[Infographic] 15 interesting facts about Wikipedia

A fairly funny incident in the Independent yesterday brought the reliance on Wikipedia as a reliable source for fact-checking front and centre, as a journalist erroneously reported that in the early days, the Big Chill festival was once called ‘Wanky Balls’. 

So on the subject of ‘facts’ and ‘Wikipedia’ here’s a few you (possibly) didn’t know:

(via Huffington Post, OnlineSchools)

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by Jordan Stone on 11/08/2010 · in Uncategorized

  • http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/2010/09/23/book-review-%e2%80%9cthe-world-and-wikipedia-how-we-are-editing-reality%e2%80%9d-by-andrew-dalby/ Masters of Media » BOOK REVIEW: “The World and Wikipedia, How We Are Editing Reality” by Andrew Dalby

    [...] For some interesting facts on Wikipedia I turn you to this infographic. [...]

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