accurate information with real evidence, so that you can confidently make up your own mind ».

Source : Wikitribune – Evidence-based journalism

Wikidata devient ainsi central dans la gestion de l’information bibliographique pour les bibliothèques… mais aussi pour les entreprises, et au premier rang d’entre elles, Google. Avec le risque notamment que les moteurs de recherche utilisent directement ces données sans renvoyer vers Wikipédia, faisant diminuer l’audience du site participatif et, in fine, la bonne volonté de ses utilisateurs.

Source : Après 15 ans d’épopée intellectuelle, quel futur pour l’encyclopédie libre ?

Wikipedia editors revolt, vote “no confidence” in newest board member | Ars Technica

The editors object to Geshuri’s involvement in a high-profile « no poach » agreement between several large tech companies. In that deal, companies agreed not to « cold call » each others’ workers. In 2010, the Department of Justice said the arrangement—which applied to Google, Apple, Adobe, Intuit, Intel, and Pixar, among others—violated antitrust law.

Source : Wikipedia editors revolt, vote “no confidence” in newest board member | Ars Technica

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