Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Where everyone goes

The Problem: " ... a temple for the mind ... to bring a free encyclopedia to every single person on the planet. Every single person."

Who: Wikipedia

Why are they special? At first I couldn't figure out why one would trust an encyclopedia anyone can edit. Now it's where I go first to find out things. I asked a college professor friend how the other faculty feel about Wikipedia. "They love it," he said.

Available in 279 languages though about 1/2 of those are small (1,000 articles or less). 46% of traffic is for the non-English editions.

Where: San Francisco, CA

Started: 2001

General site: Welcome to Wikipedia

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Deductible? Yes in US. For other countries, see here.

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