Saturday, January 15, 2011

Thanks Wikipedia..



"Those who don't thank people, Don't thank God" ~ Arabic proverb

Wikipedia has been around for the last decade, giving away knowledge to all those who could access the World wide web, enlightening our minds, taking darkness away, feeding our curiosity, unfolding the mysteries of this universe, and if there is another universes wikipedia would have written about it too, All that without a dime....

Since the days of the ancient Library of Alexandria, Humans have thought in ways to make all knowledge in one place thus to be accessible, in "All knowledge" I mean the unfolded ones, for that many things are still waiting to be discovered screaming at us, and if we stayed to live for another million years, we would realize that we don't know anything.

I am sure that wikipedia was started on good intentions, for that it flourished until we can see where it have reached today, 15 million articles, another proof is people are helping it grow by the second, one may argue that wikipedia is a flawed research tool, they are right but so be it because wikipedia helped us exchange knowledge, from north - south east-west, once we insert wikipedia address and click enter, we step into a whole different world, a room that all humans sit down and talk, Wikipedia is a new BABEL.

Personally I am wikipedia Addict, The adrenaline rush that I get from knowing that sometimes I surf wikipedia just for fun, which is actually my hunger to knowledge, wikipedia is the best brainstormer there is. That feeling is the only thing made me write this.

Not what we give,
But what we share,
For the gift
without the giver
Is bare.
~James Russell Lowell

Visit and contribute to Wikipedia Somali ~~~~~~~ so.wikipedia.org

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