\"Wikipedia It\" should replace \"Google It\"
 

Wikipedia is the best site on the internet.

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Good point

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Believe Dat.

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I wasn't sure what wikipedia was, so I googled it. Seems cool.

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I wasn't sure what wikipedia was, so I googled it. Seems cool.

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lol

The combo of your loc., avatar, and name is very hahaha.

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Seems like we're solving two different problems here.

That said- Wiki is pretty damn awesome. I made the point elsewhere that it's served to validate so much useless knowledge held by so many nerds.

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double true.

the amount of knowledge on there is pretty mind boggling. and I'm not easily impressed!

I actually put Wikipedia search into Firefox, where the google search bar is, and use it nearly as much as google.

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It is also not really trustworthy, considering anyone can edit it.

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It is also not really trustworthy, considering anyone can edit it.

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You are a little late.

-SmileyEH

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It is also not really anywhere close to trustworthy but still very cool.

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If I want to find the answer to a question, like, "who's that chick in the pepsi commercial with Jimmy Fallon?" I use google. Everything else is either wikid or imdb.

If you have firefox (And why don't you?) you can use bookmarks to search. How?

Take a site you want to search on, like, google. A typical google url will look like this:

http://www.google.com/search?q=wikipedia

bookmark this. then go to properties of the bookmark and replace "wikipedia" with "%s." then set the keyword to something like "g." whenever you type in "g wikipedia" in the address bar, it'll search on google.

I think firefox already comes with a quick search bookmark for google.

I have these for google, wikipedia, dictionary.com, IMDB, baseball-refrence and basketball-reference.

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Definitely agree. Wikipedia is my favorite thing on the web.

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It is also not really trustworthy, considering anyone can edit it.

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Yup. I like it a lot for trying to find out easily verifiable stuff...who won the Super Bowl in a certain year, etc., but for anything where bias/opinion can skew the information, I take it with a grain (and sometimes a shaker) of salt.

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It is also not really trustworthy, considering as how it's on the internet

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fortunatly with the advent of wikipedia there seems to be a new splinter cell of nerds who's lives apparently revolves around fixing wiki "errors".

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Vehn - yes, but sometimes, even nerds get it wrong.

Skeptical Of All Info on the Innanet,
-Al

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I wonder which wiki page has the most hits.

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fortunatly with the advent of wikipedia there seems to be a new splinter cell of nerds who's lives apparently revolves around fixing wiki "errors".

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Every joke wiki I've seen somebody try and post has been gone within minutes.

The nerds are VIGILANT.

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I wasn't sure what wikipedia was, so I googled it. Seems cool.

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That's amazing because I did the opposite.

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Well, there are rules on place that limit the misinformation. Things have to have citations and, if they don't, they're marked. Vandalism can be stopped by locking a page from anonymous or new users. etc.

It's not like wikipedia pages just say a bunch of information. there are outside links, citations, a discussion of the topic, etc.

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Yeah, JoA is right. I made up a wiki page about a friend and it was gone within 20 minutes, wtf.

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If you have firefox (And why don't you?) you can use bookmarks to search. How?

Take a site you want to search on, like, google. A typical google url will look like this:

http://www.google.com/search?q=wikipedia

bookmark this. then go to properties of the bookmark and replace "wikipedia" with "%s." then set the keyword to something like "g." whenever you type in "g wikipedia" in the address bar, it'll search on google.

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there's an easier way to do it: right-click in a search box on a web site, then click the option to create a search keyword. this feature is in the opera 9 beta as well.

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wow, so easy. that rules

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Well, there are rules on place that limit the misinformation. Things have to have citations and, if they don't, they're marked. Vandalism can be stopped by locking a page from anonymous or new users. etc.

It's not like wikipedia pages just say a bunch of information. there are outside links, citations, a discussion of the topic, etc.

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JofA - I basically trust most of the stuff I read on Wiki. And I also, for the most part, have faith in the vigilance of nerds. I'm still sore cause up until I re-edited, the wiki for Chris Kaman talked about how he was the missing link, and a cavemen and [censored] like that. WTF.

-Al

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It is also not really trustworthy, considering anyone can edit it.

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Best penny arcade ever?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-20051216h.jpg

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wow, so easy. that rules

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isn't it easier to just use the wikipedia search bar in firefox?

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http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a40...0/chickenx.gif

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I remember doing that, I'm glad someone saved it. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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wow, so easy. that rules

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isn't it easier to just use the wikipedia search bar in firefox?

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when you want to do mutliple types of searches, it's a lot quicker to use the location bar.

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Wikipedia it is long and awkward(like the word awkward).

Instead: "Wikit"

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Clearly this needs some editing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OOT

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I've accomplished nothing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special...ison&go=Go

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?titl...fulltext=Search

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I already use the term "wiki it"

I still Google regularly though. It is supposed to cut down the risk of developing prostate cancer.

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No, googling for porn and then whacking it cuts down on the risk of prostate cancer.

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double true.

the amount of knowledge on there is pretty mind boggling. and I'm not easily impressed!

I actually put Wikipedia search into Firefox, where the google search bar is, and use it nearly as much as google.

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Coolness! I must have missed that option when I was updating my search engines a few weeks ago. Or is it relatively new?

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I've accomplished nothing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special...ison&go=Go

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?titl...fulltext=Search

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You're not even listed here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_celebrity

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I have always wanted Google and Wikiepedia to merge creating something insane!!!

Gikipedia???
Woogle???

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No, googling for porn and then whacking it cuts down on the risk of prostate cancer.

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only if done more then 5 times a week

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I feel the dissenting viewpoint should be heard. Note, I do not agree or disagree with this link.

Wikipedia Sucks