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  1. 11-05-2008 02:45 PM #1
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    Wikipedia, and other Wikimedia wikis

    If you didn't already know I am infact an editor at Wikipedia with over 19,000 edits. I'm curious about how others use it, an their knowledge of the other wikis.

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  2. 11-05-2008 03:18 PM #2
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    Re: Wikipedia, and other Wikimedia wikis

    Wikipedia is da bomb! I don't know why people hate it so much, but yet again those are the people who have never used Wiki software or looked at the edit history :P I've edited a few articles myself.

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  3. 11-05-2008 03:19 PM #3
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    Re: Wikipedia, and other Wikimedia wikis

    Quote Originally Posted by compwhizii View Post
    If you didn't already know I am infact an editor at Wikipedia with over 19,000 edits. I'm curious about how others use it, an their knowledge of the other wikis.

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    Ohhh that's nice! Well, got proof? I wanna see if it really is 19,000. Seems like a big big number lol
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  4. 11-05-2008 03:25 PM #4
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    Re: Wikipedia, and other Wikimedia wikis

    Yeah, I like wikipedia.
    Only problem with it is that of course anyone like us can simply edit an article and if we were evil we could make it wrong.
    I rarely use it much anymore for schoolwork etc. ever since I got a load of stuff on a homework wrong because someone had changed the article on wikipedia!
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  5. 11-05-2008 04:38 PM #5
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    Re: Wikipedia, and other Wikimedia wikis

    Quote Originally Posted by Dan View Post
    Only problem with it is that of course anyone like us can simply edit an article and if we were evil we could make it wrong.
    I rarely use it much anymore for schoolwork etc. ever since I got a load of stuff on a homework wrong because someone had changed the article on wikipedia!
    This is what the in-line citations are for. Use the data sources the article has referenced instead of the actual Wikipedia article itself.
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  6. 11-05-2008 05:02 PM #6
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    Re: Wikipedia, and other Wikimedia wikis

    Quote Originally Posted by vigge_sWe View Post
    Ohhh that's nice! Well, got proof? I wanna see if it really is 19,000. Seems like a big big number lol
    http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?ac...t&ususers=CWii
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  7. 11-05-2008 06:53 PM #7
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    Re: Wikipedia, and other Wikimedia wikis

    Quote Originally Posted by TheMan177 View Post
    This is what the in-line citations are for. Use the data sources the article has referenced instead of the actual Wikipedia article itself.
    Yeah, that's the best part of wikipedia I think.
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    Re: Wikipedia, and other Wikimedia wikis

    I love all the wikis. It is so nice to be able to find whatever you want in less than 10 seconds. I only use it periodically and I edit if I find a mistake or have something to add.
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  9. 11-06-2008 02:11 AM #9
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    Re: Wikipedia, and other Wikimedia wikis

    I wonder what was the first article made on wikipedia?
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  10. 11-06-2008 02:15 AM #10
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    Re: Wikipedia, and other Wikimedia wikis

    Quote Originally Posted by kkenny View Post
    I wonder what was the first article made on wikipedia?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...ldest_articles
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