[WikiEN-l] Twitterpedia will win

[David Gerard]

2009/5/5 geni <geniice at gmail.com>:
> 2009/5/5 David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>:

>> know in 140 characters or less. You should read the Twitterpedia
>> version of the Peloponnesian War. Soon, that's all we'll be able to
>> comprehend, 140 characters or less.

> Effectively thats what the opening sentences of wikipedia articles
> should already be (with the opening paras being the summery
> wikipedia).


"The Peloponnesian War, which lasted from 431-404BC, was an Ancient
Greek military war, fought by Athens and its empire against the
Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta."

That's 167 characters. Think we could get a 140 character requirement
added to [[Wikipedia:Lead section]]?


- d.