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Wikipedia Explodes In China

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the people-like-to-post dept.

eldavojohn writes "The Chinese have recently been allowed to enjoy the Chinese version of Wikipedia now that the ban has been lifted. And the result is an explosion in use after being banned for a year. From the article, 'Activity on nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation's Chinese Wikipedia site has skyrocketed since its release, which Internet users in China first started reporting on Nov. 10. Since then, the number of new users registering to contribute to the site has exceeded 1,200 a day, up from an average of 300 to 400 prior to the unblocking. The number of new articles posted daily has increased 75% from the week before, with the total now surpassing 100,000, according to the foundation.' No one's sure how long this will be available to the People's Republic of China but hopefully the government will recognize that at least a significant part of the populace enjoys a Wikipedia community."

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  1. Re: Wikipedia Explodes in China by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope nobody was hurt...

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  2. Re: Wikipedia Explodes in China by NinjaFarmer · · Score: 2, Funny

    That title sounds like the climax of a bad erotic novel.

  3. What's Chinese for "wikiality?" by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did you know that the number of Tiannenmen Squares has tripled in the past six months?

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  4. Helpful unit conversion by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 3, Funny

    1 Library of Congress == 6.19 * 10^17 fortune cookies

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  5. Re:What's it Like? by daranz · · Score: 2, Funny

    I heard the benevolence of the Communist Party of China tripled in the last six months.

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  6. ChinaWikipedia entry for Freedom of speech by shirizaki · · Score: 5, Funny

    This article has been marked for deletion. Reason: "Doesn't exist".

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  7. Wikipedia Explodes in China -- Recall ordered by retrosteve · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sony has recalled all their batteries used in Wikipedias in China. Sony stock fell another 3.75 on the news.

  8. Re: Wikipedia Explodes in China by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    All those fire drills paid off.

  9. Re:Censorship is a bad thing by stud9920 · · Score: 3, Funny
    It's right here: Original Page [wikipedia.org] Google translation. [64.233.179.104]
    Why do idiots keep using numbers as domain names ? It's annoying and demands lots of attention to type over. Words (service.sld.tld ) are way easier to remember !
  10. Wikipedia Explodes in China! by teflaime · · Score: 2, Funny

    30 Million people dead! News at 11! :p

  11. Re:Censorship is a bad thing by just_another_sean · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe before you respond next time you'll stop for a second and ask yourself; What was that whooshing sound I just heard?

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