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A mostly sensible review of Wikipedia, from a former Editor in Chief of the Britannica. gulfstream/1623

Paul Boutin on Wikipedia. I think this article is pretty much right-on: Wikipedia is wonderful, but it’s not perfect, and it should be cited … gulfstream/1744

Philip Greenspun has donated $20,000 to Wikipedia to pay for “key illustrations.” The iconoclastic Greenspun: “In comparing the Web versions to … gulfstream/2358

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In a sense, the whole of Churchill's previous career had been a preparation for wartime leadership. An intense patriot; a romantic believer in his country's … quotes/219

... in attending football matches, even when he sits in the best seats, the middle-class fan becomes an honorary proletarian, in more or less the same … dalrymple/9

The middle-class female fan (of whom there are increasing numbers) has a double transformation to undergo: first she must turn herself into what she imagines … dalrymple/5

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BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Boy brings encyclopaedia to book

Nature mag cooked Wikipedia study | The Register

The Chronicle: 7/28/2006: 'Information ... Slightly Coloured by Prejudice'