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Who The Hell Writes Wikipedia, Anyway? Posted: 04 Jan 2009 12:47 AM PST The bulk of Wikipedia is written by 1400 obsessed freaks who do little else but contribute to the site, says a post racing up the Hacker News charts . The post pulls this number from an essay Aaron Swartz wrote more than two years ago, based on some comments by Jimmy Wales.
Read out the full story from the following link http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/who-the-hell-writes-wikipedia-anyway  |
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73.4 Percent of All Wikipedia Edits Are Made By Roughly 1,400 People Posted: 04 Jan 2009 12:45 AM PST Most college professors discourage students from using Wikipedia as a reliable source of information, and if you've ever wondered why, here is the reason: Read out the full story from the following link
http://www.collegeotr.com/college_otr/734_percent_of_all_wikipedia_edits_are_made_by_roughly_1400_people_17499 |
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Google tells users to drop IE6 Posted: 04 Jan 2009 12:39 AM PST Chicago (IL) - Taking a page out of Apple's book, Google is now urging Gmail users to drop Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) in favor of Firefox or Chrome that, according to the company, run the popular web-based email service "twice as fast." Google also labels IE6 as an unsupported browser, meaning it fails to run some Gmail features. Read out the full article from the following link http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content-view-40785-140.html |