The Charms of Wikipedia

The New York Review of Books by Nicholson Baker | Mar. 3, 2008 (Special Report)

More people use Wikipedia than Amazon or eBay--in fact it's up there in the top-ten Alexa rankings with those moneyed funhouses MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube. Why? Because it has 2.2 million articles, and because it's very often the first hit in a Google search, and because it just feels good to find something there--even, or especially, when the article you find is maybe a little clumsily written. Any inelegance, or typo, or relic of vandalism reminds ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Mar 3, 2008 - 8:21 AM PST
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James Jackson
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 by James Jackson - Oct. 1, 2008

This claims to be a review of "Wikipedia: The Missing Manual". In reality it is an overview of the Wikipedia editing process. Most users of Wikipedia do not need or want to know this. However, if you are the sort of person who enjoys setting on Edit and Review Committees it may point you to a new mission in life.

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Juliet Sallette
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 by Juliet Sallette - Oct. 1, 2008

This article was well written. The author did a great job on such an important topic. I am encouraged to read this book after the review.

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008
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