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The Wikipedians Who Make it Happen

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the slightly-less-bent-than-noders dept.

Phoe6 writes "Many of us might have wondered who these crazy people are, spending lot of time at wikipedia and presenting us with such an invaluable information. Wired has decided to give some credits to the most active wikipedians, in their article titled Wiki becomes a way of life"

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  1. Link to the first page... by Stradenko · · Score: 5, Informative

    page 1 of the article.

    The link in the post goes to page two for me ... not very nice.

  2. Re:Wiki by dkf · · Score: 5, Informative

    That sometimes happens (e.g. the page on Dubya at the time of the last US election). When it does, the page gets locked for a while so people can cool off and focus instead on conveying facts and balanced opinions.

    --
    "Little does he know, but there is no 'I' in 'Idiot'!"
  3. Re:I love the wikipedia, by Jon+Chatow · · Score: 5, Informative

    Bandwidth isn't the problem (or the cost, really), but the servers. We spend $4k-ish a month on bandwidth (off the top of my head; ICBW), but we spent about $65k in just the last 6 months on servers (see the server list).

    BTW, we prefer that people just call it "Wikipedia", without a definite article.

    --
    James F.
  4. Re:Wikipedia is too biased to be useful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Why is this comment being moderated up? A quick glance at the article's history shows that "Charles Manson" has never been added except for today, and has never been removed.