#192: A History of Wikipedia
English Learning for Curious Minds
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How Wikipedia Succeeded When Nupedia Failed
Wicke is a kind of publication that can be edited by its own audience, directly in the web browser. The more articles it had, the more wicipedia pages appeared as results on search engines. It really was a snowball effect. The more it grew, the faster it grew. At the same time, growth at nupedia was stagnating. And both jimmy wales and larry sanger's attentions were devoted mainly to this new, open source people's encyclopaedia. Early wicipaedia was plagued with trolls and bad actors. Because any one could edit it, it was relatively easy for any one to change an article to promote their world
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