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Release date January, 2001
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ProSCORE
41 reviews
70
negative
mixed
positive
31 positive
7 mixed
3 negative

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Supported by a huge, passionate community of Wikipedians
+30agreedisagree

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Open-content, open-source
+30agreedisagree

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Easily Edited
+25agreedisagree

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Best resource of info on the Internet
+25agreedisagree

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Updated every second of the day
+25agreedisagree

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Makes the world a better place
+19agreedisagree

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Provides good general overviews of many topics (uncontroversial ones)
+5agreedisagree

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not easily edited(you can edit but in about 2 secs its back to normal{it only edits once it has been verified})
-2agreedisagree

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Sometimes the subject of controversies over the accuracy of its content
+24agreedisagree

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Easily Edited
+8agreedisagree

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Editorial process is highly political
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Groups seize control of articles to promote their viewpoints or interests
+4agreedisagree

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Phony experts can easily add bad information (confidence, supporting detail)
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Individuals add articles which promote themselves and/or their products
+2agreedisagree

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Obsessive types add huge quantities of irrelevant detail and/or references to video games and TV shows
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not as unbiased as it claims to be - many articles with political undertones tend to be somewhat "left-wing"
-4agreedisagree

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Built in search engine is almost unusable
-6agreedisagree


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• What would you do with 100 million dollars?

written by Omar Oct 23, 06

This report was started October 23, 2006 at 7:38 am by Omar
with the last edit occurring March 7, 2010 at 5:50 am by fractalhorizon
This page has been viewed 2621 times, with 341 edits by 45 contributors.
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1.  avatar Erik said:

I still remember that first time I used Wikipedia in 2004. I did a Google search for "leptons" and ended browsing this great resource of information on subatomic particles. Then, I noticed the "edit this page". So what did I do? Wrote a message to my brother then messaged him to see if it was true.
Oct 23, 2006 9:58am
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bissap

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September 2, 2009
approved
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ProSCORE
25
negative
mixed
positive
2 pros
6 cons
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Pros

  • Updated every second of the day
  • Provides good general overviews of many topics (uncontroversial ones)

Cons

  • Sometimes the subject of controversies over the accuracy of its content
  • Editorial process is highly political
  • Groups seize control of articles to promote their viewpoints or interests
  • Phony experts can easily add bad information (confidence, supporting detail)
  • Individuals add articles which promote themselves and/or their products
  • Obsessive types add huge quantities of irrelevant detail and/or references to video games and TV shows

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Erik

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November 29, 2007
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
86
negative
mixed
positive
6 pros
1 con
love itlove it
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Pros

  • Supported by a huge, passionate community of Wikipedians
  • Open-content, open-source
  • Easily Edited
  • Best resource of info on the Internet
  • Updated every second of the day
  • Makes the world a better place

Cons

  • Sometimes the subject of controversies over the accuracy of its content

Comments

"I still remember that first time I used Wikipedia in 2004. I did a Google search for "leptons" and ended browsing this great resource of information on subatomic particles. Then, I noticed the "edit this page". So what did I do? Wrote a message to my brother then messaged him to see if it was true."
Did you find this review helpful?
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fractalhorizon

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March 7, 2010
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
50
negative
mixed
positive
7 pros
7 cons

Pros

  • Supported by a huge, passionate community of Wikipedians
  • Open-content, open-source
  • Easily Edited
  • Best resource of info on the Internet
  • Updated every second of the day
  • Makes the world a better place
  • Provides good general overviews of many topics (uncontroversial ones)

Cons

  • Sometimes the subject of controversies over the accuracy of its content
  • Easily Edited
  • Editorial process is highly political
  • Groups seize control of articles to promote their viewpoints or interests
  • Phony experts can easily add bad information (confidence, supporting detail)
  • Individuals add articles which promote themselves and/or their products
  • Obsessive types add huge quantities of irrelevant detail and/or references to video games and TV shows

Did you find this review helpful?
Yes
 / 
No

onepuff

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February 7, 2010
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
58
negative
mixed
positive
7 pros
5 cons

Pros

  • Supported by a huge, passionate community of Wikipedians
  • Open-content, open-source
  • Easily Edited
  • Best resource of info on the Internet
  • Updated every second of the day
  • Makes the world a better place
  • Provides good general overviews of many topics (uncontroversial ones)

Cons

  • Sometimes the subject of controversies over the accuracy of its content
  • Editorial process is highly political
  • Groups seize control of articles to promote their viewpoints or interests
  • Phony experts can easily add bad information (confidence, supporting detail)
  • Individuals add articles which promote themselves and/or their products

Did you find this review helpful?
Yes
 / 
No

Fila

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September 16, 2009
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
58
negative
mixed
positive
7 pros
5 cons
love itlove it
have ithave it

Pros

  • Supported by a huge, passionate community of Wikipedians
  • Open-content, open-source
  • Easily Edited
  • Best resource of info on the Internet
  • Updated every second of the day
  • Makes the world a better place
  • Provides good general overviews of many topics (uncontroversial ones)

Cons

  • Sometimes the subject of controversies over the accuracy of its content
  • Editorial process is highly political
  • Groups seize control of articles to promote their viewpoints or interests
  • not as unbiased as it claims to be - many articles with political undertones tend to be somewhat "left-wing"
  • Built in search engine is almost unusable

Did you find this review helpful?
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 / 
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kslkguard

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October 24, 2009
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
78
negative
mixed
positive
7 pros
2 cons

Pros

  • Supported by a huge, passionate community of Wikipedians
  • Open-content, open-source
  • Easily Edited
  • Best resource of info on the Internet
  • Updated every second of the day
  • Makes the world a better place
  • Provides good general overviews of many topics (uncontroversial ones)

Cons

  • Editorial process is highly political
  • Phony experts can easily add bad information (confidence, supporting detail)

Did you find this review helpful?
Yes
 / 
No

SohumB

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January 12, 2009
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
75
negative
mixed
positive
6 pros
2 cons
love itlove it

Pros

  • Supported by a huge, passionate community of Wikipedians
  • Open-content, open-source
  • Easily Edited
  • Best resource of info on the Internet
  • Updated every second of the day
  • Makes the world a better place

Cons

  • Sometimes the subject of controversies over the accuracy of its content
  • Built in search engine is almost unusable

Did you find this review helpful?
Yes
 / 
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lonehunter

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January 4, 2009
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
75
negative
mixed
positive
6 pros
2 cons

Pros

  • Supported by a huge, passionate community of Wikipedians
  • Open-content, open-source
  • Easily Edited
  • Best resource of info on the Internet
  • Updated every second of the day
  • Makes the world a better place

Cons

  • Sometimes the subject of controversies over the accuracy of its content
  • Easily Edited

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 / 
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mugglensu

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December 29, 2008
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
62
negative
mixed
positive
5 pros
3 cons
have ithave it
love itlove it

Pros

  • Supported by a huge, passionate community of Wikipedians
  • Open-content, open-source
  • Easily Edited
  • Updated every second of the day
  • Makes the world a better place

Cons

  • Sometimes the subject of controversies over the accuracy of its content
  • Easily Edited
  • Built in search engine is almost unusable

Did you find this review helpful?
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 / 
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Yale

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July 3, 2008
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
75
negative
mixed
positive
6 pros
2 cons
love itlove it

Pros

  • Supported by a huge, passionate community of Wikipedians
  • Open-content, open-source
  • Easily Edited
  • Best resource of info on the Internet
  • Updated every second of the day
  • Makes the world a better place

Cons

  • Sometimes the subject of controversies over the accuracy of its content
  • Easily Edited

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