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Wikipedia articles, flawed as they are, can often be a good first reference for someone with no knowledge at all of a topic, especially if they have good references. After reading a Wikipedia article, it is usually possible to enter a few search terms in google or another search engine and find more credible material on the same subject, confident that you are using the terms that are recognized there. Indeed, it is the ability to find several dozen to a hundred or so hits on google that is often used as a criteria for an acceptable title of an article. This one good feature is abused by applying it to subtitles... and generally by applying it only to subjects politically disliked by the sysops.
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There are a ton of Wikipedia articles on static/historical topics that could be well-served by Google Knols. The standard PageRank algorithms should make the top pages float to the top. Authors and scholars with knowledge in bizzare specialised topics could find this development quite useful.
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[I]n June, as reported in Wikipedia's own on-line newspaper, in rejecting an attempt to register a trademark, the UK Intellectual Property Office based their decision in part on the Wikipedia article on Formula One motor racing. Despite noting that Wikipedia could host "potentially libellous [sic] statements", the final ruling extensively quotes Wikipedia sources and includes a claim by author David Landau that "inherently, I cannot see that what is in Wikipedia is any less likely to be true than what is published in a book or on the websites of news organisations" [sic]. As unreported on Wikipedia, Landau ... noted that the material referred to contains "the history and background of F1 racing, nothing particularly controversial."
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On September 20, 2004, Wikipedia reached the milestone of including one million articles in 105 different languages. At that time, nearly 2,500 articles were being added each day, with some 25,000 articles being updated daily.
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Wikipedia refers to two of its pivotal features in its slogan, "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit." Indeed, virtually any person on the Internet may create or edit a Wikipedia article, thanks to computer software known as a wiki. Contributors may edit Wikipedia anonymously or register permanent "user" accounts. Currently, Wikipedia has tens of thousands of users.[3]
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The following is a list of URLs that have sent Wikipedia traffic based on the press release. They're either copies of the press release or articles or other write-ups based on or inspired by the press release.
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