Wikipedia:10 things you did not know about Wikipedia

[unni]

10 things you did not know about Wikipedia is a list of insights about Wikipedia specifically targeted at people who have limited foreknowledge about the project, such as journalists, new editors, and new readers. These explanations will not surprise experienced Wikipedians, but hopefully will help the rest of the world to shape an informed opinion about our work. Let's go:

1. We're not for sale.
2. Our work belongs to everyone.
3. We speak Banyumasan... ... and about 250 other languages.
4. You cannot erase anything in Wikipedia.
5. We are deeply committed to quality.
6. We don't want you to trust us.
7. We're not alone.
8. We are only collectors.
9. We're not a dictatorship.
10. We're in it for the long haul

Read the full article here.

 

[Pathik]

had read it already..

 

[prasad_den]

ON A SERIOUS NOTE.. One other little known feature of wikipedia is the Six degrees of wikipedia...!!

Generally six degrees of separation means:

Six degrees of separation refers to the idea that, if a person is one "step" away from each person he or she knows and two "steps" away from each person who is known by one of the people he or she knows, then everyone is no more than six "steps" away from each person on Earth. Several studies, such as Milgram's small world experiment have been conducted to empirically measure this connectedness. While the exact number of links between people differs depending on the population measured, it is generally found to be relatively small. Hence, six degrees of separation is somewhat synonymous with the idea of the "small world" phenomenon.

In wiki also, if you want to link two articles thro' some common feature you can use this tool...
*tools.wikimedia.de/sixdeg/index.jsp

Itss fun... try to think of something creative and most often it links them...!!