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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• The True, Heartbreaking Faces of the Nuclear Era [Nukes]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 561
            Sometimes I write about high-tech weapons . There’s something fascinating about the technological terror that humans have been developing to obliterate each other for centuries, so it’s easy to forget about the real consequences of this mad race . [EXPLICIT IMAGES AHEAD] A few years after the ...
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• Commons is bigger then ....

  
  Words and what not — Authority: 129
  At the Commons meeting in Paris , we considered the growth of Commons . This was in terms of "we will get video", "our GLAM contributions are in the 100.000 images at a time" and "we need to improve our storage capacity planning". What we did not consider is how much it actually grows. The statistics by Erik ...
  5 hours ago

• I Love You Anyway

  
  Authspot — Authority: 513
  Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia You may be not very pretty And I know you’re not witty Your car look trashed And you don’t have a lot of money ** But Baby I love you anyway ** The girls they laugh at you Because you’re not as good as them You are strongly disliked Because you don’t ...
  7 hours ago

• The Far Distance

  
  Authspot — Authority: 513
  Image via Wikipedia   Image via Wikipedia   Distant horizon Far into the distant horizon As the suns rays lengthen I walk towards you oh my Lord. I want to catch your rays Then hold them as my reins If I could I would Not let you go home But then I run faster to the horizon Of my life all alone ...
  7 hours ago

• gdgt.com: User Generated Gadget Reviews

  
  Crenk — Authority: 529
  Gdgt.com is a user generated site, which is kind of like Wikipedia in many regards, that caters for gadgets and electronics reviews. Basically, users log in and add reviews for tech items they own. Other users can then update or edit that review with their own opinion and thoughts. There is also a questions section ...
  7 hours ago

• Shell Must Pay $19.5 million judgment for Environmental Violations at California Stations

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 144
  OAKLAND, Calif. -- After finding "hundreds of environmental violations" at Shell gas stations statewide, California attorney general Edmund G. Brown Jr. said that his office has secured a $19.5 million judgment against the oil company and its affiliates, which will ensure compliance with the states hazardous waste and ...
  8 hours ago

• Your Nutrition Belief System – The Simple Way to Never Diet Again

  
  Naked Nutrition Network - Health, Diet, and Fitness Hub — Authority: 108
  So I’m back blogging after a wild WSFL 2.0 week last week (not to mention the 2 weeks leading up to it as I was scrambling to get the new package together). Today I wanted to step back from all the ‘rapid weight loss’ talk to share with you a concept that I think is very important, much over looked, AND if ...
  11 hours ago

• Nicolas Flamel - Wikipedia

  
  EM — Authority: 136
  Nicolas Flamel - Wikipedia : Nicolas Flamel is a real dude? And he was a scrivener? … Awesome.
  11 hours ago

• Truth & Truthiness

  
  elocutio — Authority: 99
  I finally managed to wrap up my research paper about Wikipedia and since I’ve been living & breathing Wikipedia for some time now, I thought let’s continue to muse a bit. I watched the documentary above a long time ago, but I got so interested in it I grabbed the chance to write about Wikipedia for my ...
  12 hours ago

• November 10 in history

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 574
  On November 10: 1483 Martin Luther , German Protestant reformer, was born. 1619   René Descartes had the dreams that inspire his Meditations on First Philosophy . 1697 – William Hogarth , English artist, was born. William Hogarth, self-portrait, 1745   1728  – Oliver ...
  18 hours ago

• Growing magnificently

  
  Words and what not — Authority: 129
  The growth of the Sakha Wikipedia is astounding. They are growing at an annual rate of 923% and grew 37% last month. This is an incredible growth and, what I would like to know is how they are doing this. What is their secret sauce. The growth of their number of articles is good, bot activity is likely at the ...
  20 hours ago

• Adrienne Bailon and Rob Kardashian have Broken Up

  
  scarlett journey — Authority: 567
  Adrienne Bailon and Rob Kardashian have broken up, it’s been confirmed. Their breakup rumor has been circulating for the past couple of weeks now it’s been confirmed by Bailon herself that she has broken up with her long-term boyfriend, Rob , the brother of Kim Kardashian . Fancast interviewed Adrienne , ...
  21 hours ago

• Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World’s Greatest Encyclopedia

  
  Bookyards — Authority: 133
  From : Bostonreview Photo : Wikipedia Edit This PageIs it the end of Wikipedia? Can you trust Wikipedia? Most of us have stopped asking and simply bookmarked it. That makes sense when you consider the alternatives: you can explore the first dozen or so Google search results, or you can go straight to the ...
  22 hours ago

• Is It Long

  
  Authspot — Authority: 513
  Is it long they ask? Image via Wikipedia   Neither long nor short It’s all in the mind Of an ignorant youth What is long? What is short? All depends on genes inherited Have you ever of that thought   Be it long or be it short When it’s caught in between It has to ...
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• Precious Movie Showings: Precious Showtimes, Or Watch Precious Free Online

  
  Blogoncherry — Authority: 518
  Precious movie based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (2009) showtimes are in demand.Excitement surrounding the film Precious continues to grow as the gripping tale of a young woman’s struggle to overcome her past opens in theaters this weekend. The film’s main character is Claireece “Precious” Jones, an ...
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• Balloons! Sending out a mystery message on your iPhone

  
  F-Default — Authority: 561
  -: iPhone , App Review With over 100,000 apps in the app store, it’s getting harder and harder to find something new; most apps seem to be ‘me too’ versions of something else. Balloons! US $2.99 iTunes Link for iPhones running OS 3.0 or better, is something I haven’t seen before, and it’s really very ...
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• Wikipedians, a fount of knowledge and wisdom?

  
  disassociated.com — Authority: 443
  From a longer article analysing the integrity of Wikipedia , a demographic breakdown of its editors : Wikipedians are 80 percent male, more than 65 percent single, more than 85 percent without children, and around 70 percent of them are under the age of 30.
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• Hot Spots: “Confidential” – San Diego

  
  Main Ingredient Lifestyle Company — Authority: 133
  confidentialWe arrived on Monday night thinking it would be a nice low-key way to enjoy a post-dinner drink while visiting this beautiful city.  On a reference by our waitress, we eagerly anticipated our arrival … One of our crew forgot her license but it didn’t take much to persuade the gentleman at the door to ...
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• The winter of Little Man’s discontent

  
  David Shankbone — Authority: 465
  Every year as winter approaches, I notice a change in my dog Little Man’s personality. At eight pounds, he is a small guy in a big city and he has known nothing else but this city his whole life. That is, except for travels to my sister’s in New Jersey and our month out in Colorado, New York City to him is ...
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• Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani Review!

  
  Sushubh's Blog — Authority: 110
  This is not going to be a formal review. But a rant piece instead. A lot has been spoken about this movie in the recent times. Rajkumar Santoshi directed this one. He apparently wanted this to become a huge hit so he went ahead and said something like… Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani is [...]
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