Happy Birthday, Wikipedia
According to several blogs this morning, the online encyclopedia Wikipedia is today celebrating its tenth birthday. It is testament to the power of the internet that a website created by and updated by members of the public rather than by the academic
establishment is now the first port of call for hundreds of millions of people wanting questions answered on issues as diverse as science and pop music. The site is beholden to nobody other than its army of volunteers and private donors, the majority of whose contributions are less than $5 a month
While governments across the world are increasingly ramping up their efforts to control this (until now) unregulated sphere, the internet remains a citizen-led space. Wikipedia represents all that is best about the power ordinary citizens with keyboards can wield. Happy Birthday, guys!
