Wikipedia will have its tenth anniversary tomorrow. Here’s some smart people’s answers to the question: What do you think of Wikipedia?

From Weekly Filet #2, in January 2011.

All-Star Thinkers on Wikipedia’s 10th Anniversary

All-Star Thinkers on Wikipedia’s 10th Anniversary

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