Directory:Examiner articles by Gregory Kohs
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)
- Wikimedia Foundation's boss gives orders - August 4, 2010
Wikimedia Foundation executive director Sue Gardner has issued a rallying call to the loyal minions of the free culture movement. In order to help Wikipedia, volunteers are supposed to: Work to create a favourable public image for the movement Support...
- Wikipedia is not the encyclopedia anyone can edit - August 9, 2010
Wikipedia may claim as a headline on its very own main page to be "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit", but nothing could be further from the truth. While we've seen how some self-promotional...
- Ten new Wikipedia articles - 2009 - August 13, 2010
Over the Labor Day weekend of 2009, I conducted a short case study of 10 new articles created on Wikipedia. Using the "recent changes" feature and looking for that big capital "N" (for new articles)...
- Wikimedia Foundation rules on naughty bits - September 23, 2010
Sue Gardner is the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), the non-profit corporation that manages Wikipedia. In May and June 2010, the WMF was beset with complaints about the various floods of pornographic images, videos, and text... (alternate link)
