Trevorp at 04:35, 29 March 2006

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	*Wikipedia founded in 2001 by Jimmy Wales		*Wikipedia founded in 2001 by Jimmy Wales
	*"an effort to create and distribute a multilingual free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own language."		*"an effort to create and distribute a multilingual free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own language."
-	*229 languages, 10 larger than britannica, 39 with more than 10,000 articles	+	*229 languages, 10 larger than britannica (120k articles), 39 with more than 10,000 articles
-	*	+	*18th most popular web site according to alexa
		+	*refactoring of the failed newpedia project, with asked for academics to contribute content for articles, and had a rigerous review process
		+	*wikipedia opened up editing to the general public!
		+	*changes are made immediately
		+	*slogan "The free encyclopedia that anyone can edit"
		+	*from the outset the project caused some contravercy
		+	*had produced 1 million articles (350 million words) of good (although varying) content
		+	*nature study of 50 articles found wikipedia to have 4 errors/article compared to 3 for britannica
		+	*cleanup and project crews that monitor changes, ensureing all modifications meet a minimum standard.
		+	*large teams of dedicated volunteers, very responsive
		+	**cleanup
		+	***several hundred members
		+	**copyright violations
		+	**vandalism
		+	***Most vandalisation reverted within minutes
		+	***history function allows additions to be tracked, and changes reversed easily.
		+	**expanding short pages
		+	**categorisation

Trevorp at 03:35, 29 March 2006

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		+	*Wikipedia founded in 2001 by Jimmy Wales
		+	*"an effort to create and distribute a multilingual free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own language."
		+	*229 languages, 10 larger than britannica, 39 with more than 10,000 articles
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137.166.127.86 — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:22:01 GMT

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Honours Day Presentation - Revision history

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