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This will be a Lecture in Wiki Format!
Some questions:
How many articles are on Wikipedia?
How often are they edited?
What percentage of people edit Wikipedia?
How popular is Wikipedia?
Why does Wikipedia work so well?
How accurate are articles in Wikipedia?
How are disputes resolved?
What gets said in the talk page?
Interesting Links
History Flow: http://www.research.ibm.com/visual/projects/history_flow/index.htm
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~asb/papers/bryant-forte-bruckman-group05.pdf
http://research.hp.com/research/idl/papers/wikipedia/wikipedia07.pdf
Wiki Scanner: http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/
http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~reid/papers/group282-priedhorsky.pdf
Compare these two articles: Beer Pong and Alonzo Church