Wikipedia Introduction for Virtual Revolution BBC
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Intro Wikipedia about Wikipedia and how it changed our way of contributing to knowledge By Jean-Cyril Bohy 1
Transcript of Wikipedia Introduction for Virtual Revolution BBC
Intro Wikipediaabout Wikipedia and how it changed our way of
contributing to knowledge
By Jean-Cyril Bohy
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Table of content
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1. The virtual revolution
1. What is Wikipedia?
1. The way of knowledge!
1. The bad, the inaccurate and the
communist
1. Conclusion
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What is Wikipedia?Welcome to the knowledge world!
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Neutralit
y
Open-
source
Innovatio
n
Boldnes
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Encyclopedi
sm
Good
manners
Wikipedia caracteristiques
◈ For all per all!
◈ Fast like a google search!
◈ The Biggest base of knowledge in the
world!
◈You now some things, you can share it! 7
HELLO!I am Jimmy Wales
The co-founder of Wikipedia.
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And hi!I am Larry Sanger
The other co-founder of
Wikipedia.
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The way of
knowledge!It’s Wikipedia in my bibliography!
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The wisdom of
crowds11
Before Wikipedia
◈ Library
◈ Dictionary
◈ Parents
◈ Teachers
◈ “C’est pas sorcier!”
(RIP 1993-2014)
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After Wikipedia
◈ Wikipedia
◈ Wikipedia
◈ Wikia
◈ Wikipedia
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It’s like
or
Youtube!
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Wikipedia
nowadays
41,759,712The number of articles in Wikipedia
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500,000,000Visitors per
month!
293 languages
29,205,627 Users
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Knowledge is
power!
BUTEasy to learn , hard to
master.
◈ You can read all
◈ It’s easy
◈ You can share all
◈ But it’s complicated
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3.
The bad, the
inaccurate and the
communist!
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Ho no! Not again Wikipedia!
THE BAD
◈ Your teacher don't like him!
◈ The scientist not too!
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THE INACCURATE
◈ Who is Jesus?
◈ How was the Earth created?
◈ The Darwinism
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parts of
visitors on
encyclopedia
online.
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THE COMMUNIST
Place your screenshot here
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Conclusion◈ It’s like internet
◈ A great tool
◈ Created by
everybody
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THANK
S!Any questions?
The sources
◈ Claroline- English course
◈ https://blogs.mediapart.fr/e-michaut/blog/050916/wikipedia-et-la-sagesse-
des-foules
◈ https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagesse_de_la_foule
◈ https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipédia
◈ https://www.mindmeister.com/764321586/english-motherfucker-do-you-
speak-it
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