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OK, I've finally updated this page (May 26, 2001), for the first time in many months, by way |
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of expressing my own appreciation of all the great work everyone has done. I'm really quite impressed. I mean, golly, we've done a lot of good work! It took forever to get through even the small fraction of articles that I did see. My criteria for inclusion in the above list were: (1) copious original content; (2) good writing; (3) clarity for the person who doesn't know what the topic is about (after all, this is an encyclopedia!); (4) whimsy (i.e., don't expect to see perfect consistency and fairness in those that ''I'' listed :-) ). I did not add many of the articles that consist of links to other articles, except where many of the linked articles were good (this is noted by "and related pages"). I didn't know which of "my own" articles to include, so I didn't include any. :-) Since it has been many years since I studied any mathematics (other than logic), I didn't include any math articles. Please add some of those! --[[Larry Sanger]] |
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Revision as of 09:24, 26 May 2001
We think the following Wikipedia pages are pretty good. This is a selected list--since there are thousands of pages on Wikipedia, we couldn't possibly keep track of all the brilliant prose here! But if you come across a particularly impressive page, why not add it to the list as your way of saying "Thanks, good job"?
Pythagorean Theorem -- statistics (the whole area) -- Classical Mechanics -- Quantum Mechanics -- periodic table -- carbon -- alchemy -- Biology (many excellent pages here, and a good start generally) -- cladistics -- protista (the whole area) -- DNA -- Astronomy and Astrophysics -- Earth -- Paleontology -- geologic ages (and related pages) -- countries of the world (the CIA pages, anyway; hey, the CIA did a great job!) -- History of Levant -- Byzantine Empire -- Alexander the Great -- United States/History -- World War I -- History of Germany -- East Germany -- Netherlands/History -- Language (some of the individual language pages are excellent) -- Japanese language -- Anarchism -- Capitalism -- propaganda -- Economics -- market forms (and related pages) -- City (a few of the city articles are good) -- Milgram experiment -- Disabilities/Disability Etiquette -- History of Science and Technology -- Echelon -- code -- The Singularity -- Linux -- computer system -- World Wide Web -- Search Engine -- markup language -- ASCII -- Computer Security -- information theory -- (probably others about Computing) -- Road Transport -- Spacecraft Propulsion -- intellectual property -- copyright (and related pages) -- trade secret -- Law (bunches of good brief articles) -- Hate Crime -- Star Trek -- science fiction -- film theory (some good articles in this area) -- Paramount -- Walt Disney -- horse-breaking -- horseshoe -- bulldogging -- jazz -- punk rock -- disco -- hip hop -- freestyle music -- musical instrument -- saxophone -- Hammond Organ -- Mozart -- Greek Mythology (and related pages) -- Achilles -- Perseus -- Ernest Hemingway -- Stephen King -- H. G. Wells -- Christianity -- Catholicism -- Protestantism -- The Book of Mormon -- Scientology -- political correctness -- Renaissance Classicism -- Mannerism/Art -- Baroque/Art -- game theory -- Game (this whole area is excellent) -- Go -- Poker (amazing!) -- Sheepshead -- Bridge -- video game (a great start) -- Stone, Paper, Scissors -- Wikipedia FAQ
Again, feel free to add to the list when you feel an article deserves the mention!
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