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994: 512: 174: 646: 427: 182: 728: 1042: 121: 111: 37: 131: 982:, also known as Alessio Guidetti, has died. Cotton was the treasurer of Wikimedia Italia from 2009 to April 2014, an administrator on Italian Knowledge (XXG), and a frequent translator of Knowledge (XXG) content. Cotton was noted for his sense of humor, his trustworthiness, and his pragmatism. Following Knowledge (XXG) customs, users are leaving memorials on 91: 190: 141: 101: 770:, in response to a claim inserted into his Knowledge (XXG) article on September 24 and removed by a different editor on October 2. The show ran for twenty years beginning in 1972, four years before Nuttall's birth. Nuttall said "I think this is probably the funniest thing I’ve ever read about myself on the internet. I’m all for it." 1168:
states, "Disambiguation pages, templates, navboxes, user pages, discussion pages, file pages, category pages, help pages and Knowledge (XXG) policy pages are not articles." Therefore WP:MOS does not apply. Furthermore, the Signpost is a newsletter, and necessarily employs a different style. Even the
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One month after Knowledge (XXG)'s launch, it had a thousand articles, approximately seventy times the number that Nupedia had after a full year. By September 2001, after eight months in existence, it had ten thousand articles. ... A year after that, the article total reached forty thousand, more than
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There's a really interesting tension between Knowledge (XXG) being an encyclopedia and the different ways people write in it. It's kind of surprising, because he's this amazing writer, and some of the edits are quite well written or witty in places. In the end, they turned into encyclopedia entries.
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That was when Wales and Sanger discovered Ward Cunningham's wiki software. Like many digital-age innovations, the application of wiki software to Nupedia in order to create Knowledge (XXG)—combining two ideas to create an innovation—was a collaborative process involving thoughts that were already in
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The story of Knowledge (XXG); Knowledge (XXG) reanimated and republished; New UK government social media rules; death of Italian Knowledge (XXG) administrator: Among many newsworthy stories this week, the Signpost notes the passing of Italian Knowledge (XXG) administrator and former Wikimedia Italia
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that seems to hit the brain's pleasure center when you make a smart edit and it appears instantly in a Knowledge (XXG) article. Until recently, being published was a pleasure afforded only to a select few. Most of us in that category can remember the thrill of seeing our words appear in public for
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are a celebration of content driven by function and necessity. Compositions are created by copying a found animated gif file dozens of times and embedding them into a single HTML page. When the browser tries (and fails) to load all of the files simultaneously they become out of synch, creating an
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Care should be taken when editing collaboratively edited websites such as Knowledge (XXG) and engaging with chat forums and commentable articles – posts can be linked back to government IP addresses. Anyone found to be making inappropriate edits will be disciplined which could lead to dismissal.
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We want "In the Media" to be as comprehensive as possible, but we need your help. Even if you can only contribute one or two short items occasionally, that would help immensely. Editors familiar with languages other than English and Spanish are especially sought-after. Please contact
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After covering the disagreements over who brought what inspiration to the project, and the philosophical differences between Nupedia and Knowledge (XXG), Isaacson then brings us to the main event: the launch of Knowledge (XXG) in early 2001.
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P.S. I use the {{pulled quote}} liberally in the Signpost, but at the same time, if I encountered it in an article, I would be among the first to make an edit converting it to a quote template that did adhere to WP:MOS.
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animation cycle that visualizes the latencies specific to the viewer. Each viewing is a unique experience dictated by the speed of the network, the browser used and the speed of the computer.
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By then, Wales had let Sanger go. A year later, after Knowledge (XXG) had accumulated 100,000 articles and a critical mass of editors, Nupedia met its demise when Knowledge (XXG) subsumed it.
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He speculates on why editors contribute, and concludes it is more than giving people free access to knowledge, that most contribute out of the sheer joy of sharing what they know.
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methods for the Wikikpedia namespace are different at the Mediawiki level; for instance, external links are represented differently than in the (Main/Article) namespace.
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The story of Knowledge (XXG); Knowledge (XXG) reanimated and republished; UK government social media rules; death of Italian Knowledge (XXG) administrator
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the first time. Knowledge (XXG), like blogs, made that treat available to anyone. You didn't have to be credentialed or anointed by the media elite.
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Having recounted Knowledge (XXG)'s beginnings, Isaacson moves on to describe his own experience as a Knowledge (XXG) editor and being part of the
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is a series of art websites, each created from a single animation and audio file found on wikipedia.org. The title originates from one of
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process that they devised proved to be "painfully slow" and "not a lot of fun." After the first year, Nupedia only had a dozen articles.
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in early 1995, and it became familiar to software engineers over the next several years, although it was largely unknown to the public.
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The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
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was "simply scraped, word for word, fact for fact" from the list at the Knowledge (XXG) article
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in producing articles. He notes the tremendous growth ("Knowledge (XXG) was able to spread like
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files from Knowledge (XXG) and combined them with unrelated Knowledge (XXG) audio files.
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Why use the pull-quote format for block quotes? This sets a terrible example. See
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was all inserted by the same IP address in September and October of this year.
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Former Wikimedia Italia treasurer and Italian Knowledge (XXG) administrator
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hosting bill and I know your writers use Knowledge (XXG) as much as I do."
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to create a visionary application for the Internet that he called the
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New challenges to come: Charter of WikiMedia Movement (WMM-Charter).
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his mother had bought for him, to his post-graduate involvement with
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was a Knowledge (XXG) editor who made 22 edits from 2004 to 2009 as
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where editors concluded the lengthy article was overly promotional.
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On this last point, he gives a shout out to now-departed editor
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law enforcement agencies which charges that a woman from
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thus means doubly quick. He released WikiWikiWeb as
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The new guidelines read 907:(October 17) that the article for the late 434:, one of the animated GIFs used by Roth in 980:Italian Knowledge (XXG) contributor Cotton 972:Death of former Wikimedia Italia treasurer 789:and other Latin American countries on the 764:on the popular children's television show 692:Free as in Open Access and Knowledge (XXG) 682:featured a guest post from Yana Welinder ( 612:"Social Media Guidance for Civil Servants" 422:Knowledge (XXG) reanimated and republished 260:, from his childhood fascination with the 1313:Knowledge (XXG) Signpost archives 2014-10 449:(October 8) the newest project of artist 1160:, not the (Main/Article) namespace (see 203:(October 19) ran a long excerpt called " 188: 180: 172: 18:Knowledge (XXG):Knowledge (XXG) Signpost 1125: 1101: 976:announced on the Wikimedia-l email list 872:(October 17) that Jim Zeigler, current 837:, is the subject of an uncomplimentary 495:Knowledge (XXG)'s core content policies 71: 410:system that some were featured as the 1216:Is there a link / wikilink for this? 861:Host your own Knowledge (XXG) article 217:. Isaacson begins by describing how 29: 7: 793:, including the articles of current 593:New UK government social media rules 833:: Christopher Sandford's new book, 757:(October 18) that he portrayed the 515:Russ Meyer and Roger Ebert (right) 57: 28: 1259:is written by editors like you – 1107:These comments are automatically 795:Uruguayan presidential candidates 731:Paul Nuttall, not Bungle the bear 944:Stolen money and stolen pictures 457:, which was commissioned by the 342:that Wales's mother had bought. 139: 129: 119: 109: 99: 89: 660:The Bellingen Shire Courier-Sun 399:, whose moniker comes from the 1118:add the page to your watchlist 680:Electronic Frontier Foundation 416:nobody knows you're a commoner 237:. Cunningham had learned that 1: 1243:21:33, 19 December 2014 (UTC) 1001:, second from left, has died. 774:Vandalismo en Knowledge (XXG) 649:Ada Lovelace Edit-a-thon 2014 1226:22:42, 30 October 2014 (UTC) 1212:22:14, 30 October 2014 (UTC) 1194:20:34, 28 October 2014 (UTC) 1179:20:23, 28 October 2014 (UTC) 1147:16:34, 28 October 2014 (UTC) 1015:if you wish to contribute. 927:Subscribe to Knowledge (XXG) 849:players who died serving in 539:which was released into the 465:. Roth took eleven animated 461:as part of their exhibition 169:The story of Knowledge (XXG) 913:US House of Representatives 717:Indian Institute of Science 1329: 1158:Knowledge (XXG) namespace 911:, longtime member of the 686:), Legal Counsel for the 235:Wiki Wiki airport shuttle 878:State Auditor of Alabama 798:Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou 713:Ada Lovelace Edit-a-thon 610:. 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