Irish Examiner view: Price of knowledge

Wikipedia’s 20th birthday
Irish Examiner view: Price of knowledge

Who among our ranks of keyboard citizens has not had recourse to the online collaborative encyclopaedia and hive mind of Wikipedia in the past two decades, whether it is to jog a memory, settle a bet, or simply as a jumping-off point for wider research?

This year marks the 20th anniversary of an internet phenomenon which rivals Google and Amazon as one of the foundations of the interconnected world.

Who among our ranks of keyboard citizens has not had recourse to the online collaborative encyclopaedia and hive mind of Wikipedia in the past two decades, whether it is to jog a memory, settle a bet, or simply as a jumping-off point for wider research?

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