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10 Fun Facts About Wikipedia

  1. Wikipedia was founded in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger.
  2. The name Wikipedia comes from "wiki" meaning shared website and" pedia", a shortened version of encyclopedia. 
  3. 260 languages are supported by Wikipedia. 
  4. Bad weather leads to more Wikipedia updates. That is why the Dutch Wikipedia has more entries than  Spain's Wikipedia. 
  5. There are no ads on Wikipedia.
  6. Members of the Wikipedia community are referred to as Wikipedians. But anybody can edit on Wikipedia. 
  7. Wikipedia's mission is to make all of the information available in the world in every language.
  8. The English language has more than 3 million articles available followed by German - 1.08 milion and French - 958,000..
  9. Wikipedia generates approximately 684 million page views/year. 
  10. There is no censorship on Wikipedia, but it must meet certain guidelines - Encyclopedic, Neutral and Verifiable. 

  

 

 

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Introducing Mobile Membership!

 

Mobile Madness continues into Spring - Higher Logic and Dub are pleased to introduce Mobile Membership, an easy to use smartphone app that allows your members to take your organization anywhere!  Learn More or Schedule a Demo

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Phones, phones, go away??

Aug 2, 2010 3:28 PM

What is your preferred method of communication - seems like making a phone call is pretty low on the list.

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Google Nexus One to Google Nexus None

Jul 19, 2010 10:50 AM

The once revered Nexus one is now being discontinued.

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No Slowing of Facebook Growth

Jul 13, 2010 9:17 PM

Facebook surged ahead with a new record for number of unique visitors.

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Heather McNair Scores the Orange

Jun 21, 2010 8:46 AM

Congrats to Heather McNair of AANA & previously of MGMA for an outstanding blog! Read all about her guidance and views on building incredible communities of practice.
Check it out under Recent Blogs.

Congratulations to Mila Fuller, NCTE!

Jun 2, 2010 9:33 AM

Mila was one of 12 recipients selected for ASAE's Diversity Executive Leadership Scholars program.

12 Association Professionals Selected for 2 Year DELP

We Thought We'd Never See The Day

May 26, 2010 7:54 PM

Apple's market cap is now bigger than Microsoft - Wow....

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AARC Gone Social

May 3, 2010 10:12 AM

A big thanks to Sherry Milligan of AARC for sharing her Connected Community roll-out plan! Her blog is filled with great advice and thoughts on how they executed their social network phases -
Check out her recent blog - Bravo!

An Intro to the Hottest Social Networks

 

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By: Kathleen Simpson Aug 5, 2010 3:20 PM

I just love Heather McNair 's " Ongoing member education -- tips and how-tos in our newsletters " document folder. But... More

One Email You’ll Wish There Was a Like Button For

By: Meghan Curtin Jul 1, 2010 3:45 PM

Although there is no Like button for email, we have a feeling that you’ll want a I like this a lot button after... More

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TOP CONTRIBUTORS FROM PAST WEEK

  1. Mark Eichler

    Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers

    48 Points

  2. Kristi Donovan

    Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA)
    Arlington, VA
    United States

    32 Points

  3. Kathleen Simpson

    The American Institute of Architects
    Washington, DC
    United States

    32 Points

  4. Steve Sousa

    MBREA
    Dedham, MA
    United States

    24 Points

  5. Steve Bowden

    AARC

    16 Points

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