[WikiEN-l] External links

Jimmy Wales jwales at bomis.com
Fri Jan 30 16:34:38 UTC 2004


Which subdomains are linked to most often as 'external links' in
Wikipedia?

Looking for bias in this list is a dangerous activity.  

I personally think that the BBC is horribly biased, and so I was
alarmed to see how often we link to them, as compared to other sources
that may give a more "fair and balanced" perspective (yes, you know
what I mean, and yes I'm having fun).  HOWEVER, a huge proportion of
hte BBC links are from the page *about* the BBC, which links to lots
of divisions of the BBC.

Most of the other cases are similar.

Still, I found the list interesting enough to pass along...

us.imdb.com - 519

www.geocities.com - 487

www.imdb.com - 327

www.wikipedia.org - 297

www.bbc.co.uk - 271

onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu - 267

www.nytimes.com - 258

www.house.gov - 202

www.guardian.co.uk - 190

dmoz.org - 166

www.ietf.org - 156

www.cnn.com - 149

34sp.eurosong.net - 149

www.google.com - 137

www.nobel-winners.com - 136

www.nobel.se - 132

www.pbs.org - 132

www.meritbadge.com - 121

members.aol.com - 120

quote.wikipedia.org - 119

www.washingtonpost.com - 118

www.ibiblio.org - 117

www.webelements.com - 111

www.yale.edu - 106

www.indianchild.com - 106

www.world-gazetteer.com - 100

www.nps.gov - 99

www.duke.edu - 98

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov - 97

environmentalchemistry.com - 97

www.newadvent.org - 96

www.angelfire.com - 91

www.itis.usda.gov - 90

www.amazon.com - 85

www.baseball-reference.com - 83

www.cbc.ca - 83

www.wired.com - 80

www.ethnologue.com - 80

www.heise.de - 80

www.w3.org - 79

members.tripod.com - 78

www.research.att.com - 78

www.history.navy.mil - 78

directory.google.com - 77

slashdot.org - 77

groups.google.com - 76

www.faqs.org - 75

www.fas.org - 75

www.tat.or.th - 75

mathworld.wolfram.com - 73

kanchanapisek.or.th - 73

www.archives.gov - 72

www.whitehouse.gov - 71

www.un.org - 71

www.insecula.com - 70

www.metrodemontreal.com - 70

www.us-israel.org - 66

groups.yahoo.com - 66

www.fishbase.org - 65

wikiquote.org - 62

www.bartleby.com - 62

www.fordham.edu - 61

bioguide.congress.gov - 61

www.gnu.org - 58

www.copsrus.com - 58

www.nsdl.arm.gov - 55

www.epinions.com - 54

www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk - 53

ull.chemistry.uakron.edu - 51

www.seds.org - 51

www.plattegronden.nl - 51

www.state.gov - 49

www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com - 49

www.conigliofamily.com - 48

www.salon.com - 48

www.xs4all.nl - 48

www.schoolhouserock.tv - 48

www.time.com - 47

memory.loc.gov - 45

www.zmag.org - 45

www.nlm.nih.gov - 45

www.tsha.utexas.edu - 45

www.cdc.gov - 45

www.defenselink.mil - 45

www.globalsecurity.org - 45

zdnet.com.com - 45

www.adl.org - 43

www.microsoft.com - 43

www.ie.lspace.org - 43

www.snopes.com - 42

www.info.gov.hk - 42

www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk - 41

europa.eu.int - 41

www.rfc-editor.org - 41

www.loc.gov - 40

www.apple.com - 40

www.washtimes.com - 40

plato.stanford.edu - 40

scriptures.lds.org - 40

citeseer.nj.nec.com - 40

digital.library.upenn.edu - 39

www.HavenWorks.com - 39

www.nature.com - 39

www.machall.com - 38

www.ccel.org - 37

arxiv.org - 37

www.vatican.va - 37

web.mit.edu - 37

wiktionary.org - 36

news.com.com - 36

etext.lib.virginia.edu - 35

sources.wikipedia.org - 35

www.sdu.nl - 35

foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk - 34

www.allmusic.com - 34

home.earthlink.net - 34

www.nba.com - 34

tisue.net - 34

www.theregister.co.uk - 33

abcnews.go.com - 33

java.sun.com - 33

sunsite.berkeley.edu - 31

www.counterpunch.org - 31

www.religioustolerance.org - 31

biodiversity.uno.edu - 31

www.straightdope.com - 31

www.livius.org - 31

www.abc.net.au - 31

www.crimelibrary.com - 31

www.marxists.org - 30

www.aozora.gr.jp - 30

www.synaptic.bc.ca - 29

www.unicode.org - 29

caselaw.lp.findlaw.com - 29

www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk - 29

www.tvtome.com - 29

www.battle.net - 29

www.foxnews.com - 29

www.npr.org - 29

www.ex.ac.uk - 28

www.msnbc.com - 28

www.statistik.admin.ch - 28

www.newscientist.com - 28

story.news.yahoo.com - 28

www.eia.doe.gov - 28

web.archive.org - 28

www.cbsnews.com - 28

earthobservatory.nasa.gov - 28

www.olympic.org - 28

www.sfgate.com - 28

imdb.com - 28

www.astronautix.com - 27

usinfo.state.gov - 27

etext.library.adelaide.edu.au - 27

ourworld.compuserve.com - 27

www.peakware.com - 27

www.pokemondungeon.com - 27

pdreader.org - 26

skepdic.com - 26

education.jlab.org - 26

msdn.microsoft.com - 26

www.mozilla.org - 26

www.shakespeare-literature.com - 26

www.tate.org.uk - 26

www.acmuller.net - 25

www.epa.gov - 25

www.cia.gov - 25

www.egs.edu - 25

edition.cnn.com - 25

sourceforge.net - 25

www.sacred-texts.com - 25

mozillaquest.com - 25

www.grida.no - 24

www.lysator.liu.se - 24

www.rcsb.org - 24

www.usatoday.com - 24

www.sff.net - 24

www.census.gov - 24

www.mapquest.com - 24

www.klov.com - 23

www.hrw.org - 23

www-aus.cricket.org - 23

www.kuro5hin.org - 23

www.mfa.gov.il - 23

www.travelchinaguide.com - 23

www.kirjasto.sci.fi - 23

www.thrale.com - 23

www.artcyclopedia.com - 23

www.stanford.edu - 23

www.rootsweb.com - 23

www.math.miami.edu - 23

biz.yahoo.com - 23

www.hku.hk - 23

www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk - 22

lcweb2.loc.gov - 22

en.wikipedia.org - 22

www.telegraph.co.uk - 22

www.cl.cam.ac.uk - 22

www.disinfopedia.org - 22

www.idf.il - 22

www.btinternet.com - 22

www.ebible.org - 22

lwn.net - 22

www.theatlantic.com - 21

www.usdoj.gov - 21

www.omniglot.com - 21

home.att.net - 21

www.jsc.nasa.gov - 21

www.globeandmail.com - 21

classics.mit.edu - 20

www.columbia.edu - 20

www.adherents.com - 20

www.eff.org - 20

media.guardian.co.uk - 20

www.senate.gov - 20

www.biblegateway.com - 20

www.maintour.com - 20

primes.utm.edu - 20

www.pitt.edu - 20

www.amorc.org - 20

www.newsfactor.com - 20



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