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Happy 10th Birthday To Wikipedia
Greg writes "Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, first launched on January 15, 2001. Today, the website is thus 10 years old. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Wikipedia is hosting some 400 conferences and parties across the globe. In traditional Wikipedia style, the events are being organized by its community of users. After a decade of growth, Wikipedia is an important source of information for millions of topics and remains among the Internet's top 10 most visited sites. It has over 400 million readers each month and has a very small budget for a website its size: just $20 million. Almost all its revenue comes from donations. In its last fundraising push, the organization saw 500,000 users donate $16 million."
Convincing suckers for the last ten years!
There is no bias on wikipedia, no sir! It's the only truth!
Yeah I can understand your hate for Wikipedia. It's better than the pofessionally-written Brittanica Encyclopedia! Can't have that nonsense. These uppity commoners with their editing should not be able to outclass the upper Shits of society. No siree bob.
WIKILOOK:
An addon that lets you highlight a phrase and a small preview window shows the wikipedia entry. Only works for Firefox, and I love it.
>>>May the next decade see it turn into something perceived as valuable to humanity as Facebook.
What the fuck.
You're a loony bird.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall