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Don't forget your smartphone. The town, established in 1067 and the birthplace of King Henry V, has embraced the future by agreeing to become the first Wikipedia town in the world. As of next Saturday, if you travel to Monmouth, you'll find the area dotted with small ceramic plaques and stickers bearing black-and-white QR codes. Snap a picture of the QR code with your smartphone, and you'll be directed to a Wikipedia page filled with more information than a normal sign could possibly contain.</div></div></div></div><div id="area-two-col-8" class="area" style="float:right;"><div id="mod-col-2-title" class="mod-latarticlestext mod-text">ARTICLES BY DATE</div><div id="mod-kp-article-date-list-1" class="mod-latarticlesarticles mod-articles"><div class="article"><div class="section">CALIFORNIA | LOCAL</div><div class="title"><h2><a title="Adrianne Wadewitz dies at 37; helped diversify Wikipedia" href="/web/20160629014650/http://articles.latimes.com/2014/apr/23/local/la-me-adrianne-wadewitz-20140424">Adrianne Wadewitz dies at 37; helped diversify Wikipedia</a></h2></div><div class="info"><span class="date">April 23, 2014</span> | <span class="author">By Elaine Woo</span></div><div class="body">When Adrianne Wadewitz became a Wikipedia contributor 10 years ago she decided to use a pseudonym, certain that fellow scholars at Indiana University would frown on writing for the often-maligned "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. " But Wadewitz eventually came out as a Wikipedian, the term the encyclopedia uses to describe the tens of thousands of volunteers who write and edit its pages. A rarity as a woman in the male-centric Wikipedia universe, she became one of its most valued and prolific contributors as well as a force for diversifying its ranks and demystifying its inner workings.</div></div></div></div><div id="area-ad-middle-3" class="area"><div class="float" style="clear:both;height:1px;line-height:1px;"><img src="/web/20160629014650im_/http://articles.latimes.com/images/pixel.gif" height="1" width="1" alt=""/></div><div id="mod-ln-top-7" class="mod-line"><div style="border-top:1px solid #999999; height:1px; width:100%;"></div></center></div><div id="mod-ctr-lt-in-top" style="float:left;" class="mod-latarticlesadcpc mod-adcpc"><iframe id="mod-ctr-lt-in-top-frame" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160629014650if_/javascript:(function() {document.open();document.write("<style>body{margin:0px;}</style><script>google_ad_client=\"ca-pub-8415620659137418\";google_ad_slot=\"8406673887\";google_ad_width=\"300\";google_ad_height=\"250\";google_ad_channel=\"8847325881,1000000005\";google_adtest=\"off\";google_safe=\"high\";google_hints=\"online encyclopedia search engine teams\";google_max_num_ads=\"4\";google_override_format=true;google_page_url=\"http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/wikipedia\";</script><script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js\"></script>");document.close();})();" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="300" height="250"></iframe></div><div id="mod-ctr-rt-in-top" style="float:left;" class="mod-latarticlesadopenx mod-adopenx mod-adblock"><div style="float:left;"><div class="ad_header">Advertisement</div><div id="mod-ctr-rt-in-top-defer"> <iframe name="openxi-339767" src="about:blank" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="300" height="250"></iframe> <script type="text/javascript"> if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE") >= 0){ setTimeout(function() { //Fixed IE issue- Ref Bug 17996 var openxframe= frames["openxi-339767"].document; openxframe.open(); openxframe.write('<script type="text/javascript">if (!window.OX_ads) { OX_ads = []; } OX_ads.push({ "auid" : "339767" });<\/script><script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160629014650/http://us-ads.openx.net/w/1.0/jstag"><\/script><noscript><iframe id="511bf90462582" name="511bf90462582" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160629014650/http://us-ads.openx.net/w/1.0/afr?auid=339767&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="300" height="250"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160629014650/http://us-ads.openx.net/w/1.0/rc?cs=511bf90462582&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE" ><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160629014650/http://us-ads.openx.net/w/1.0/ai?auid=339767&cs=511bf90462582&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE" border="0" alt=""></a></iframe></noscript>'); window.openxframe.close();; },200); }else{ var openxframe= frames["openxi-339767"].document; openxframe.open(); openxframe.write('<script type="text/javascript">if (!window.OX_ads) { OX_ads = []; } OX_ads.push({ "auid" : "339767" });<\/script><script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160629014650/http://us-ads.openx.net/w/1.0/jstag"><\/script><noscript><iframe id="511bf90462582" name="511bf90462582" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160629014650/http://us-ads.openx.net/w/1.0/afr?auid=339767&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="300" height="250"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160629014650/http://us-ads.openx.net/w/1.0/rc?cs=511bf90462582&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE" ><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160629014650/http://us-ads.openx.net/w/1.0/ai?auid=339767&cs=511bf90462582&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE" border="0" alt=""></a></iframe></noscript>'); window.openxframe.close();; } </script> </div></div></div><div class="float" style="clear:both;height:1px;line-height:1px;"><img src="/web/20160629014650im_/http://articles.latimes.com/images/pixel.gif" height="1" width="1" alt=""/></div><div id="mod-ln-top-8" class="mod-line"><div style="border-top:0px solid #999999; height:1px; width:100%;"></div></center></div></div><div id="area-two-col-9" class="area" style="float:left;"><div id="mod-kp-article-list-2" class="mod-latarticlesarticles mod-articles"><div class="article"><div class="section">BUSINESS</div><div class="title"><h2><a title="WikiWars turns Wikipedia searches into a competitive sport" href="/web/20160629014650/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/16/business/la-fi-tn-gregory-brothers-wikiwars--20120615">WikiWars turns Wikipedia searches into a competitive sport</a></h2></div><div class="info"><span class="date">June 16, 2012</span> | <span class="author">By Deborah Netburn</span></div><div class="body">Looking for something to do this weekend? Consider a game of WikiWars. The Gregory Brothers, a comedy troupe famous for creating viral online videos , has just released a new video that introduces the world to WikiWars, the high-stakes game of competitive Wikipedia searching. The premise of the game is fairly simple; Players are given a start word and an end word. Both players begin on the start word's Wikipedia page, and must get to the end word's Wikipedia page by clicking on highlighted links on the various pages.</div></div></div></div><div id="area-two-col-10" class="area" style="float:right;"><div id="mod-kp-article-date-list-2" class="mod-latarticlesarticles mod-articles"><div class="article"><div class="section">BUSINESS</div><div class="title"><h2><a title="Wikimedia Foundation sends cease and desist letter to Wiki-PR" href="/web/20160629014650/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/nov/20/business/la-fi-tn-wikimedia-cease-desist-wikipr-20131120">Wikimedia Foundation sends cease and desist letter to Wiki-PR</a></h2></div><div class="info"><span class="date">November 20, 2013</span> | <span class="author">By Andrea Chang</span></div><div class="body">The Wikimedia Foundation has sent a cease and desist letter to Wiki-PR, a public relations agency that has reportedly been engaging in paid advocacy editing on free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. In the three-page letter, the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, accuses Wiki-PR of violating the website's terms of use by making it appear "as if certain articles are written by unbiased sources, when in fact those articles are authored by Wiki-PR for money. " The letter, sent Tuesday to Wiki-PR Chief Executive Jordan French, calls the PR agency's actions "sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry" and says the practice is "expressly prohibited" on Wikipedia.</div></div></div></div><div id="area-ad-middle-1" class="area"><div id="mod-article-list-leaderboard1" style="float:left;" class="mod-latarticlesadcpc mod-adcpc"><iframe id="mod-article-list-leaderboard1-frame" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160629014650if_/javascript:(function() {document.open();document.write("<style>body{margin:0px;}</style><script>google_ad_client=\"ca-pub-8415620659137418\";google_ad_slot=\"8406673887\";google_ad_width=\"980\";google_ad_height=\"110\";google_ad_channel=\"8847325881,1000000005\";google_adtest=\"off\";google_safe=\"high\";google_hints=\"online encyclopedia search engine teams\";google_max_num_ads=\"4\";google_override_format=true;google_page_url=\"http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/wikipedia\";</script><script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js\"></script>");document.close();})();" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="980" height="110"></iframe></div><div class="float" style="clear:both;height:1px;line-height:1px;"><img src="/web/20160629014650im_/http://articles.latimes.com/images/pixel.gif" height="1" width="1" alt=""/></div></div><div id="area-two-col-3" class="area" style="float:left;"><div id="mod-kp-article-list-3" class="mod-latarticlesarticles mod-articles"><div class="article"><div class="section">NEWS</div><div class="title"><h2><a title="Possible VP picks' Wikipedia pages locked down amid editing spree" href="/web/20160629014650/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/08/news/la-pn-possible-vp-picks-wikipedia-pages-locked-down-amid-editing-spree-20120808">Possible VP picks' Wikipedia pages locked down amid editing spree</a></h2></div><div class="info"><span class="date">August 8, 2012</span> | <span class="author">By Morgan Little</span></div><div class="body">With Republican Mitt Romney offering no hints about his vice presidential selection, political observers have been on the alert for the smallest of clues. And it seemed - at least for a moment - that keeping a close eye on Wikipedia might offer a hint. Micah Sifry, co-founder of the Personal Democracy Forum, on Monday theorized that the number of edits made to a politician's Wikipedia page could be used as s hint of their standing in the vice presidential race. Sarah Palin's page was altered 68 times the day before she was announced as Sen. John McCain's running mate.</div></div><div class="article"><div class="section">ENTERTAINMENT</div><div class="title"><h2><a title="Rachel Maddow a 'hater' in Wikipedia plagiarism flap, Rand Paul says" href="/web/20160629014650/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/oct/30/entertainment/la-et-st-rachel-maddow-a-hater-in-wikipedia-plagiarism-flap-rand-paul-says-20131030">Rachel Maddow a 'hater' in Wikipedia plagiarism flap, Rand Paul says</a></h2></div><div class="info"><span class="date">October 30, 2013</span> | <span class="author">By Scott Collins</span></div><div class="body">Rachel Maddow is a "hater" who needs to stop nitpicking -- or so says Sen. Rand Paul. Maddow, the liberal MSNBC host, this week accused GOP leader Paul of making a speech that "totally plagiarized" the Wikipedia page for the sci-fi film "Gattaca. " In the speech, Paul referenced the movie and its world "where DNA plays a primary role in determining your social class. " This and other lines seemed lifted directly from the Wikipedia page. PHOTOS: Celebrities by The Times Big deal, Paul said in a Wednesday interview with Fusion.</div></div><div class="article"><div class="section">BUSINESS</div><div class="title"><h2><a title="Wikipedia to go offline to protest anti-piracy legislation" href="/web/20160629014650/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jan/17/business/la-fi-ct-wikipedia-20120117">Wikipedia to go offline to protest anti-piracy legislation</a></h2></div><div class="info"><span class="date">January 17, 2012</span> | <span class="author">By James Rainey, Los Angeles Times</span></div><div class="body">Most people probably haven't paid much attention to the huge corporations waging war in Washington over legislation designed to crack down on online theft of movies, music and other content. But the conflict will hit consumers in the face Wednesday, when Wikipedia and a number of other websites intend to go dark to protest the proposed changes. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced Monday that the hugely popular online encyclopedia would be unavailable for 24 hours to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act and related legislation, which opponents say could lead to censorship or the complete shutdown of some websites.</div></div><div class="article"><div class="section">OPINION</div><div class="title"><h2><a title="R.I.P., Encyclopedia Britannica" href="/web/20160629014650/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/20/opinion/la-oe-garrison-encyclopedia-brittanica-20120520">R.I.P., Encyclopedia Britannica</a></h2></div><div class="info"><span class="date">May 20, 2012</span> | <span class="author">By Peter Garrison</span></div><div class="body">These days, the sound of the digital scythe being whetted makes me cast more lingering looks at the paper and cardboard relics on my bookshelves. At none more, since the announcement in March of their imminent extinction, than the familiar brown and gold, oddly titled volumes of my 1958 Encyclopedia Britannica: HYDROZ to JEREM, MARYB to MUSHE, SARS to SORC. During my teenage years, when my thirst and respect for knowledge were at an unsustainable peak, I resolved to read the Britannica from one end to the other.</div></div><div class="article"><div class="section">BUSINESS</div><div class="title"><h2><a title="Websites going black to protest anti-piracy bills in Congress" href="/web/20160629014650/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jan/17/business/la-fi-internet-shutdown-20120118">Websites going black to protest anti-piracy bills in Congress</a></h2></div><div class="info"><span class="date">January 17, 2012</span> | <span class="author">By Andrea Chang and Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times</span></div><div class="body">What would the world be like without the Internet? Fire up your browser and see what you can't do. In the first strike of its kind, hundreds of popular sites such as Wikipedia, Reddit and Boing Boing were scheduled to temporarily shut down Wednesday to protest a pair of anti-piracy bills that they say essentially amount to censorship of the Internet. The prospect of a day without the websites set off a frenzy in the hours leading up to the strike, which was slated to begin Tuesday night, with parents urging their children to do their homework early and tech-savvy users posting instructions for how to access cached Wikipedia pages during the blackout.</div></div><div class="article"><div class="section">SPORTS</div><div class="title"><h2><a title="Teams aren't the only ones scouting" href="/web/20160629014650/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/may/04/sports/sp-random4">Teams aren't the only ones scouting</a></h2></div><div class="info"><span class="date">May 4, 2009</span> | <span class="author">Mike Penner</span></div><div class="body"> After having been scouted for months, even years, two new Green Bay Packers turned the tables on the pros shortly after they were drafted in the first round. Boston College defensive tackle B.J. Raji and USC linebacker Clay Matthews were chosen ninth and 26th, respectively, by Green Bay -- selections that prompted them to rush to the computer to do some fact-finding about their new environs.</div></div></div></div><div id="area-two-col-4" class="area" style="float:right;"><div id="mod-kp-article-date-list-3" class="mod-latarticlesarticles mod-articles"><div class="article"><div class="section">NEWS</div><div class="title"><h2><a title="Rand Paul attacks media over plagiarism accusations" href="/web/20160629014650/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/nov/06/news/la-pn-rand-paul-plagiarism-media-20131106">Rand Paul attacks media over plagiarism accusations</a></h2></div><div class="info"><span class="date">November 6, 2013</span> | <span class="author">By Morgan Little</span></div><div class="body">WASHINGTON -- Sen. Rand Paul shifted his tone from apology to condemnation Wednesday as he continued to face fallout from alleged plagiarism in numerous speeches and articles. Last week, the Kentucky Republican chalked up accusations that he had improperly lifted passages from Wikipedia to a misunderstanding about attribution practices and the malicious intent of “haters.” But as more suspiciously similar passages emerged, including one in a September Washington Times column that prompted the paper to suspend Paul's weekly contributions, Paul has been forced to go on the offensive.</div></div><div class="article"><div class="section">CALIFORNIA | LOCAL</div><div class="title"><h2><a title="Rand Paul, angry over plagiarism charges, wants to sword fight" href="/web/20160629014650/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/nov/06/local/la-me-ln-rand-paul-accused-plagiarism-20131106">Rand Paul, angry over plagiarism charges, wants to sword fight</a></h2></div><div class="info"><span class="date">November 6, 2013</span> | <span class="author">By Robin Abcarian</span></div><div class="body">One measure of a savvy politician is how he handles his mistakes. Expressing nostalgia for the days when one could shoot or stab a critic is not a great PR move. Rand Paul, the Republican U.S. senator from Kentucky who has been accused of serial plagiarism, is melting under the heat. The freshman senator, beloved by the tea party and touted as a potential 2016 GOP presidential candidate, has lashed out at the reporters who have discovered his borrowings, calling them "hacks and haters.</div></div><div class="article"><div class="section">ENTERTAINMENT</div><div class="title"><h2><a title="Rachel Maddow a 'hater' in Wikipedia plagiarism flap, Rand Paul says" href="/web/20160629014650/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/oct/30/entertainment/la-et-st-rachel-maddow-a-hater-in-wikipedia-plagiarism-flap-rand-paul-says-20131030">Rachel Maddow a 'hater' in Wikipedia plagiarism flap, Rand Paul says</a></h2></div><div class="info"><span class="date">October 30, 2013</span> | <span class="author">By Scott Collins</span></div><div class="body">Rachel Maddow is a "hater" who needs to stop nitpicking -- or so says Sen. Rand Paul. Maddow, the liberal MSNBC host, this week accused GOP leader Paul of making a speech that "totally plagiarized" the Wikipedia page for the sci-fi film "Gattaca. " In the speech, Paul referenced the movie and its world "where DNA plays a primary role in determining your social class. " This and other lines seemed lifted directly from the Wikipedia page. PHOTOS: Celebrities by The Times Big deal, Paul said in a Wednesday interview with Fusion.</div></div><div class="article"><div class="section">ENTERTAINMENT</div><div class="title"><h2><a title="What is a social novel? Lethem, Kushner, Silver hash it out" href="/web/20160629014650/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/20/entertainment/la-et-jc-social-novel-20130420">What is a social novel? Lethem, Kushner, Silver hash it out</a></h2></div><div class="info"><span class="date">April 20, 2013</span> | <span class="author">By Ari Bloomekatz</span></div><div class="body">A few days before Saturday's panel about the social novel at the Festival of Books, author Marisa Silver joked with L.A. TImes book critic David Ulin: "I don't know what a social novel is, but I don't think I write them. " It ends up she just might. Ulin, Silver and authors Rachel Kushner and Jonathan Lethem hashed out the meaning of the social novel during their panel discussion -- beginning with Wikipedia 's bare-bones definition and quickly spiraling upward into a talk a bit more suitable for a lecture hall at USC. FULL COVERAGE: FESTIVAL OF BOOKS Using Charles Dickens ("Hard Times")</div></div><div class="article"><div class="section">OPINION</div><div class="title"><h2><a title="Wikipedia, the people's encyclopedia" href="/web/20160629014650/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/13/opinion/la-oe-gardner-wikipedia-20130113">Wikipedia, the people's encyclopedia</a></h2></div><div class="info"><span class="date">January 13, 2013</span> | <span class="author">By Sue Gardner</span></div><div class="body">Wikipedia is the encyclopedia anyone can write and edit (yes, even you!), but most people don't think much about who performs those tasks. With half a billion people around the world relying on Wikipedia for information, we should. More than 1.5 million people in practically every country have contributed to Wikipedia's 23 million articles. Actually, that last figure isn't quite accurate, since more than 12,000 new entries are created every day. Eight articles were created in the last minute.</div></div><div class="article"><div class="section">NEWS</div><div class="title"><h2><a title="Philip Roth, blogger, tends to his reputation" href="/web/20160629014650/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/10/news/la-jc-the-reading-life-the-blogger-philip-roth-20120910">Philip Roth, blogger, tends to his reputation</a></h2></div><div class="info"><span class="date">September 10, 2012</span> | <span class="author">By David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times Book Critic</span></div><div class="body">This post has been corrected. See the note below. Other than the phrase “posted by Philip Roth” (Really? Roth a blogger?), there's nothing particularly astonishing about the author's open letter to Wikipedia , which ran on the New Yorker's Page-Turner blog Friday afternoon. Roth, after all, has long been a tender of his reputation, a writer aware of -- even obsessed by -- posterity. Just think about the seven volumes (and growing) of his collected works published by the Library of America.</div></div></div></div><div id="area-ad-middle-2" class="area"><div id="mod-article-list-leaderboard2" style="float:left;" class="mod-latarticlesadcpc mod-adcpc"><iframe id="mod-article-list-leaderboard2-frame" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160629014650if_/javascript:(function() {document.open();document.write("<style>body{margin:0px;}</style><script>google_ad_client=\"ca-pub-8415620659137418\";google_ad_slot=\"6929940680\";google_ad_width=\"980\";google_ad_height=\"110\";google_ad_channel=\"8847325881,1000000005\";google_adtest=\"off\";google_safe=\"high\";google_hints=\"online encyclopedia search engine teams\";google_max_num_ads=\"4\";google_override_format=true;google_page_url=\"http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/wikipedia\";</script><script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js\"></script>");document.close();})();" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="980" height="110"></iframe></div><div class="float" style="clear:both;height:1px;line-height:1px;"><img src="/web/20160629014650im_/http://articles.latimes.com/images/pixel.gif" height="1" width="1" alt=""/></div></div><div class="float" style="clear:both;"><img src="/web/20160629014650im_/http://articles.latimes.com/images/pixel.gif" height="1" width="1" alt=""/></div><div id="area-two-col-5" class="area" style="float:left;"><div id="mod-kp-article-list-4" class="mod-latarticlesarticles mod-articles"><div class="article"><div class="section">ENTERTAINMENT</div><div class="title"><h2><a title="'Free' plagiarism charge frames Internet content debate" href="/web/20160629014650/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/25/entertainment/et-free25">'Free' plagiarism charge frames Internet content debate</a></h2></div><div class="info"><span class="date">June 25, 2009</span> | <span class="author">Carolyn Kellogg</span></div><div class="body"> On Tuesday afternoon, Chris Anderson, editor in chief of Wired magazine and author of the 2006 bestseller "The Long Tail," received an e-mail warning that his new book, "Free: The Future of a Radical Price," was to be challenged. On the blog of the Virginia Quarterly Review, a leading literary journal, Waldo Jaquith was about to post the results of an examination into the book, which Hyperion will publish next month.</div></div><div class="article"><div class="section">ENTERTAINMENT</div><div class="title"><h2><a title="What is a social novel? Lethem, Kushner, Silver hash it out" href="/web/20160629014650/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/20/entertainment/la-et-jc-social-novel-20130420">What is a social novel? Lethem, Kushner, Silver hash it out</a></h2></div><div class="info"><span class="date">April 20, 2013</span> | <span class="author">By Ari Bloomekatz</span></div><div class="body">A few days before Saturday's panel about the social novel at the Festival of Books, author Marisa Silver joked with L.A. TImes book critic David Ulin: "I don't know what a social novel is, but I don't think I write them. " It ends up she just might. Ulin, Silver and authors Rachel Kushner and Jonathan Lethem hashed out the meaning of the social novel during their panel discussion -- beginning with Wikipedia 's bare-bones definition and quickly spiraling upward into a talk a bit more suitable for a lecture hall at USC. 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And it seemed - at least for a moment - that keeping a close eye on Wikipedia might offer a hint. Micah Sifry, co-founder of the Personal Democracy Forum, on Monday theorized that the number of edits made to a politician's Wikipedia page could be used as s hint of their standing in the vice presidential race. Sarah Palin's page was altered 68 times the day before she was announced as Sen. John McCain's running mate.</div></div><div class="article"><div class="section">BUSINESS</div><div class="title"><h2><a title="Russian Wikipedia goes dark, protests 'great firewall' of Russia" href="/web/20160629014650/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/10/business/la-fi-tn-russian-wikipedia-goes-dark-20120710">Russian Wikipedia goes dark, protests 'great firewall' of Russia</a></h2></div><div class="info"><span class="date">July 10, 2012</span> | <span class="author">By Deborah Netburn</span></div><div class="body">It's blackout time for Wikipedia in Russian. On Tuesday, the Russian version of Wikipedia went dark for 24 hours to protest a bill making its way through the Russian parliament that Wikipedia says could "create real censorship of the Internet" in the country. 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