Posts Tagged ‘wikipedia’

Wikipedia Protects Fungus Page from Vandalism

You have to be a real low life to vandalize a Wikipedia page about fungus. But, apparently that is exactly what has been happening lately. The problem got to the the point where the page had to be protected from editing by new or unregistered users. According to the history of the Fungus page, this [...]

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Taking the Wikipedia Plunge

Well I took the plunge. I edited a Wikipedia page. And here’s the proof! (cur) (prev) 16:19, 25 November 2009 Ndpm (talk | contribs) m (2,088 bytes) (→References) (undo) (cur) (prev) 16:18, 25 November 2009 Ndpm (talk | contribs) m (2,071 bytes) (→See also) (undo) (cur) (prev) 16:17, 25 November 2009 Ndpm (talk | contribs) [...]

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Participate in the Wikipedia Poll (Closed)

I have not found a polling plugin that I can get to work, or that I like. Any suggestions? This is one way to do a poll. Continuing on my thoughts from yesterday, I am interested in your answer to the following question: Have you ever edited a Wikipedia page? There were 8 respondents and [...]

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Speaking of Aspergillus ochraceus…

Yesterday while doing a little research for the post on Ochratoxin A in coffee, I discovered that although the subject is reasonably well addressed at Wikipedia, there was nothing for the fungus Aspergillus ochraceus. Myself, I don’t know a whole lot about that species. I could probably get something started on it, but couldn’t do [...]

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The Wikipedia Fungi Portal

Did you know that Wikipedia had a fungi portal? Me neither. You can put down Wikipedia all you want to, but in my view the day will come when it is recognized as the world’s most reliable and complete encyclopedia. No sense swimming upstream against it. Rather than fight it, you ought to help make [...]

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