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Wikipedia's Army of Volunteer Editors Are Quitting
Volunteers who edit Wikipedia each day are quickly teaching the online encyclopedia that freedom and fun are crucial to the democratization of information. Burdened by complicated restrictions and uninterested in the more mundane topics (the most popular entries have already been written), volunteer editors are leaving Wikipedia faster than new ones are joining.
Wikipedia is under constant pressure to police the accuracy of its information, and that typically means leaving the moderation to millions of engaged users.
Ask a Wife: How Do I Stop Being the Other Woman?
Conventional Wisdom is a different kind of advice column. Your questions will be answered by people from all walks of life rather than by advice experts. This week, a woman in a happy marriage tries to help out a woman stuck in an affair.
How Would You Feel?
This post comes from Group Therapy in our TrèsSugar Community. Feel free to add your advice in the comments!
I'm 20 years old and have been dating this guy for four years.
Where I'm Clicking Now: Global Electoral College
The Economist polled the world to find out who would win the US election if the result depended on a global electoral college. The results so far: Obama would win 9,103 votes to McCain's 163. The poll gives every country a minimum of three votes, and then allocates additional votes based on the proportion of the world's 6.5 billion voting population located in each country.
Where I'm Clicking Now: Find Your Last Name in the World!
Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? If you search for her using the World Names Profiler map, apparently "Sandiego" is mostly found in France. I saved this little gem for the weekend because you'll want lots of time to play with it.
Where I'm Clicking Now: FiveThirtyEight Electoral Predictions
Now that the conventions are finally (!!!) upon us, it's time to start paying attention to the end game, the big Nov. 4. With the presidency pegged on who grabs the majority of the electoral votes (the magic 270), the website FiveThirtyEight is one-stop shopping for all the data you'll need to suss out the horse race.
Grown Adults: Then and Now
I was reading geeksugar the other day and discovered the most amazing photo gallery evah: YoungMe — NowMe. The challenge: Peeps dig up old childhood pics, reenact them, and post themselves — then and now — on the site. It's amazing how all those diaper indiscretions, kitchen floor drum solos, and heinous sailor outfits that were so cute then are so not cute (but 10 times more brilliant and photoworthy) now.
Where I'm Clicking Now: BBC Sport's Olympic Map
The 2008 Summer Olympics don't begin for another 21 days, but anticipation and intrigue are already heating up. What to do if you can't make it to the Games in person?
BBC Sport has created an interactive map of Beijing that lets you in on all the excitement by allowing you to peruse the 37 Olympic venues and local landmarks (like the Forbidden City and Tienanmen Square).
Now That's What I Call Emo
Oh, emos. They seem to really enjoy sighing, crying, and joylessness. This should give them even more reason to be morose.
New Radar Quiz! McCain or Indiana Jones! It's On Now. . .
You know it's the weekend when Radar comes out with another smoking quiz. With the impending release of the new Indy flick, it's time to answer the age-old question: Indiana Jones or John McCain? It's Temple of Doom hard — don't get cocky — though I imagine actually having seen an Indiana Jones movie would help considerably.
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