Wikipedia is great for finding information from around the world. They have detailed articles running into hundreds of words on almost any topic under the sun. That, in my opinion, is also one of the problems with Wikipedia.
If you only need to know a quick fact about a place, thing or topic, Wikipedia is probably not the right place for you. It is this niche that Ten Word Wiki aims to fill.
Ten Word Wiki is to Wikipedia what Twitter is to blogging. Instead of writing hundreds of words on a single topic, Ten Word Wiki aims to describe each topic in less than 10 words. For example, this page describing a bicycle on Wikipedia will easily fill 2-4 pages of a book, whereas Ten Word Wiki defines a bicycle as :
A human powered two wheeled vehicle, normally with pedals.
The authors at Ten Word Wiki aren’t always serious like the ones at Wikipedia. They also have a funny side as can be seen in their definition of Twitter:
A trendy virtual social network service with incredibly wordy posts.
Features:
- Free to use, edit and create entries.
- Can be used as a good reference if you’re short of time.
Check out Ten Word Wiki @ http://www.tenwordwiki.com
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Who would have guessed the description of earth?
“You are here. Third rock from the Sun. Mostly harmless.”
nice one!