[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia is not an encyclopedia, it's a dictionary

Alphax alphasigmax at gmail.com
Sun Jul 31 03:21:04 UTC 2005


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Some interesting things I've found in Google Alerts...

Hot for hookahs -
http://159.54.227.3/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050730/LIVING/50730001/1004
The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA
... shishas or hubble-bubbles -- are traditional smoking devices
typically imported from the Middle East or Asia, according to online
dictionary Wikipedia. ...

I think they need to see [[WP:WIN]] :)

Films that did not mind their Fs and Bs -
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IE420050728053420&Page=4&Title=Features+-+People+%26+Lifestyle&Topic=0
Newindpress - Chennai,India
LONDON: A new poll conducted by encyclopedia website Wikipedia suggests
that British film Nil By Mouth features the F-word more times than any
movie in history ...

Wikipedia conducted a poll? More likely that IMDB did...

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