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Friday Fun Link – A People Map of the Most Wikipedia Searched Person in Each Major City in the US

Who is the most searched resident of each city in the US on Wikipedia?

List of Flags By Colour Combination (and the Story of One Man Who’s Edited 1/3 of Wikipedia Articles)

This is a pretty interesting Wikipedia article. Also, the news has picked up on the story of one guy who’s apparently edited 1/3 of Wikipedia’s millions of articles and created 35,000 original articles.

¶ Posted 29 January 2019 § Canada § Internet § Jobs § List § Technology § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, education, history, unitedstates

What Happens If You Keep Clicking On The First Link of A Wikipedia Article Over and Over Again?

You almost inevitably end up in the entry for “Philosophy”!

¶ Posted 20 March 2016 § Internet § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, wikipedia

Friday Fun Link – Listen to Wikipedia

HatNote is a unique site that interprets ongoing Wikipedia edits as musical notes – which creates a nice ambient soundscape if you leave it open in a tab.

¶ Posted 04 December 2015 § FridayFunLink § Randomness § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, wikipedia

13 Best Entries from the TL;DR Tumblr Version of Wikipedia

TL;DR means “too long; didn’t read” and is used when you provide a summary of a longer comment or article. A hilarious Tumblr (now private?) creates TL;DR versions of Wikipedia articles. Even though the original Tumblr doesn’t appear to be available, Google Images is your friend.

¶ Posted 23 June 2015 § Humour § Infographic § Internet § List § Meme § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, language, wikipedia

Friday Fun Link – Wikipedia’s List of Emerging Technologies

Covering all kinds of sectors from energy to manufacturing to health and more. Fascinating glimpse at the near future.

¶ Posted 08 November 2013 § FridayFunLink § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, economics, google, health, science, wikipedia

Live Map of Changes to Wikipedia

Fascinating (although not quite as comprehensive as you’d expect – only people who aren’t logged in to Wikipedia accounts have their IP addresses logged when they make edits. So this visualization only shows a small subset of active Wikipedia editors – mostly made up of those not committed enough to have an account or who are […]

¶ Posted 12 May 2013 § Internet § Randomness § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: wikipedia

Wikipedia’s Doing Their Annual Year-End Fundraising Drive – Do They Need To?

According to this article, not really.

¶ Posted 20 December 2012 § Internet § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, wikipedia

@ryanmeili Monday – Wikipedia Woes for #skndpldr Candidate Headshots

I’ve got a well-documented love/hate relationship with Wikipedia. As much as I love the idea of Wikipedia, I’m frequently disappointed by how it runs in practice. The non-notability issues. The deletionists. The scammers (including, recently, a Wikipedia trustee who was discovered accepting payment via his consulting company for ensuring placement of certain articles on the […]

¶ Posted 01 October 2012 § Censorship § Internet § Photo § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: wikipedia

Wikipedia Going Dark?

To raise awareness about the pending SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) in the United States which would give law enforcement unprecedented powers to crack down on Internet web sites and providers, Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales asked his community for their thoughts (and votes) on making Wikipedia go dark as a protest. The ensuing debate is […]