[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia appears to be useful for something!

Matthew Brown morven at gmail.com
Fri Jun 1 22:30:35 UTC 2007


On 6/1/07, Stephen Bain <stephen.bain at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/1/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > http://blog.compete.com/2007/05/31/wikipedia-search-terms/
>
> "The top terms include very straightforward inquiries on human
> reproductive 'parts' and basic concepts of what sex is and how it is
> performed. It appears many people are learning about what sex is and
> how to have it by referencing Wikipedia."
>
> Oh dear.

Beats many other sources they could find, to be honest.

Plus, what do you bet the most looked up entries in high school
students' dictionaries are?  The most looked at pages in their biology
textbooks? ;)

-Matt



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