Wikipedia:Wikilove from the press

A compilation of comments by the print press praising Wikipedia.


 * 1) "There is nothing you cannot find - how best to make glass, the use of the nappy in space exploration - and if something isn't there, you may wish to take matters into your own hands." John Naughton, author of A Brief History of the Future, in Web sites that changed the world, the 15 most significant Web sites in history; Wikipedia is nr. 2 &mdash; The Observer, 13 August, 2006.
 * 2) "&#8230;one of the most vibrant, informative and accessible information systems in the history of human knowledge" &mdash; The Independent (London), January 9, 2006
 * 3) "The Wikipedia is one of the wonders of the internet." &mdash; The Guardian (London), December 8, 2005
 * 4) "It is far larger than Britannica, far easier to use, and (because of constant, multiple peer review) just as good." &mdash; Daily Telegraph (London), November 11, 2005
 * 5) "Why buy the Encyclopædia Britannica when Wikipedia is available at the click of a browser?" &mdash; Financial Times, September 28, 2005
 * 6) "Wikipedia is a fantastic free, multi-lingual encyclopedia. that features more than 650,000 articles on topics as diverse as bats and Britney Spears." &mdash; Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne), August 7, 2005
 * 7) "Now open-source is cropping up in other places. For instance, within a few years we've seen an on-line free encyclopedia built from scratch to become one of the best in the world --Wikipedia. Britannica watch out." &mdash; The Courier Mail, July 20, 2005
 * 8) "This is where the internet becomes one of the greatest inventions ever&#8230;" &mdash; Sunday Life (Belfast), July 17, 2005
 * 9) "Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) is the definitive encyclopedia, and if you don't have it bookmarked or labeled a 'favorite' in your browser, go do it now." &mdash; Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 19, 2005
 * 10) "The most immediate and most comprehensive journalism was on the openly edited Wikipedia." &mdash; Toronto Star, July 12, 2005
 * 11) "glorious social experiment" &mdash; Globe and Mail, July 8, 2005
 * 12) "One of the most extraordinary websites on the Internet." &mdash; Writing Magazine, July 2005 edition
 * 13) "extraordinary outpouring of human effort" &mdash; The Times Higher Education Supplement, May 13, 2005
 * 14) "When we use the term "public property," we usually mean state property, but Wikipedia compromises the concept of ownership without dispossessing anyone: It is truly public property." &mdash; Los Angeles Times, May 4, 2005
 * 15) "Wikipedia is nothing short of a revolution." &mdash; Business Today, April 24, 2005
 * 16) "We find ourselves turning again and again to Wikipedia&#8230;" &mdash; Philadelphia Inquirer, April 20, 2005
 * 17) "It is an extraordinary repository of information that is literally getting larger by the minute." &mdash; Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 17, 2005
 * 18) "I love what Wikipedia does." &mdash; Martin Nisenholtz, senior vice president of digital operations at New York Times spoken to the Wall Street Journal, March 28, 2005
 * 19) "broad avenues of discovery" &mdash; The Times (London), March 22, 2005
 * 20) "Information here [Wikipedia] tends to be very accurate, detailed and clearly presented." &mdash; New Straits Times (Malaysia), March 14, 2005
 * 21) "&#8230;a repository of knowledge to rival the ancient library of Alexandria." &mdash; Wired, March 2005.
 * 22) "It's as if a gang of hardy Amish barn-raisers ended up erecting the tallest skyscraper in the world." &mdash; National Post's Financial Post & FP Investing, February 26, 2005
 * 23) "A People's History of Life, the Universe, And Everything, Including But Not Limited to Whatever" &mdash; Village Voice, February 9-February 15, 2005
 * 24) "So where can the connoisseur of concentrated eccentricity go for a wide and varied selection of the peculiar in one convenient location?" &mdash; Christian Science Monitor, February 11, 2005
 * 25) "&#8230;an exceedingly useful online reference work often consulted by this columnist and countless others." &mdash; The Observer, January 9, 2005
 * 26) "I have found the most fascinating website titled Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and you're going to love it." &mdash; Winnipeg Sun, January 8, 2005
 * 27) "The only instant reference work" &mdash; Financial Times, January 6, 2005
 * 28) "The site's massive archive, including 380,000 articles in English alone, puts even Britannica to shame." &mdash; MIT's Technology Review, January 2005
 * 29) "But they're all posers compared to the Big Gun of the encyclopedia world – the one that boasts the titles of largest, fastest growing, and most up-to-date. That would be the Wikipedia." &mdash; USAToday.com, November 5, 2004
 * 30) "Wikipedia just roared past 1 million total articles (300,000 in English, the rest mostly in 40 other languages), making it the world's largest encyclopedia--three times the size of the 233-year-old Britannica." &mdash; Newsweek, November 1, 2004
 * 31) "&#8230;one of the internet's most inspiring success stories" &mdash; The Guardian, October 26, 2004
 * 32) "But there is little doubt that the Wikipedia&#8230;has blossomed from an experimental dalliance into a full-blown competitor to commercial works such as Encyclopedia Britannica and Encarta. &mdash; Dallas Morning News, October 13, 2004
 * 33) "Try finding that in the Britannica." &mdash; Associated Press, September 23, 2004
 * 34) "&#8230;it is one of the wonders of the world." &mdash; The Observer, September 12, 2004
 * 35) "One of the Internet's more fascinating social experiments&#8230; &mdash; Washington Post, September 9, 2004
 * 36) "No other free online resource -- none -- can give you such a quick and useful briefing on practically any subject you can think of." &mdash; Chicago Sun-Times, July 20, 2004
 * 37) " It is a scholarly, thorough work of reference that costs nothing to consult apart from an internet connection." &mdash; The Times (London), July 20, 2004
 * 38) "A few years ago, Microsoft Corp. scoffed at free software; today the company is running scared. Britannica's Ross seems a lot more relaxed about his company's future. It's difficult to see why." &mdash; Boston Globe, July 12, 2004
 * 39) "WIKIPEDIA IS ONE of the more remarkable projects on the Web." &mdash; Business Week, May 31, 2004.
 * 40) "&#8230;one of the most fascinating developments of the Digital Age." &mdash; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 17, 2004
 * 41) "The do-it-yourself spirit flourishes on the Web&#8230;" &mdash; Science, September 5, 2003
 * 42) "This is the Choose Your Own Adventure style of online learning." &mdash; EContent, April 2003
 * 43) "The Wikipedia, perhaps one of the greatest testaments to the generosity on the Web&#8230;" &mdash; The Irish Times, February 7, 2003
 * 44) "Roll over, Funk & Wagnalls." &mdash; Fast Company, May 2002