Gold farming (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Gold farming" in English language version.

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7web.archive.org

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6bbc.co.uk

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archive.today

Play money is real money, says high court Archived 2012-12-16 at archive.today moremoney.blogs.money.cnn.com, January 22, 2010

arena.net

Mike O'Brien on Microtransactions in Guild Wars 2 arena.net, 3 March 2012

arstechnica.com

Fair Trade Gold arstechnica.com

battle.net

us.battle.net

Auction House Services Diablo III us.battle.net 12 June 2012
WoW Token Archived April 13, 2016, at the Wayback Machine us.battle.net 12 April 2016

bbc.co.uk

news.bbc.co.uk

The business end of playing games bbc.com, Wednesday, 25 April 2007, 14:55 GMT
China's full-time computer gamers bbc.com, Friday, 13 October 2006, 19:20 GMT
Poor earning virtual gaming gold bbc.com, 22 August 2008
The high cost of playing Warcraft bbc.com, 24 September 2007

bbc.co.uk

Kelion, Leo (18 September 2013). "Diablo 3 auction houses are doomed by developer Blizzard". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
"The Gold Farmer". bbc.co.uk

bitcoinmxn.com

"Una Entrevista Con Un anónimo Venezolano Utilizando Runescape y Bitcoin Para Alimentar a Su Familia". Archived from the original on 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2019-04-11.

bloomberg.com

Rosati, Andrew (5 December 2017). "Desperate Venezuelans Turn to Video Games to Survive". Bloomberg. Retrieved 6 December 2017.

cnn.com

moremoney.blogs.money.cnn.com

Play money is real money, says high court Archived 2012-12-16 at archive.today moremoney.blogs.money.cnn.com, January 22, 2010

creativecommons.org

"Cory Doctorow's 'For the Win'". creativecommons.org, May 11, 2010

economist.com

"Venezuela's paper currency is worthless, so its people seek virtual gold". The Economist. 21 November 2019. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2019-11-26.

escapistmagazine.com

Chalk, Andy (1 June 2007). "IGE Sued By World Of Warcraft Player". The Escapis. Themis Media. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2012.

eurogamer.net

Ryan, Nick (April 9, 2009). "Gold Trading Exposed: The Developers". Eurogamer. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
Purchese, Robert (29 April 2015). "World of Warcraft and the battle against black market gold". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
Gold Trading Exposed: Introduction eurogamer.net, 19 March 2009
Chinese WOW players speak out eurogamer.net, 17 January 2006
Gold Trading Exposed: The Developers eurogamer.net, 9 April 2009

gamasutra.com

Rose, Mike (15 June 2012). "Virtual item trading to be banned in South Korea". gamasutra.com. UBM. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
Rose, Mike (15 June 2012). "Virtual item trading to be banned in South Korea". gamasutra.com. UBM. Retrieved 13 April 2016.

gamebyte.com

"Power Outage In Venezuela Causes Economic Crisis In RuneScape". Gamebyte. 2019-03-11. Retrieved 2019-11-26.

gamespot.com

au.gamespot.com

Japanese gov't looks into gold farming Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine gamespot.com, Jul 19, 2006 5:48 am AEST

guardian.co.uk

observer.guardian.co.uk

Thompson, Tony (2005-03-13). "They play games for 10 hours - and earn £2.80 in a 'virtual sweatshop'". The Observer. Retrieved 2007-06-29.

infodev.org

"Converting the Virtual Economy into Development Potential". infodev.org. infoDev. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2016.

informationweek.com

China Limits Use Of Virtual Currency informationweek.com, June 29, 2009

insidesocialgames.com

IRS Getting Closer to a Virtual Goods Tax insidesocialgames.com, January 20th, 2009

justia.com

dockets.justia.com

http://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/cacdce/2:2010cv02576/469538/

kotaku.com

"Gold Farming Research Digs Up Similarities With Drug Dealers". Kotaku Daily. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
LeJacq, Yannick (July 22, 2015). "League Of Legends Pro Suspended For Allegedly Leveling Accounts For Cash". Kotaku. Retrieved October 29, 2015.

mofcom.gov.cn

english.mofcom.gov.cn

China bars use of virtual money for trading in real goods Archived 2013-11-29 at the Wayback Machine PRC Ministry of Commerce, Monday, June 29, 2009 2100 GMT

nimk.nl

Space Invaders artists and works Netherlands Media Art Institute

nytimes.com

Ogre to Slay? Outsource It to Chinese nytimes.com, December 9, 2005
Dibbell, Julian (17 June 2007). "Video Games - China - Money - Online Games". The New York Times.

archive.nytimes.com

BARBOZA, DAVID (9 December 2005). "Ogre to Slay? Outsource It to Chinese". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
Dibbell, Julian (17 June 2007). "The Life of the Chinese Gold Farmer". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 April 2024.

pastemagazine.com

Myers, Maddy (9 July 2015). "Gold-farming in Heroes of the Storm is My New Part-Time Job". pastemagazine.com. Paste Media Group. Retrieved 13 April 2016.

polygon.com

"A Comic That Explores the Dark Side of Gold Farming"

runescape.com

services.runescape.com

Bot-Busting Update: Legal Proceedings Runescape.com, November 9, 2011

rutgers.edu

csrn.camden.rutgers.edu

Jin, Ge (May 2006). "Chinese Gold Farmers in the Game World". Consumers, Commodities & Consumption. 7 (2). Consumers Studies Research Network. Retrieved March 10, 2012.

salon.com

Doctorow, Cory (2004-11-16). "Anda's Game". Salon. Retrieved 2014-04-01.

theage.com.au

Virtual world: tax man cometh theage.com.au, October 31, 2006

theguardian.com

For Chinese gold farmers, see Davis, Rowenna (March 5, 2009). "Welcome to the new gold mines". The Guardian. London. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
Vincent, Danny (25 May 2011). "China used prisoners in lucrative internet gaming work". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
Vincent, Danny (25 May 2011). "China used prisoners in lucrative internet gaming work". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2011.

theregister.com

Leyden, John (15 February 2008). "UK bank blames fraudsters for World of Warcraft ban". The Register. Situation Publishing. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

virtuallyblind.com

http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/02/01/peons4hire-blizzard-injunction/ Virtuallyblind.com, February 1, 2008

web.archive.org

Purchese, Robert (29 April 2015). "World of Warcraft and the battle against black market gold". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
Dibbell, Julian (24 November 2008). "The Decline and Fall of an Ultra Rich Online Gaming Empire". Wired. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
WoW Token Archived April 13, 2016, at the Wayback Machine us.battle.net 12 April 2016
Chalk, Andy (1 June 2007). "IGE Sued By World Of Warcraft Player". The Escapis. Themis Media. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
China bars use of virtual money for trading in real goods Archived 2013-11-29 at the Wayback Machine PRC Ministry of Commerce, Monday, June 29, 2009 2100 GMT
Japanese gov't looks into gold farming Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine gamespot.com, Jul 19, 2006 5:48 am AEST
"Una Entrevista Con Un anónimo Venezolano Utilizando Runescape y Bitcoin Para Alimentar a Su Familia". Archived from the original on 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2019-04-11.

wired.com

Dibbell, Julian (24 November 2008). "The Decline and Fall of an Ultra Rich Online Gaming Empire". Wired. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2024.

worldcat.org

search.worldcat.org

"Venezuela's paper currency is worthless, so its people seek virtual gold". The Economist. 21 November 2019. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2019-11-26.

youtube.com

"The RuneScape Documentary - 15 Years of Adventure". YouTube. Jagex. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2023. It was getting to the stage where the credit card companies themselves were saying "We're not gonna accept your credit cards 'cause you're getting so many people charging back 'cause of stolen credit cards