...newly independent project was launched at Wikipedia.com on January 15, 2001....
It has come a long way since then. Search for anything these days and you see a wikipedia link. Its sad that I cant quote (and wisely so) it in any paper.
In a short period wikipedia managed to hold thousands and thousands of articles. click here [slashdot.org] for the/. article on 300,000 articles on wikipedia.
I still cant figure out how spammers have been kept at bay. Any idea?
...newly independent project was launched at Wikipedia.com on January 15, 2001....
Don't you think it's just a wee touch too early to be writing about the early history of something that didn't exist five years ago? Maybe we can start writing about the early history of my puppy Pepper while we're at it. But as adorable as he is, neither he nor Wikipedia should be written about at all. Not yet.
Do you care to explain why? If you are contributing to the wikipedia project, what makes you less interested in the origins of the project if they are 5 years old than if they are 25 years old?
I only argue semantics here, not the worth of wikipedia as a valuable resource. Usually you only hear about the early history of things when there's a later history you can hear about as well; say, for example, a king's reign, the early history of the Yankees, an early history of stock markets, etc. All I'm trying to say is that there isn't enough history yet to be talking about Wikipedia's "early history." (Thus the sad parallel to my puppy.) I imagine that ten years from now, people will talk about now
"If that makes any sense to you, you have a big problem." -- C. Durance, Computer Science 234
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It has come a long way since then. Search for anything these days and you see a wikipedia link. Its sad that I cant quote (and wisely so) it in any paper.
In a short period wikipedia managed to hold thousands and thousands of articles. click here [slashdot.org] for the /. article on 300,000 articles on wikipedia.
I still cant figure out how spammers have been kept at bay. Any idea?
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Don't you think it's just a wee touch too early to be writing about the early history of something that didn't exist five years ago? Maybe we can start writing about the early history of my puppy Pepper while we're at it. But as adorable as he is, neither he nor Wikipedia should be written about at all. Not yet.
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