Did you know

[Said1]

That you can acutally edit any page on any topic contained within the Wikipedia web site? I had NO idea.

 

[Bonnie]

That you can acutally edit any page on any topic contained within the Wikipedia web site? I had NO idea.

Boy you just opened the flood gates on that Said :teeth:

 

[dilloduck]

Boy you just opened the flood gates on that Said :teeth:

So I can make up my own definition of "Canadian" ?

That IS scary ! :shocked:

 

[Bonnie]

So I can make up my own definition of "Canadian" ?

That IS scary ! :shocked:

In light of the evolution thread going on upstairs it could get scary

 

[Said1]

Boy you just opened the flood gates on that Said :teeth:

I was shocked. I even tried it.

 

[Said1]

That IS scary ! :shocked:

Only for you.

 

[dilloduck]

Only for you.

O cmon---make up a good one for me !!

 

[Bonnie]

I was shocked. I even tried it.

Oh yeah? Howd that work out???<a href='http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008_ZSXXXXXX42US' target='_blank'><img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/29/29_1_10.gif' alt='Lips Are Sealed' border=0></a>

 

[USViking]

This editing only affects the editing party's view, right?

Other wise I could go in there and keep telling everybody anything I feel like making up.

 

[Said1]

This editing only affects the editing party's view, right?

Other wise I could go in there and keep telling everybody anything I feel like making up.

Copy and paste the third paragraph, see if it worked.

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

 

[dilloduck]

Copy and paste the third paragraph, see if it worked.

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

this one?
For many years in the 1970s and 1980s it was also incorrectly called Silicone Valley, mostly by journalists, before the name became commonplace in American culture. Unfamiliar with silicon, writers assumed that it was a misspelling of silicone, a material used in caulking, breast implants, and other products that had recently been introduced to the public.

 

[Said1]

this one?
For many years in the 1970s and 1980s it was also incorrectly called Silicone Valley, mostly by journalists, before the name became commonplace in American culture. Unfamiliar with silicon, writers assumed that it was a misspelling of silicone, a material used in caulking, breast implants, and other products that had recently been introduced to the public.

Sorry, my brain has left the building.

It's the third paragraph under the heading History, beginning with "In 1951......."

 

[dilloduck]

Sorry, my brain has left the building.

It's the third paragraph under the heading History, beginning with "In 1951......."

this one ??

In 1951 the program was again expanded with the creation of the Stanford Research Park, a series of small industrial buildings that were rented out at very low costs to technical companies. Today this sort of office space is commonplace and referred to as a technology incubator, but at the time it was practically unknown. In 1954, the Honors Cooperative Program, today known as the co-op, was established to allow full-time employees of the companies to pursue graduate degrees from the University on a part-time basis. The initial companies signed five-year agreements in which they would pay double the tuition for each student in order to cover the costs. By the mid-1950s the infrastructure for what would later allow the creation of "the valley" was in a nascent stage due to Terman's efforts.

 

[Said1]

this one ??

In 1951 the program was again expanded with the creation of the Stanford Research Park, a series of small industrial buildings that were rented out at very low costs to technical companies. Today this sort of office space is commonplace and referred to as a technology incubator, but at the time it was practically unknown. In 1954, the Honors Cooperative Program, today known as the co-op, was established to allow full-time employees of the companies to pursue graduate degrees from the University on a part-time basis. The initial companies signed five-year agreements in which they would pay double the tuition for each student in order to cover the costs. By the mid-1950s the infrastructure for what would later allow the creation of "the valley" was in a nascent stage due to Terman's efforts.

Crap, it didn't work.

My edit was

In 1951 the program was cut, then scrapped altogether, with the creation of the Stanford Research Park, a series of small industrial buildings that were rented out at very low costs to technical companies. Today this sort of office space is commonplace and referred to as a technology incubator, but at the time it was practically unknown.

 

[dilloduck]

Crap, it didn't work.

My edit was

does it work if you edit it and then cut and paste it to look original?

 

[USViking]

Crap, it didn't work.

My edit was

Why don't you leave, then get back on, and see if you edit was saved in your view?

Maybe they have editors editing the edits and keeping the ones they think need keeping. There's gotta be a million a day, though.

Some Noam Chomsky types have probably tried this under US History:

"On Jan. 20, 2001, the US became a Fascist state in all but name."

We can't let that kind of garbage just go sashaying right on through!

 

[Said1]

Why don't you leave, then get back on, and see if you edit was saved in your view?

Maybe they have editors editing the edits and keeping the ones they think need keeping. There's gotta be a million a day, though.

Some Noam Chomsky types have probably tried this under US History:

"On Jan. 20, 2001, the US became a Fascist state in all but name."

We can't let that kind of garbage just go sashaying right on through!

Yep, it's still there. What is the point of being able to edit the page, if you are the only one able to see it?

 

[dilloduck]

Yep, it's still there. What is the point of being able to edit the page, if you are the only one able to see it?

no luck with copy and paste to make it look original?

 

[Merlin]

That you can acutally edit any page on any topic contained within the Wikipedia web site? I had NO idea.

I don't know about the edit part, but the link site brought back memories. I bought my first house in Sunnyvale in the 50s for $32,000.00. I sold it and rented a place in the up-scale side of Palo Alto for $250.00 a month. My oldest daughter was born at Stanford Hospital. Couldn't afford that now days.