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කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වාTop contributor
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To Those Who Love Reading !
Sun Jan 17, 2016 10:04 pm
Wikipedia is “like a sausage”, its founder, Jimmy Wales, told a reporter in 2004. “You might like the taste of it, but you don’t necessarily want to see how it’s made.” Back then, the free online encyclopaedia that anyone can edit was an exciting new, scrappy, collaborative utopia. Now it is the most influential source of information in the world. Wikipedia is often the first search result when we google something, our first destination when we want to understand something, and the place where academics, journalists and politicians first brief themselves, even though they might pretend it is not.
Dismissed as dangerously unreliable in its early days, Wikipedia has become more rigorous over the years, with references essential to the survival of any article. We trust the website much more: amid the early panic of the ebola outbreak, the Wikipedia page for the virus was seen as an authoritative, reliable source, receiving as many hits as the World Health Organisation’s online ebola fact sheet. Wikipedia has become one of the most recognised brands in the world and for many people it is the portal to knowledge in the 21st century.
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Dismissed as dangerously unreliable in its early days, Wikipedia has become more rigorous over the years, with references essential to the survival of any article. We trust the website much more: amid the early panic of the ebola outbreak, the Wikipedia page for the virus was seen as an authoritative, reliable source, receiving as many hits as the World Health Organisation’s online ebola fact sheet. Wikipedia has become one of the most recognised brands in the world and for many people it is the portal to knowledge in the 21st century.
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Danidu- Posts : 264
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Re: To Those Who Love Reading !
Mon Jan 18, 2016 2:15 am
Thanks Kith, after long reading. Many times, it helps me to find lot of things belongs to my job and some historical things through Wikipedia. Thanks.
chutiputhaTop contributor- Posts : 1948
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Re: To Those Who Love Reading !
Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:47 pm
Thank U Kith Ayya
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