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{{cquote|I use Wikipedia for everything. Probably would not have passed engineering/ found jobs without it. My best Wikipedia story comes from summer internship 2009. Friend and I were of course bored out of minds 3pm-5pm everyday. So we made a Wikipedia game. The game starts with picking a random wiki page, lets say apple pie. My friend would give me a random topic, lets say quantum mechanics. The game was then to get from apple pie to quantum mechanics by only using links in the bodies of the wiki articles. For example: apple-pie -> world war II -> dropped atomic bomb(Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki)->J. Robert Oppenheimer -> Quantum mechanics. 4 links, 4 points. I think we got this one to 3 points. Can't remember how. Additional rules: could not use (1)disambiguation links (2) Menu under wikipedia icon on the left links (3) no "see also" or references links. Links had to be from body of articles basically. Thanks for the good times. }} |
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{{cquote|Its been fun seeing wikipedia grow and become such a useful part of our lives. I dont think most people can imagine what they would do without it, just like how everyone knows you can google something - and usually that leads to a plethora of wiki pages on the subject. Its a great resource to have for studying, or for entertainment. |
{{cquote|Its been fun seeing wikipedia grow and become such a useful part of our lives. I dont think most people can imagine what they would do without it, just like how everyone knows you can google something - and usually that leads to a plethora of wiki pages on the subject. Its a great resource to have for studying, or for entertainment. |
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Wikipedia is Changing Lives
Here are just a few of the amazing stories that our users shared with us. We thank them for their willingness to tell their story about Wikipedia.
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