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by Paul McNamara

News Editor

Wikipedians explain Wikipedia

Opinion

Mar 12, 20071 min

In “Wikipedia:10 things you did not know about Wikipedia,” you’ll find a Reader’s Digest version of the underlying philosophy of the online encyclopedia “that anyone can edit.” … Over at Reddit, you’ll find a discussion of that philosophy and its contradictions.

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by Paul McNamara

News Editor

In addition to my editing duties, I have written Buzzblog since January, 2006 and wrote the 'Net Buzz column in Network World's dearly departed print edition for 13 years. Feel free to e-mail me at pmcnamara@nww.com.

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