Word: wikied
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...made both recipes, and you can find out how they turned out and also get all of my brilliant thoughts on wiki recipes by clicking here. Alternatively, you can go ahead and make both cookies and decide for yourself whether computers will destroy us. Or at least help us get better recipes...
...site, especially the approximately 1,000 editors who wield the most power over what you see - have been in a self-reflective mood. Not only is Wikipedia slowing, but also new stats suggest that hard-core participants are a pretty homogeneous set - the opposite of the ecumenical wiki ideal. Women, for instance, make up only 13% of contributors. The project's annual conference in Buenos Aires this summer bustled with discussions about the numbers and how the movement can attract a wider class of participants...
...Wikipedia's early days, every new addition to the site had a roughly equal chance of surviving editors' scrutiny. Over time, though, a class system emerged; now revisions made by infrequent contributors are much likelier to be undone by élite Wikipedians. Chi also notes the rise of wiki-lawyering: for your edits to stick, you've got to learn to cite the complex laws of Wikipedia in arguments with other editors. Together, these changes have created a community not very hospitable to newcomers. Chi says, "People begin to wonder, 'Why should I contribute anymore?'" - and suddenly, like rabbits...
...Pynchon novel, meaning it's a wizardly bit of philosophical burlesque, with densely packed speculations on the hidden hands that shape history and with notions of reality that are elastic enough to allow for astral twins, could-be zombies and old spirits rustling at the margins. The Pynchon wiki sites have been poised for months to group-grope every sentence for hidden meanings. They won't be disappointed. (See the top 10 reclusive celebrities...
...They’re getting read,” he said. All three themes have also come up across the Houses’ e-mail lists. Students have also been editing “Students Concerned for Harvard’s Future,” a wiki created by Amol K. Jain ’10 that allows students to voice their opinions on the budget cuts. More than 140 students have signed their name on the wiki saying that they are “concerned about the direction Harvard is headed and sympathize with a few or many...