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= Wikipedia = | = Wikipedia = | ||
The [http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] is a brilliant and compelling success of the new era of the Internet. We are eager observers and participants of the project. | The [http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] is a brilliant and compelling success of the new era of the Internet. We are eager observers and participants of the project. | ||
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== Our contributions == | == Our contributions == | ||
We edit infrequently the wikipedia and seldom put notable efforts in its development. We keep annotated records of entries we created or contributed to significantly, see our [[contributions to the Wikipedia]]. | We edit infrequently the wikipedia and seldom put notable efforts in its development. We keep annotated records of entries we created or contributed to significantly, see our [[contributions to the Wikipedia]]. | ||
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| + | == Recollections == | ||
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| + | {{pet}}I have met the Wikipedia online when it was still marginal and widely unknown. At my earliest encounters, I was fascinated by the concept, but did not believe it would take off (who would have? Even Jimmy Wales seems to have been warry.) I was also confused with other similar projects, like Nupedia (later abandonned) that at this time seemed to hold a stronger status than Wikipedia, or the [[h2g2]] website following from [[Adams]]' insights, but that I could never take seriously. It wasn't obvious Wikipedia was having any lead. I remember lamenting to a friend the lack of support of images, mathematics, etc. Actually, images were already pretty much supported but it was rare to find them in an article. The style was much less polished than today. Really a work in progress... but what progress! | ||
== Quotes == | == Quotes == | ||
| − | * ''My source of information is books, not Wikipedia.'', [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard-Henri_L%C3%A9vy Bernard Henry Lévy], on seriously quoting as a reference in a 2010 work a fictitious character ([http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Botul Botul]) | + | * "''My source of information is books, not Wikipedia.''", [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard-Henri_L%C3%A9vy Bernard Henry Lévy], on seriously quoting as a reference in a 2010 work a fictitious character ([http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Botul Botul]) who is presented as such in the opening line of his Wikipedia page <wz tip="An entry for Botul exists on the French Wikipedia since 31 March 2005, where he is presented as an historical figure. The identification as a fictitious character was corrected by user Nguyenld on 22 of November 2005.">since 2005</wz>. |
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| + | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=statistics API to extract live statistics]. | ||
| + | * http://hatnote.com/#en Track edits by anonymous users in real time and in particular to [http://listen.hatnote.com/ listen to the Wikipedia]. | ||
| + | * [https://citer.toolforge.org/?user_input=10.1038%2Fs41578-018-0008-9 Tool to generate Wikipedia citations from doi] (they do it [[Blog:Hacks/A_simple_way_to_quote_from_bibTeX_in_MediaWiki|very differently from us]]; see also [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ProveIt ProveIt] & [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_expander Citation expander]). | ||
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| + | == Wikipedias == | ||
| − | + | * http://www.wikipedia.org | |
Latest revision as of 10:26, 6 October 2024
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Wikipedia
The Wikipedia is a brilliant and compelling success of the new era of the Internet. We are eager observers and participants of the project.
Our contributions
We edit infrequently the wikipedia and seldom put notable efforts in its development. We keep annotated records of entries we created or contributed to significantly, see our contributions to the Wikipedia.
Recollections
I have met the Wikipedia online when it was still marginal and widely unknown. At my earliest encounters, I was fascinated by the concept, but did not believe it would take off (who would have? Even Jimmy Wales seems to have been warry.) I was also confused with other similar projects, like Nupedia (later abandonned) that at this time seemed to hold a stronger status than Wikipedia, or the h2g2 website following from Adams' insights, but that I could never take seriously. It wasn't obvious Wikipedia was having any lead. I remember lamenting to a friend the lack of support of images, mathematics, etc. Actually, images were already pretty much supported but it was rare to find them in an article. The style was much less polished than today. Really a work in progress... but what progress!
Quotes
- "My source of information is books, not Wikipedia.", Bernard Henry Lévy, on seriously quoting as a reference in a 2010 work a fictitious character (Botul) who is presented as such in the opening line of his Wikipedia page since 2005.
Links
- API to extract live statistics.
- http://hatnote.com/#en Track edits by anonymous users in real time and in particular to listen to the Wikipedia.
- Tool to generate Wikipedia citations from doi (they do it very differently from us; see also ProveIt & Citation expander).