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Google Donating Bandwidth and Servers to Wikipedia

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the yes-have-some dept.

Armstr0ng writes "According to Dirson's blog, Google plans to help Wikipedia by donating bandwidth and servers to handle part of their increasing load. In fact, there's an official page of Google's proposal to host some of the content of the Wikimedia projects."

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  1. G-Franchise by fembots · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Gmail
    2. Gbrowser
    3. Ghosting

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    1. Re:G-Franchise by Xeo+024 · · Score: 4, Funny

      4. G-Unit

      You know, for currency.

    2. Re:G-Franchise by MOMOCROME · · Score: 4, Funny

      it keeps going:

      4. Gspot - recurrent monitor for search terms
      5. Gstring - the search term w/ syntax
      6. Gmoney - alternative to paypal, with bonus ghetto street cred
      7. Gwar - comprehensive music and mayhem
      8. Gwiz - digital urine solutions
      9. Gman - special searches for feds

    3. Re:G-Franchise by aussie_a · · Score: 3, Funny

      G$? (G-String for those that aren't use to equating $ with string ;))

    4. Re:G-Franchise by Matt_R · · Score: 5, Funny
      They'll acquire PayPal first

      Gaypal? :-)

  2. For a small price by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    It is now called Gwikipedia.

    1. Re:For a small price by jm92956n · · Score: 5, Funny

      It is now called Gwikipedia.

      KDE users everywhere are, of course, completely outraged!

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    2. Re:For a small price by rsborg · · Score: 5, Funny
      It is now called Gwikipedia.
      KDE users everywhere are, of course, completely outraged!

      Of course, something called Kwikipedia makes me think of...

      Apu: Thank you, come again!

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  3. Slashdot Donating Hits and Trolls to Wikipedia by mbrubeck · · Score: 4, Funny

    "According to this post, Slashdot plans to help Wikipedia by using up bandwidth and adding to their increasing load."

  4. I, for one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    don't have to finish that sentence.

  5. Doesn't that just hit the old g-spot? by rs79 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they ever do pr0n I've got a great name for them.

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  6. Re:No ads required by nettdata · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would actually not mind Google ads on the bottom of Wikipedia pages if they're relevant. Let's say I'm reading about some scientific shit on there, ...

    Hmmm... not sure I'd want to buy some "scientific shit", but hey, each to their own. ;)

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  7. Re:I wonder if they will help Gutenburg? by de1orean · · Score: 3, Funny

    i think steve gutenberg's career is beyond even the help of google, sadly.

  8. Re:It's awesome... by flyingsquid · · Score: 4, Funny
    The content doesn't have to be hosted on Google's servers for Google to edit the content. Wikipedia articles can be edited by anyone.

    You know, I was wondering why the article on cigarettes said that they were non-addictive and good for your health...