Wikipedia – The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

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Is Wikipedia dying? Thoughts from an admin and former contributor

Chris Holmes
posted on August 5, 2011June 18, 2013
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Jimbo Wales says that the number of contributors on Wikipedia is way down. I was one of those contributors, and here are the reasons why I

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Interesting stuff I now know thanks to Wikipedia (Vol. 4)

Chris Holmes
posted on January 18, 2011January 16, 2011
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Another brief rundown of really cool facts (well, some are only moderately cool) I learned by browsing

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John Shuster, internet darling of the day

Chris Holmes
posted on February 18, 2010February 12, 2012
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John Shuster's underwhelming performance as captain of the U.S. Olympic Men's Curling Team during the 2010 Winter Olympics makes for fun Wikipedia

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Interesting stuff I now know thanks to Wikipedia (Vol. 3)

As with the first two entries, the premise of this is simple. I just used the Random Article link on Wikipedia and saw if anything good came up. (a lot of it is quite useless) The town of

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Interesting stuff I now know thanks to Wikipedia (Vol. 2)

Chris Holmes
posted on May 23, 2008April 10, 2011
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The Japanese name for Japan, 日本, can be pronounced either Nihon or Nippon. There are five entries thus far in the Walter the Farting Dog series of children’s books. Thibaw Min was the last

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Interesting stuff I now know thanks to Wikipedia (Vol. 1)

Sherlock Holmes has an older brother, and his name is Mycroft. At 727 feet, the Renaissance Center is the tallest building in Michigan (the Empire State Building, by comparison, is 1,250 feet).

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Let’s make a band!

Ever notice how most posts that spread internet memes usually start with a proclamation by the author that they don’t usually do memes? Well not me. But seriously, I usually don’t spread

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Are you addicted to the Internet?

There is no shortage of press and academic research covering the topic of so-called Internet Addiction. Of course, the first reaction of any true addict is “not me!” This denial is