Wikipedia Celebrates 10 Years Today: Listed below are Wikipedia’s First Entries [Wikipedia]

Wikipedia turned 10 years old today and to celebrate the fantastic crowdsourced, potluck of data, here’s a examine their awkward (and often, wild) past. Their first six weeks of existence, all 10,000 entries, are logged right here .

Wikipedia had some pretty bumpy times back then, inside the entry on American Football there was a line that said ” Dallas Cowboys suck” and noted Mariah Carey as a ” chick with big tits and a hell of a voice (capable of spanning seven octaves)” . Ladies and gentleman, the wild west of Wikipedia! (though technically both tidbits are sorta correct)

I don’t remember my Internet life before Wikipedia but I don’t exactly remember using Wikipedia in 2001. Dang, has it really been 10 years? [ Wikipedia 10K Redux via New Scientist ]

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