#192: A History of Wikipedia
English Learning for Curious Minds
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Wicopedia - What Is It All About?
The second and third most popular languages on wicopedia, at least in terms of number of articles. There's actually an automated computer programme, a bot, created by a swedish programmer called sperke jahansen that is responsible for all of these artiles. Jhansen's bot creates articles in an automated way, using information stored in data bases. It is reportedly pretty well written, but it isn't always 100 % accurate, and sometimes sounds a little strange. If any one can add articles, even a bot which adds information that isn't always perfectly written, how can you insure the quality of what is published? Secondly, whether the information is actually accurate or
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