Britannica Takes Over the Wikimedia Foundation

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Britannica Takes Over the Wikimedia Foundation

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday April 1, 2005 @02:37AM from the unexpected-turn-of-events dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Encyclopaedia Britannica has initiated a "semi-hostile" takeover of Wikipedia. Wikipedia administrators, members of the Wikimedia Board of Trustees, Arbitration Committee members and several other cabalists will receive free access. However, their adminship powers will be stripped permanently."

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Booriing by opqdonut · 2005-04-01 02:38 · Score: 4, Insightful

This april fools stuff is getiing really lame.

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1. Re:Booriing by TrappedByMyself · 2005-04-01 02:57 · Score: 5, Interesting
  
  I think the real April Fool's joke is getting people who aren't amused by the jokes to keep coming back to the site and post comments about them.
  
  It's like going to the same store 3 dozen times in one day, buying the same shirt each time, and telling the cashier each time how much you really hate that shirt.
  
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  Help me take back Slashdot. When did 'News for Nerds' become 'FUD and Conspiracy Theories for Extremist Nutjobs'?
Factual content on slashdot - a first? by rylin · 2005-04-01 02:38 · Score: 5, Insightful

"Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."

That actually describes slashdot with 100% accuracy for April 1st.
APRIL FOOLS!!!!!!! by afree87 · 2005-04-01 02:39 · Score: 5, Funny

It was a joke!! Haha, oh Slashdot, you got us good!
damn it by nomadic · 2005-04-01 02:40 · Score: 5, Funny

This really really sucks. Especially timing it for April Fools Day when people won't believe it's a real story.
This, too, is great news. by AtariAmarok · 2005-04-01 02:42 · Score: 4, Funny

I look forward to a salesman knocking on my door and selling me a 6 foot wide stack of Wikipedia volumes to fill my shelves.

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Some nice bits .... by gowen · 2005-04-01 02:43 · Score: 4, Funny
I like the new board of directors at the end... excerpts include
- Tony Blair, Director of Transparency and Accountability
- Al Gore (inventor of the algorithm)
- Robert Downey, Jr., Ambassador to Colombia and Jamaica
- Dr. Who, Minister of Time Travel
- Marty McFly, Vice Minister of Time Travel
- Ron Artest and Miles O'Brien, security guards.
- Bub the Zombie, Minister of NRRRGGGHH! BRAINS!!!!
- Terri Schiavo, Personal Assitant to Bub the Zombie
- Ian Brown, King Monkey
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Or this one: by AtariAmarok · 2005-04-01 02:44 · Score: 4, Funny

Politics: "Through a glitch between Zimbabwe's election computers and Slashdot, Cowboy Neal was elected president of Zimbabwe yesterday."

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Re:Cmon slastdot by calibanDNS · 2005-04-01 02:51 · Score: 5, Funny

Otherwise, readers would carefully inspect every article.

That would be a blessing any day of the year.
Next story? by maxwell+demon · 2005-04-01 02:53 · Score: 5, Funny

Microsoft buys Slashdot.
Linus Thorvalds buys Linux License from SCO.
Hubble Space Telecope observes Intergalactic Spaceship.
Space Probe Reveals: There is No Intelligent Life on Earth.
Harvard Researcher creates Dupe Detection Software. Soon to be Installed on Slashdot.

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