Esquire wikis article on Wikipedia

CNET:When Esquire magazine writer A.J. Jacobs decided to do an article about the freely distributable and freely editable online encyclopedia Wikipedia, he took an innovative approach: He posted a crummy, error-laden draft of the story to the site. Jacobs decided to craft an article about Wikipedia, complete with a series of intentional mistakes and typos, and post it on the site. The hope was that the community itself would be able to fix the errors and create a clean version that would be ready for publication in Esquire’s December issue. According to the Wikipedia page for Jacobs’ story, the article was edited 224 times in the first 24 hours after Jacobs posted it, and another 149 times in the next 24 hours.

Shame on me for not linking To The Article.

September 29, 2005 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. Bill Drew says:
    September 30, 2005 at 7:33 pm

    URL to entry in Wikipedia
    Here is the link to the final version of the article on Wikipedia:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedi a:Improve_this_article_about_Wikipedia&diff=next&o ldid=23808314

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