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Do you edit Wikipedia?
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Senior User
Join Date: Sep 2005
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I think the Wikipedia Encyclopaedia (not sure about the zillion Wiki off-shoots) is a really cool project.
It might not be the most reliable reference tool, but as an on-line read, it has huge interest because it is user-contributed and therefore human-interest-driven.
[As one of its detractors pointed out, for a time, the article on Coronation Street was longer than that on Tony Blair  -- It has since been rectified]
But what people who look down on Wikipedia don't know, is that the great Library of Alexandria was really the first Wiki:
By decree of Ptolemy III of Egypt, all visitors to the city were required to surrender all books and scrolls in their possession; these writings were then swiftly copied by official scribes. The originals were put into the Library, and the copies were delivered to the previous owners.
What's that if not an open content information system?
Anyway, I fix typos and am active in the discussions. Am yet to contribute a real article, but have started a few "stubs."
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: San Diego, CA, USA
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That sounds more like a newsgroup than a wiki. And yes, I edit Wikipedia.
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Chuck
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"Instead of either 'multi-talented' or 'multitalented' use 'bisexual'."
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Yorktown, VA
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My name is lavar78 and I edit Wikipedia.
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"I'm virtually bursting with adequatulence!" - Bill McNeal, NewsRadio
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Berkeley, CA
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My name is tavilach and I edit Wikipedia.
(Psst...AA?)
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"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." -Archimedes
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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I edit Wikipedia for small errors only.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Off the Tobakoff
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"You rise," he said, "like Aurora." 
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Toronto
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I edit it when I see something that is misspelled or factually wrong. I also fix the rare cases of vandalism I come across.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: planning a comeback !
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I don't edit Wiki, I vandalize.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Last edited by MacMan4000; Sep 1, 2015 at 12:18 PM.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: USA
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They always change my edits back to the original for some reason.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: 46 & 2
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I edit for grammar and spelling, and have submitted a few articles on western occultism.
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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
- Thomas Paine
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Salt Lake City, UT USA
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I edit when I find that I have something worth adding, or I find a spelling mistake/other problems.
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2008 iMac 3.06 Ghz, 2GB Memory, GeForce 8800, 500GB HD, SuperDrive
8gb iPhone on Tmobile
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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I sometimes look for things I think I know and see if there's anything I can add.
So yeah, I edit, both the main one and the Finnish language one.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jul 2003
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I did a quick add for Virtual desktops.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Sep 2000
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Senior User
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Originally Posted by Stradlater
Interesting article.
And this is incredible >
Senators and congressmen have been caught tampering with their entries; the entire House of Representatives has been banned from Wikipedia several times.
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