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swestrup ([personal profile] swestrup) wrote2006-09-07 04:23 pm

I Love Wikipedia.

You know Wikipedia gets better all the time. Two years ago it was barely useful as a general encyclopedia. When I looked up Ancient Rome sometime early last year it had almost nothing. Now it has hundreds of pages of useful, well written articles on the subject.

Today I was reminded of a non-LJ friend's question of "Who the heck was Ponsonby Britt?" Since the name shows up mysteriously in the credits of the Bullwinkle show. Well, Wikipedia knew. I bet I wouldn't find anything in Britanica on that subject.

[identity profile] xipetotec.livejournal.com 2006-09-07 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)

I worship wikipedia.

God is all knowing... and wikipedia knows everything... coincidence?

[identity profile] wintersweet.livejournal.com 2006-09-08 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
I was thinking maybe my attitude toward it had turned a corner in the last year or so, but maybe Wikipedia itself did.

[identity profile] vierge-en-trop.livejournal.com 2006-09-08 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
This nicely compliments my "I hate Wikipedia" post.

[identity profile] scjody.livejournal.com 2006-09-09 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
It doesn't. I checked.