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post Wed 24th January 2007, 8:34pm
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A software engineer has been embroiled in a controversy in which Microsoft stands accused of trying to use him as a paid proxy to finesse entries on the Wikipedia site.

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post Wed 24th January 2007, 8:56pm
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(AP) Idea of Paid Entries Roils Wikipedia
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By BRIAN BERGSTEIN. AP Technology Writer. When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in ...
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post Wed 24th January 2007, 8:54pm
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When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.

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post Wed 24th January 2007, 9:55pm
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Wikipedia Blocks a Pay-for-Play Scheme
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Ask almost any Wikipedia diehard how the site avoids becoming a morass of news releases and hit pieces, and they will give credit to the encyclopedia's ...
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post Wed 24th January 2007, 9:46pm
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When a blogger reveals that Microsoft proffered pay to fix "inaccuracies" in Wikipedia technical articles, an online backlash erupts. By the Associated Press.

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post Wed 24th January 2007, 10:13pm
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Microsoft Corp. landed in the
Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced Web encyclopedia site.
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post Wed 24th January 2007, 10:11pm
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Idea of Paid Entries Roils Wikipedia
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post Wed 24th January 2007, 10:58pm
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Wikipedia rebukes Microsoft for article payment controversy
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AP. BOSTON - When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, ...
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post Wed 24th January 2007, 10:57pm
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When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.

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post Wed 24th January 2007, 11:59pm
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Idea of Paid Entries Roils Wikipedia
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post Wed 24th January 2007, 11:19pm
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When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.

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post Thu 25th January 2007, 12:47am
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Microsoft in Hot Water over Wikipedia
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post Thu 25th January 2007, 12:59am
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When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically.

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post Thu 25th January 2007, 1:29am
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Idea of Paid Entries Roils Wikipedia
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Microsoft Corp. endured online slams and a rebuke from Wikipedia when the software company offered to pay a blogger to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles.

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post Thu 25th January 2007, 2:00am
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Idea of paid entries roils Wikipedia
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post Wed 24th January 2007, 10:41pm
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Microsoft acknowledged offering to pay a blogger to correct what it said were errors in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.

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post Thu 25th January 2007, 2:59am
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<img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=XjhIsofg_GQJ&imgurl=www.casperstartribune.net/content/articles/2007/01/24/ap/business/d8mruj8o0.jpg width=62 height=80 alt="" border=1>Idea of Paid Entries Roils Wikipedia
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post Wed 24th January 2007, 9:20pm
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The Wikipedia founder Wednesday said it was a "disappointment" Microsoft Corp. approached a blogger to change technical articles on the online encyclopedia.

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post Wed 24th January 2007, 12:32pm
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"We were very disappointed," says Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales at word of Microsoft's offer to pay a blogger to correct what the software giant said are errors in some postings on Wikipedia's online encyclopedia.

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