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Stories tagged with: wikipedia
Wikipedia a force for good? Nonsense, says a co-founder
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http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/ar...
The founder of the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia criticised the Education Secretary yesterday for suggesting that the website could be a good educational tool for children.
Mr Johnson described the internet as “an incredible force for good in education” for teachers and pupils, singling out Wikipedia for praise
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Brainfuck -esoteric programming language
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck
The brainfuck language is an esoteric programming language noted for its extreme minimalism. It was designed to challenge and amuse programmers, and is not suitable for practical use. Its name has been variously bowdlerized, as in brainf*ck or brainfsck, since its name contains the expletive "fuck". The name of the language is generally not capitalized, despite the fact that it is a proper noun.
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Very Funny Wikipedia Parody
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http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/dark-side-wikipedia.php
This is a hilariously accurate parody of the kind of ridiculous discussions between editors that you can often see on Wikipedia's talk pages. It will seem very familiar if you've tried editing Wikipedia pages that are controlled by one of the notorious 'Wikilawyers', who always have a rule to support their point of view. For extra lols, look at the Wikipedia members opinion of this parody / / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Reference_desk/Archive_16#Something_Awful
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Submitted by technology
63 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 17 hours agoTags: wikipedia, somethingawful, parody, satire
Wikipedia could beat Yahoo and Google, says Jimmy Wales
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http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUST348113200...
"The idea that Google has some edge because they've got super-duper rocket scientists may be a little antiquated now," Wikipedia's founder Jimmy Wales says. Describing Yahoo and Google as "black boxes" that won't disclose how they rank search results, Wales said collaborative search technology could transform the power structure of the Internet.
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Submitted by technology
63 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 22 hours agoTags: wikipedia, Google, yahoo, jimmy wales, batshitinsane
Wikipedia - Undergoing Systemwide Changes
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http://physorg.com/news92507189.html
Following revelations that a high-ranking member of Wikipedia's bureaucracy used his cloak of anonymity to lie about being a professor of religion, the free Internet encyclopedia plans to ask contributors who claim such credentials to identify themselves.
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