wikipedia

Wikipedia is an online multilingual encyclopedia project launched in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger and operated by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation.

It has over 10 million articles, about a quarter of which are in English and all of which have been written collaboratively by volunteers from all over the Internet. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone, and users collectively police the quality of the content based on a set of consensual rules. The process of editing by consensus can sometimes lead to bias, inconsistency or homogenization of content.

It is currently the largest and most popular general reference resource on the Internet.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “wikipedia”

• in Technology
  Wikipedia Finally Kills Off Printed Encyclopedia
  The rise of Wikipedia was final today with news that the Encyclopedia Britannica will no longer produce a print edition.
  by cmimanagers / on Mar 14, 2012
• in Android
  Wikipedia App for Android Released
  Wikipedia launches a new App for Android, and it's still free.
  by jbinc / on Jan 19, 2012
• in Politics
  SOPA Gives Rise to the Voice of the Internet Community
  The Internet cries fowl on SOPA/PIPA
  by jwalk6 / on Jan 18, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “wikipedia”

 

• (See Reader Responses) Obama, Rubio birthers should read the law

  
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  Birtherism — the belief that Barack Obama was born in Kenya, not in the United States — pretty much died last year when the White House released a copy of the president’s long-form birth certificate showing he was born in Honolulu on Aug. 4, 1961. After that, the number of Americans who doubted Obama’s place ...
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• Ensure your developer has an escrow account

  
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  Funds parked in escrow accounts can be used by your developer only for specific disbursements related to your project; if there isn’t any escrow mechanism, consider it a risky investment One of the biggest reasons for delay in real estate projects is obviously shortage of funds. But how does this shortage of fund ...
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• (“…says Orwell. Catch phrases “will construct your sentences for you – even think your thoughts for you…”) Throw out the cliches

  
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  Political writing tends to be bad writing, noted George Orwell in his 1946 essay “Politics and the English Language.” Too often it’s a tool for deception and obfuscation rather than clear communication. Orwell criticizes particularly those who rely on political catch phrases devised by others, throwing their ...
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• Draft PR industry Wikipedia guidelines spark complaints

  
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  The CIPR has reacted to criticism from Wikipedia administrators by calling on the PR industry to conduct themselves in an ethical manner when engaging with the online encyclopedia. This is being formalised in the form of a series of draft guidelines published by the body in conjunction with Wikimedia UK to extol ...
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• Wikipedia’s Lamest Edit Wars

  
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  I found this Wikipedia page to be very humorous – and many items debated really had some valid points. Basically, these are issues which been debated over and over again on what would be correct for that Wiki page. For example, the spelling for the chemical element sulfur… is it “sulfur” or “sulphur”? I ...
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• "You sir make a horrible title.. It should be AWESOME SPECTACULAR PLUGIN RAGES THROUGH FACEBOOK!"

  
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  “You sir make a horrible title.. It should be AWESOME SPECTACULAR PLUGIN RAGES THROUGH FACEBOOK!” - Dru Mundorff, the creator of LilyJade, a shady Facebook app • Defending his idea in the comments of Russell Brandom’s BuzzFeed article talking about how shady it is . The cross-platform browser plugin, ...
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• Zero Gov – Anti-Government, Pro-Liberty » Blog Archive » Free To Choose: Refusal is the Ultimate Liberty by Bill Buppert

  
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  …..It strikes at the heart of what freedom actually is. At its most basic and stripped down level, it is elegantly and brutally unsophisticated; freedom and liberty is the imperative be left alone and not forced to comply with anything you don’t consent to. Are there negative consequences and sad outcomes as folks ...
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• NO ONE DARES TO CALL IT TREASON…

  
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  NO ONE DARES TO CALL IT TREASON “Treason doth never prosper. What’s the reason? Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason!” Treason is listed as a crime in both: our federal Constitution and the Constitutions of our individual states. In the Constitution of the State of California, treason is defined as ...
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• (“The purpose of a university should be to make a son as unlike his father as possible”) Progressivism: The purpose of colleges it to indoctrinate and manipulate

  
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  The following words are attributed to Woodrow Wilson in 1909: (14th quote down) The purpose of a university should be to make a son as unlike his father as possible. By the time a man has grown old enough to have a son in college he has specialized. The university should generalize the treatment of [...]
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• Is Samsung’s S Voice a threat to Apple’s Siri?

  
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  Apple got a lot of hype to its iPhone 4s essentially because of one feature i.e Siri. Siri as wikipedia states is an intelligent personal assistant and knowledge navigator. Now with a recent launch of Samsung Galaxy SIII how could samsung stay behind. Galaxy SIII contains an app/software that is an exact replica of ...
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• White House Website Gone Wild

  
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  We’ll never know what Ronald Reagan would have done with WhiteHouse.gov, the official website of the White House But I know my father wouldn’t be abusing it the way Barack Obama is. WhiteHouse.gov is owned and operated by the federal government, but the incumbent gets to run it and design it to his own political ...
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• Barack Obama: The Spending King

  
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  BEGIN TRANSCRIPTRUSH: I had that story yesterday. In fact, I saw that stupid story yesterday and I sent it to everybody I know. And I said, “We’re gonna have to deal with this. This has come out of left field. It’s come out of the blue. We’re gonna have to deal with this.” And then [...]
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• Grockit Wants to Build a Pinterest for Learning

  
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  Sarah Kessler , Mashable , May 24, 2012. ... because without imitation, there might not be any technology industry at all. Hence: "the founders of social test prep startup Grockit want to re-configure online content such as YouTube videos, Wikipedia entries and ebooks into ordered lesson plans. Their new product, ...
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• Early Christian Communism

  
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  For centuries the alleged ideal of communism had come to the world as a messianic and millennial creed. Various seers, notably Joachim of Fiore, had prophesied the final state of mankind as one of perfect harmony and equality, one where all things are owned in common, where there is no necessity for work or need [...]
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• WHO ARE THE “WE THE PEOPLE” IN THE CONSTITUTION PREAMBLE? ~ EDRIVERA.COM « CITIZEN.BLOGGER.1984+ GUNNY.G BLOG.EMAIL

  
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  The true meaning of the Preamble is the secret of the Constitutional Convention. Everyone reads himself or herself into that Preamble, however, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention are the “We the People of the United States.” (See Dr Rivera’s site for more eye-openers!)) via WHO ARE THE “WE THE ...
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• (Re Col Hackworth – Admiral Boorda) Jeremy Michael Boorda – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  
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  Boorda died May 16, 1996 a suicide, having apparently shot himself in the chest.[9] The autopsy results were not released to the public. He reportedly also left two suicide notes; neither was released publicly, but they were said to have been addressed to his wife and to his Public Information Officer.[10] He was ...
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• (Re Adm Boorda) David Hackworth – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  
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  …..In response to Hackworth’s investigation of Admiral Boorda, CNN and the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather questioned the accuracy of Hackworth’s own military decorations.[4][5] In particular, the reports accused Hackworth of claiming a Ranger Tab to which he was not entitled and an extra Distinguished Flying ...
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• Krauthammer: Obama’s ‘narcissism’ won’t allow him to replace Biden with Hillary

  
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  During the Internet broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report Online” Wednesday, syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer told viewers why the odds of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton replacing Vice President Joe Biden on the Democrats’ 2012 presidential ticket are very low. reason for saying that, ...
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• Safaricom Investment Cooperative General Manager and Marketing Manager Jobs in Kenya 2012

  
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  Safaricom Investment Cooperative General Manager and Marketing Manager Jobs in Kenya 2012 Safaricom Investment Co-operative invites applications for the following positions   General Manager The jobholder is responsible for overseeing all aspects of SIC operations, using financially sound and cooperative-oriented ...
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• Sana Bucha And Sanam Marvi Stole ’2nd Aman Ki Asha Dinner’

  
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  There are several big names who are trying their best to melt the ice between two rivals Hostilities between South Asia’s two nuclear armed neighbors – India and Pakistan – that have fought three... More at http://www.awomensclub.com
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