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From Nick Carr:
I'm still trying to find a common keyword that doesn't have Wikipedia in the top 10 results.
gunpowder: #1
arthropod: #2
Mona Lisa: #1
sex: #4
web 2.0: #4
lawn mower: #3
trans fat: #1
Holy Roman Empire: #1
rap: #8
poverty: #5
ufo: #7
sauerkraut: #1
law: #7
tweezer: #5
Alfred Hitchcock: #3
Shakespeare: #7
Iraq War: #4
stock option: #3
Nicholas Carr: #3
brothel: #2
JVD QUESTION: The study that I would like to see is, how much of the material on Wikipedia is original and how much has been lifted from other sources (including sources in the public domain)? That is, is Wikipedia basically an aggregator? Based on casual observation, including Wikipedia entries that say specifically that they have used material from public domain versions of the Encyclopedia Britannica, I suspect that much of it is derivative. But I don't know.
posted by James DeLong @ 8:49 AM | Access: Commons, Fair Use, Orphan Works, Public Domain
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