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http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Interesting. Don't know if it will get enough traction, but it's a nice concept.

I'm now wondering how hard it would be to write an automated tool that would convert articles with more complex language into something appropriate for this site.

Incidentally, to get the flavor, this is where I encountered this concept: http://xkcd.com/547/
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http://slashdot.org/articles/07/11/01/2245248.shtml

Very interesting, indeed. I like the idea of giving students a way to feel like they're creating something with some impact as a class assignment. Certainly there are potential pitfalls...but I'm glad that this is being explored.
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Fun with Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_faux_pas

(Anyone care to estimate the probability that at least one of these items was made up by someone just to see if anyone else would notice? And no, I haven't put one in myself--thus far I've managed to resist the siren call of editing Wikipedia.)

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