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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The virtual revolution

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The virtual revolution 2

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1.

What is Wikipedia?Welcome to the knowledge world!

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Neutralit

y

Open-

source

Innovatio

n

Boldnes

s

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

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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

Facebook

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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