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Wikipedia’s Notability Rules Explained: What Makes a Good Wikipedia Topic?

Before you rush to start a new Wikipedia article, there are a couple of things to consider. Wikipedia has a huge gamut of guidelines for writing, uploading, and editing Wiki articles.  But before you begin any of those tasks, you first need to know what types of subjects are appropriate for Wikipedia. Wikipedia’s notability policy [...]

New Words for 2009: “Frenemy,” “Staycation” and “Green-Collar”

Image via Wikipedia Okay, so if you’re like me (read: if you’re a big word geek), you kind of look forward to finding out which of this year’s “it” terms make the transition from blogs and pop culture to bona fide dictionary entries. Merriam-Webster just released their list of words that will be included in [...]

Should You or Your Business Be on Wikipedia? The Pros and Cons.

Image via CrunchBase. Wikipedia is a copyrighted trademark Everyone uses Wikipedia – in fact, if I see a Wikipedia entry come up on a Google search, that’s usually the first link I click on. Can Wikipedia be used for marketing purposes? The answer is certainly – though probably not in the way you think. A [...]

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