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8/6/12 at 1:16pm
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Online encyclopaedia Wikipedia was knocked offline on Monday thanks to two accidentally cut cables near a data centre in Florida. The site, and various associated services, were inaccessible or extremely sluggish for over two hours beginning at around 1430 BST on Monday. A status web page showed various parts of the Wikimedia network as suffering performance issues.


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8/6/12 at 1:35pm
Wikipedia goes down...internet IQ increases sharply
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8/6/12 at 1:37pm
Oh my god, now people have to look for information from a more reliable source :/
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8/6/12 at 1:37pm
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Wikipedia goes down...internet IQ increases decreases sharply

 

Fixed that for you, no need to thank me.


Edited by Yumyums - 8/6/12 at 1:41pm
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post #5 of 61
8/6/12 at 1:43pm
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Fixed that for you, no need to thank me.
I think he was joking, about how people used to edit the pages and put false information in it.
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8/6/12 at 2:02pm
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I think he was joking, about how people used to edit the pages and put false information in it.

Clever people check the sources of the articles. They don't just eat up whatever Wikipedia pukes onto their brains.
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8/6/12 at 2:04pm
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Clever people check the sources of the articles. They don't just eat up whatever Wikipedia pukes onto their brains.
You know there are people that don't check the sources.


#666 post! WOOT
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8/6/12 at 2:06pm
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You know there are people that don't check the sources.
#666 post! WOOT
777 is the best post not 666 ?
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8/6/12 at 2:45pm
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You know there are people that don't check the sources.
#666 post! WOOT

I know! And it pisses me off.

My teachers said 'Wikipedia is not to be trusted, blah, blah, blah'.

I did my whole research paper on aeroplanes based on Wikipedia. Result? 95/100.

Wikipedia is not the problem. The problem is the user, that wants it all mashed up and fed from a straw.
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