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All the world's encyclopedic information, in every language, for free.  The site that brought wiki to the masses and started the free information revolution.  Wikipedia is now one of the most popular sites on the Internet and the authority on a countless number of topics.
Wikipedia
MSRP $0.00
Release date January, 2001
Brand Wikimedia
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ProSCORE
40 reviews
73
negative
mixed
positive
32 positive
5 mixed
3 negative

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Pros:
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Supported by a huge, passionate community of Wikipedians
+28agreedisagree

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Open-content, open-source
+28agreedisagree

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Easily Edited
+23agreedisagree

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Best resource of info on the Internet
+23agreedisagree

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Updated every second of the day
+23agreedisagree

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Makes the world a better place
+17agreedisagree

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Provides good general overviews of many topics (uncontroversial ones)
+3agreedisagree

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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})
-1agreedisagree

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Sometimes the subject of controversies over the accuracy of its content
+22agreedisagree

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Easily Edited
+8agreedisagree

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Editorial process is highly political
+3agreedisagree

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Groups seize control of articles to promote their viewpoints or interests
+2agreedisagree

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Phony experts can easily add bad information (confidence, supporting detail)
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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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Individuals add articles which promote themselves and/or their products
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not as unbiased as it claims to be - many articles with political undertones tend to be somewhat "left-wing"
-2agreedisagree

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Built in search engine is almost unusable
-4agreedisagree


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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 Sunday, 11:13 AM by Fugazi
This page has been viewed 2502 times, with 305 edits by 43 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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Howlsthunder

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April 16, 2008
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
67
negative
mixed
positive
4 pros
2 cons
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love itlove it

Pros

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

Cons

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

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artur02

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December 18, 2007
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
67
negative
mixed
positive
4 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

Cons

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

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imanimpostor

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April 29, 2008
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
60
negative
mixed
positive
3 pros
2 cons
love itlove it

Pros

  • Supported by a huge, passionate community of Wikipedians
  • Easily Edited
  • Best resource of info on the Internet

Cons

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

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tjwallace

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March 12, 2008
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
60
negative
mixed
positive
3 pros
2 cons

Pros

  • Supported by a huge, passionate community of Wikipedians
  • Best resource of info on the Internet
  • Updated every second of the day

Cons

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

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pmacdona

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December 25, 2008
approved
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ProSCORE
75
negative
mixed
positive
3 pros
1 con

Pros

  • Open-content, open-source
  • Best resource of info on the Internet
  • Updated every second of the day

Cons

  • Built in search engine is almost unusable

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stuuf

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October 2, 2008
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
75
negative
mixed
positive
3 pros
1 con

Pros

  • Supported by a huge, passionate community of Wikipedians
  • Open-content, open-source
  • Easily Edited

Cons

  • Built in search engine is almost unusable

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wendywallflower

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July 11, 2008
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
75
negative
mixed
positive
3 pros
1 con
love itlove it

Pros

  • Supported by a huge, passionate community of Wikipedians
  • Open-content, open-source
  • Updated every second of the day

Cons

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

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Amanie

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October 18, 2007
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
100
negative
mixed
positive
4 pros
0 cons
love itlove it

Pros

  • Supported by a huge, passionate community of Wikipedians
  • Best resource of info on the Internet
  • Updated every second of the day
  • Makes the world a better place

Cons

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Fugazi

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Sunday, 11:13 AM
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ProSCORE
100
negative
mixed
positive
3 pros
0 cons
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have ithave it

Pros

  • Supported by a huge, passionate community of Wikipedians
  • Open-content, open-source
  • Makes the world a better place

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korbendalis

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March 18, 2009
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ProSCORE
67
negative
mixed
positive
2 pros
1 con

Pros

  • Supported by a huge, passionate community of Wikipedians
  • Open-content, open-source

Cons

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

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