So Wikipedia enter the english dictionary as a common noun o.O
On 10/4/05, Mark Williamson node.ue@gmail.com wrote:
What is a dermatology atlas?
Dermatology, I understand. Atlas, I understand. But what is a dermatology atlas? A book of maps of the skin?
Mark
On 04/10/05, Andrew Lih andrew.lih@gmail.com wrote:
Thought you all would find this amusing - Jeremey Wagstaff, WSJ tech columnist, had a great piece about the Wikipedia as a new cliche...
http://loosewire.typepad.com/blog/2005/09/the_new_cliche_.html
The New Cliche: "It's the Wikipedia of..."
You know something has arrived when it's used to describe a phenomenon. Or what people hope will be a phenomenon. Here's a sampling:
- Laptops This from Nicholas Negroponte, describing his $100
laptop for the developing world (via Andy Carvin's Waste of Bandwidth): "It's the Wikipedia equivalent (of hardware)," he said, describing the spirit of the laptop initiative.
- Gasbuddy Poster at ezboard: "It's the Wikipedia of Gas pumps. I
use it whenever I need gas. I can't believe I forgot about it until now."
- New York Times — This from a Xanga blogger: "It's the Wikipedia
of newspapers: great resource with plenty of interesting but useless content. For goodness' sake, it's a newspaper, not Cosmo Girl."
- The UK Good Food/Good Pub guide, described on Wikipedia chat as
"It's the wikipedia of food guides"
- Urban Dictionary — described by this blogger as "the Wikipedia
of the streets beyach!"
- Sushi World Guide — "it seems the community is still growing. It
is the 'Wikipedia of Sushi'.
- Pure Energy Systems – " We will be the Wikipedia of alternate
energy technology."
- Wondir — hailed on the unofficial google blog as "the Wikipedia
of answer sites"
Dermatlas — described here as "the Wikipedia of dermatology atlases"
Math World — described here as "the wikipedia of math"
GuitarWiki — described by a visitor as possibly becoming "the
Wikipedia of the guitar world"
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