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'''See [[Wikipedia]] for the perspective more directly applicable to [[Consumerium]], and why this project can't just "merge with" or always cooperate with that one. The following was GFDL'd at [[Recyclopedia]]:''

'''Wikipedia''' is the only [[GFDL corpus access provider|offering access]] to [[GFDL corpus]] in all languages in which that corpus is written. It has set a [[wikitext standard]] that other [[GFDL]] access and editing services have chosen to meet to facilitate easy text exchange.

'''Wikipedia''' is the only [[GFDL corpus access provider|offering access]] to [[GFDL corpus]] in all languages in which that corpus is written. It has set a [[wikitext standard]] that other [[GFDL]] access and editing services ~~(such as [[Recyclopedia itself]])~~ have chosen to meet to facilitate easy text exchange.

'''Wikipedia''' encourages contribution of [[free content]] articles on any subject, with some [[almanac]]-like and [[gazetteer]]-like information. It claims to be an [[encyclopedia]], however, has none of the standard means of avoiding a [[systemic bias]] or [[validation]] or [[attribution]] such a project would require. It does not even have a chief [[editor]].

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== management ==

"Free" from the [[Wikimedia point of view]] means both free to use and free to edit, except for [[trolls]] and others excluded for ~~political~~ reasons~~, of which there are many~~. ''Contact the [[GodKing]] for advice on these criteria. Many [[wiki management]] [[Wikipedia as a bad example|bad examples are drawn from Wikipedia]].'' Some of these problems hamper the corpus itself:

"Free" from the [[Wikimedia point of view]] means both free to use and free to edit, except for [[trolls]] and others excluded for various reasons. ''Contact the [[GodKing]] for advice on these criteria. Many [[wiki management]] [[Wikipedia as a bad example|bad examples are drawn from Wikipedia]].'' Some of these problems hamper the corpus itself:

Wikipedia's [[server log]]s are not available to compile important information regarding [[link]] transit, which articles are most often reached from most others, which would much aid the editing effort. This information ~~is probably withheld because it is useful to [[Bomis.com]] - ''see [[Wikimedia corruption]]'' - and would~~ be useful to other [[search engine]]s.

Wikipedia's [[server log]]s are not available to compile important information regarding [[link]] transit, which articles are most often reached from most others, which would much aid the editing effort. This information could be useful to other [[search engine]]s.

[[Wikipedia factions]] constantly compete the control the presentation of certain topics. Although Wikipedia's [[arbitration]] has dealt remarkably well with subjects like [[abortion]] or [[capitalism]], they deal very poorly with [[Zionism]] or any subject where a [[mechanistic paradigm]] is challenged, e.g. [[immunology]], [[philosophy of mathematics]], [[talent]], [[creativity]], etc. Their [[neutral point of view]] ideology seems to lead strictly to mediocrity on such subjects that rely more on cognitive or spiritual assumptions about the [[human body]], [[human death]], [[killing]], and the dangers of [[Platonist]] views, [[scientism]], and [[technological escalation]]. Almost by definition, "Wikipedians" seem to favour such views.

As evidence, many of their [[software developer]]s abuse their power: "By wrapping up their ability to contribute with their ability to rule, they are made effectively unaccountable." [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developer_access]. [[Sysop vigilantiism]] is a related problem. To be fair, some of these issues arise strictly from the project's complexity:

As evidence (''not provided here''), many of their [[software developer]]s abuse their power: "By wrapping up their ability to contribute with their ability to rule, they are made effectively unaccountable." [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developer_access]. [[Sysop vigilantiism]] is a related problem. To be fair, some of these issues arise strictly from the project's complexity:

Wikipedia is multilingual, and an [[open content|open-content]], collaboratively developed creation, managed and operated by the ~~[[Wikimedia corruption|~~heavily conflicted]] [[Wikimedia|Wikimedia Foundation]]. As of [[February]] [[2004]], it contains over 210,000 articles in [[English language|English]], and over 280,000 articles in other languages.

Wikipedia is multilingual, and an [[open content|open-content]], collaboratively developed creation, managed and operated by the heavily conflicted [[Wikimedia|Wikimedia Foundation]]. As of [[February]] [[2004]], it contains over 210,000 articles in [[English language|English]], and over 280,000 articles in other languages.

== in violation of GFDL ==

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Wikipedia started as an [[English language]] project on [[January 15]], [[2001]]. Later projects were begun to build Wikipedia in other languages. More statistics and executive summaries may be found in the archive of [[Wikipedia:Press_releases|Wikipedia press releases]].

Wikipedia has been in semi-continuous operation since [[January 10]], [[2001]]. There are frequent outages. Downtimes are usually short, but no [[full text search]] has been available for many months - another way that '''Wikipedia''' falls short as an [[encyclopedia]]. See [[History of Wikipedia]] for more.

See [[History of Wikipedia]] for more.

==Antecedents==

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Wikipedia has been edited by thousands of people. Wikipedia calls people who edit it ''Wikipedians''. The total number of edits approximately doubled between January 2002 and January 2003, from 1,000 a day to 2,000 a day.

There is no editor-in-chief, as such. The two people who founded Wikipedia are Jimmy Wales (CEO of the small [[Internet company]] [[Bomis]], Inc.) and Larry Sanger. For the first thirteen months, Sanger was paid by Bomis to work on Wikipedia. Sanger was said to have taken a role of mediator at times, making decisions on issues of heated debates. This was based not on formal authority, but on demands from users at large. Funding ran out for his position, leading to his resignation in February of 2002. Other current and past Bomis employees who have done some work on the encyclopedia include Tim Shell, one of the co-founders of Bomis, as well as programmers Jason Richey and Toan Vo.

There is no editor-in-chief, as such. The two people who founded Wikipedia are Jimmy Wales (CEO of the small [[Internet company]] Bomis, Inc.) and Larry Sanger. For the first thirteen months, Sanger was paid by Bomis to work on Wikipedia. Sanger was said to have taken a role of mediator at times, making decisions on issues of heated debates. This was based not on formal authority, but on demands from users at large. Funding ran out for his position, leading to his resignation in February of 2002. Other current and past Bomis employees who have done some work on the encyclopedia include Tim Shell, one of the co-founders of Bomis, as well as programmers Jason Richey and Toan Vo.

==Software and hardware==

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A number of sites, such as "4reference.net" and "nationmaster" have used this to [[mirror (computing)|mirror]] or [[fork (software)|fork]] Wikipedia's content. [OpenFacts]

Source : GFDL'd at [[Recyclopedia]]

==External links==

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*[http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/08/03/wikipedia/index.html Aug 2003 CNN Article about Wikipedia]

*[http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/7/25/103136/121 Britannica or Nupedia? The Future of Free Encyclopedias] - [[Larry Sanger]]'s response to [[Britannica]]'s decision to charge fee (July 2001).

See [[Wikipedia (from 142 perspective)]] for another perspective, possibly more directly applicable to [[Consumerium]], and why this project can't just "merge with" or always cooperate with that one.

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-'''See [[Wikipedia]] for the perspective more directly applicable to [[Consumerium]], and why this project can't just "merge with" or always cooperate with that one.  The following was GFDL'd at [[Recyclopedia]]:''
+'''Wikipedia''' is the only [[GFDL corpus access provider|offering access]] to [[GFDL corpus]] in all languages in which that corpus is written.  It has set a [[wikitext standard]] that other [[GFDL]] access and editing services have chosen to meet to facilitate easy text exchange.
-'''Wikipedia''' is the only [[GFDL corpus access provider|offering access]] to [[GFDL corpus]] in all languages in which that corpus is written.  It has set a [[wikitext standard]] that other [[GFDL]] access and editing services (such as [[Recyclopedia itself]]) have chosen to meet to facilitate easy text exchange.
 '''Wikipedia''' encourages contribution of [[free content]] articles on any subject, with some [[almanac]]-like and [[gazetteer]]-like information.  It claims to be an [[encyclopedia]], however, has none of the standard means of avoiding a [[systemic bias]] or [[validation]] or [[attribution]] such a project would require.  It does not even have a chief [[editor]].
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 == management ==
-"Free" from the [[Wikimedia point of view]] means both free to use and free to edit, except for [[trolls]] and others excluded for political reasons, of which there are many.  ''Contact the [[GodKing]] for advice on these criteria.  Many [[wiki management]] [[Wikipedia as a bad example|bad examples are drawn from Wikipedia]].''  Some of these problems hamper the corpus itself:
+"Free" from the [[Wikimedia point of view]] means both free to use and free to edit, except for [[trolls]] and others excluded for various reasons.  ''Contact the [[GodKing]] for advice on these criteria.  Many [[wiki management]] [[Wikipedia as a bad example|bad examples are drawn from Wikipedia]].''  Some of these problems hamper the corpus itself:
-Wikipedia's [[server log]]s are not available to compile important information regarding [[link]] transit, which articles are most often reached from most others, which would much aid the editing effort.  This information is probably withheld because it is useful to [[Bomis.com]] - ''see [[Wikimedia corruption]]'' - and would be useful to other [[search engine]]s.
+Wikipedia's [[server log]]s are not available to compile important information regarding [[link]] transit, which articles are most often reached from most others, which would much aid the editing effort.  This information could be useful to other [[search engine]]s.
 [[Wikipedia factions]] constantly compete the control the presentation of certain topics.  Although Wikipedia's [[arbitration]] has dealt remarkably well with subjects like [[abortion]] or [[capitalism]], they deal very poorly with [[Zionism]] or any subject where a [[mechanistic paradigm]] is challenged, e.g. [[immunology]], [[philosophy of mathematics]], [[talent]], [[creativity]], etc.  Their [[neutral point of view]] ideology seems to lead strictly to mediocrity on such subjects that rely more on cognitive or spiritual assumptions about the [[human body]], [[human death]], [[killing]], and the dangers of [[Platonist]] views, [[scientism]], and [[technological escalation]].  Almost by definition, "Wikipedians" seem to favour such views.
-As evidence, many of their [[software developer]]s abuse their power:  "By wrapping up their ability to contribute with their ability to rule, they are made effectively unaccountable." [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developer_access].  [[Sysop vigilantiism]] is a related problem.  To be fair, some of these issues arise strictly from the project's complexity:
+As evidence (''not provided here''), many of their [[software developer]]s abuse their power:  "By wrapping up their ability to contribute with their ability to rule, they are made effectively unaccountable." [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developer_access].  [[Sysop vigilantiism]] is a related problem.  To be fair, some of these issues arise strictly from the project's complexity:
-Wikipedia is multilingual, and an [[open content|open-content]], collaboratively developed creation, managed and operated by the [[Wikimedia corruption|heavily conflicted]] [[Wikimedia|Wikimedia Foundation]]. As of [[February]] [[2004]], it contains over 210,000 articles in [[English language|English]], and over 280,000 articles in other languages.
+Wikipedia is multilingual, and an [[open content|open-content]], collaboratively developed creation, managed and operated by the heavily conflicted [[Wikimedia|Wikimedia Foundation]]. As of [[February]] [[2004]], it contains over 210,000 articles in [[English language|English]], and over 280,000 articles in other languages.
 == in violation of GFDL ==
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 Wikipedia started as an [[English language]] project on [[January 15]], [[2001]]. Later projects were begun to build Wikipedia in other languages.  More statistics and executive summaries may be found in the archive of [[Wikipedia:Press_releases|Wikipedia press releases]].
-Wikipedia has been in semi-continuous operation since [[January 10]], [[2001]].   There are frequent outages.  Downtimes are usually short, but no [[full text search]] has been available for many months - another way that '''Wikipedia''' falls short as an [[encyclopedia]].  See [[History of Wikipedia]] for more.
+See [[History of Wikipedia]] for more.
 ==Antecedents==
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 Wikipedia has been edited by thousands of people. Wikipedia calls people who edit it ''Wikipedians''. The total number of edits approximately doubled between January 2002 and January 2003, from 1,000 a day to 2,000 a day.
-There is no editor-in-chief, as such. The two people who founded Wikipedia are Jimmy Wales (CEO of the small [[Internet company]] [[Bomis]], Inc.) and Larry Sanger. For the first thirteen months, Sanger was paid by Bomis to work on Wikipedia. Sanger was said to have taken a role of mediator at times, making decisions on issues of heated debates. This was based not on formal authority, but on demands from users at large. Funding ran out for his position, leading to his resignation in February of 2002. Other current and past Bomis employees who have done some work on the encyclopedia include Tim Shell, one of the co-founders of Bomis, as well as programmers Jason Richey and Toan Vo.
+There is no editor-in-chief, as such. The two people who founded Wikipedia are Jimmy Wales (CEO of the small [[Internet company]] Bomis, Inc.) and Larry Sanger. For the first thirteen months, Sanger was paid by Bomis to work on Wikipedia. Sanger was said to have taken a role of mediator at times, making decisions on issues of heated debates. This was based not on formal authority, but on demands from users at large. Funding ran out for his position, leading to his resignation in February of 2002. Other current and past Bomis employees who have done some work on the encyclopedia include Tim Shell, one of the co-founders of Bomis, as well as programmers Jason Richey and Toan Vo.
 ==Software and hardware==
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 A number of sites, such as "4reference.net" and "nationmaster" have used this to [[mirror (computing)|mirror]] or [[fork (software)|fork]] Wikipedia's content. [OpenFacts]
+Source :  GFDL'd at [[Recyclopedia]]
 ==External links==
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 *[http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/08/03/wikipedia/index.html Aug 2003 CNN Article about Wikipedia]
 *[http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/7/25/103136/121 Britannica or Nupedia? The Future of Free Encyclopedias] - [[Larry Sanger]]'s response to [[Britannica]]'s decision to charge fee (July 2001).
+See [[Wikipedia (from 142 perspective)]] for another perspective, possibly more directly applicable to [[Consumerium]], and why this project can't just "merge with" or always cooperate with that one.