[Wikipedia-l] Newspaper links article keywords to Wikipedia
Andre Engels
andreengels at gmail.com
Mon Mar 14 09:27:01 UTC 2005
Their algorithm seems to be to link all capitalized words, except at
the beginning of a sentence.
Andre Engels
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 00:38:56 -0500, Henry Tan-Tenn
<share2002nov at lomaji.com> wrote:
> Taipei Times, a leading English-language daily in Taiwan, recently (I
> think) added a function that allows on-line readers to "Wikipedia-ize" a
> number of pre-selected keywords in its articles. The keywords do not
> necessarily correspond to existing en: articles. I have not seen an
> explanation posted regarding the thinking or motivation behind it (not
> being a regular reader), but it would seem to be a push to have its
> readers engage Wikipedia, perhaps conveniently incorporating or citing
> the paper's contents along the way. For an example see
> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/archives/2005/03/14/2003246212 (link
> labeled "Wikipedia" on the right).
>
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