Wikipedia puts the word surf back into the internet

I am absolutely in love with Wikipedia! It is a wonderful resource for almost any topic and I have come to trust its content mostly because there are enough people with knowledge and skills watching each topic. I won't get into a profile of human nature or human nature online of which I am a self proclaimed expert, but I will say that 'smart' people online love to prove it.

Well, they have proved it. Search on nearly any topic (in English) and you can learn about just about anything. With more than 1,150,000 articles online, this is a must bookmark resource. The home page alone can keep you busy for hours.

But don't take my word for it, here is what the Wikipedia article says about themselves...

Wikipedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wikipedia is a global and multilingual Web-based cooperative free-content encyclopedia. It exists as a wiki, a type of website that allows visitors to edit its content; the word Wikipedia itself is a portmanteau of wiki and encyclopedia and is often abbreviated to WP by its users. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers, allowing most articles to be changed by anyone with access to a computer, web browser and Internet connection.

The project began on January 15, 2001 as a complement to the expert-written (and now defunct) Nupedia, and is now operated by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Wikipedia has more than 3,800,000 articles in many languages, including more than 1,154,000 in the English-language version. Since its inception, Wikipedia has steadily risen in popularity^[1] and has spawned several sister projects.

Wikipedia's most controversial style policy is that editors are required to uphold a "neutral point of view", under which notable perspectives are purportedly summarized without an attempt to determine an objective truth. Application of this policy has proven difficult to enforce consistently.

Notice all the links in the text of the article? They link to other articles indexed on the word that is linked. Frankly, I think Wikipedia puts the word surf back into the internet. You can surf their articles for hours and never get tired, learn about stuff you didn't even realize you were interested in and immerse yourself in information paralleled by no other website.

(Oh, interesting learning point, "started on January 15" - we share that birthday though mine was a few years prior)

You can even register and write your own articles, comment on articles and/or join discussions about topics and articles. It's a wonderful resource that should be bookmarked, favorited, saved, desk topped, written down, quoted and used by anyone who wants to expand their knowledgebase.