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> 2009/6/15 Carcharoth :
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> > And then I ask what sparked other people's interests in Wikipedia, and
> > a really long thread results.
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I think it was through the b3ta newsletter (http://www.b3ta.com/newsletter/),
back when they were often marvelling at Wikipedia's extent rather than
encouragi
2009/6/15 David Gerard :
> 2009/6/15 Carcharoth :
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>> And then I ask what sparked other people's interests in Wikipedia, and
>> a really long thread results.
I was heavily into h2g2 from its very early days (a long time
pre-Rupert, for those that know what that means) and kept seeing this
thing c
As I recall, I was looking something up to mention in an argument, and much
to my surprise the article I found was (gasp!) up for deletion. Quite
curious, I looked at the AfD page and left a comment. The article was kept,
though in retrospect I know it would have been with or without my minor
addit
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> And then I ask what sparked other people's interests in Wikipedia, and a
> really long thread results.
In searching for directions to my local railway station a few years ago, I
noticed the corresponding Wikipedia article was terribly lacking in
information. I expanded as best I could, and go
I found pseudoscience on Wikipedia and resolved to correct it. Took way too
much of my time..:)
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:58 AM, David Gerard wrote:
> 2009/6/15 Carcharoth :
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> > And then I ask what sparked other people's interests in Wikipedia, and
> > a really long thread results.
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> My w
David Gerard wrote:
> 2009/6/15 Carcharoth :
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>> And then I ask what sparked other people's interests in Wikipedia, and
>> a really long thread results.
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> My wife suggested in late 2003 I look something up on "Wikipedia." I
> started off in a quiet and noncontroversial manner, fir
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Al Tally wrote:
> What really sucked me in was editing Big Brother articles - these introduced
> me to talk pages, wikiprojects, admins, AFD, RFA... pretty much everything I
> know about Wikipedia stems from those early days on the Big Brother
> articles. Ah, the me
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:58 AM, David Gerard wrote:
> 2009/6/15 Carcharoth :
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>> And then I ask what sparked other people's interests in Wikipedia, and
>> a really long thread results.
Like most time-consuming hobbies of mine, it started as a form of
procrastination, in this case, when I was sup
I knew about Wikipedia for ages, but had no idea you could actually edit it.
Then in April 2006, a friend of mine showed me a page they created on
Uncyclopedia. And I thought to myself - I can make a better page! So I did,
and was rather sad that I didn't create an account beforehand, so I could be
> 2009/6/15 Carcharoth :
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>> And then I ask what sparked other people's interests in Wikipedia,
>> and
>> a really long thread results.
>
I was trolling around the internet looking for information on
political candidates. I found the article on Governor Brad Henry on
Wikipedia, and got s
A BusStop?
Wow:
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?TourBusStop
http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?TourBusStop
That's so... nice.
Carcharoth
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Charles
Matthews wrote:
> I heard of WP, as of early 2003 I suppose, on MeatBall Wiki. This sort
> of thing: http://www.usemod.com/c
I heard of WP, as of early 2003 I suppose, on MeatBall Wiki. This sort
of thing: http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?EnglishWikipedia. Wow,
they deleted 100 pages a day. With their bare hands. StephenGilbert
talking about an IP number vandal, I do recall. I was on Meatball
because a BusStop had
2009/6/15 Carcharoth :
> And then I ask what sparked other people's interests in Wikipedia, and
> a really long thread results.
My wife suggested in late 2003 I look something up on "Wikipedia." I
started off in a quiet and noncontroversial manner, first editing
stuff about neo-Nazis then editin
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