6. My Space and Wikipedia
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Choose the correct
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1. Wikipedia was formally launched on [ ].
Initially it was created as a complement and 'feeder' to the
expert-written English-language encyclopedia project 'Nupedia', in
order to provide an additional source of draft articles and ideas. |
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2. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers
from all around the world since its creation in [ ], |
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3. Wikipedia has grown rapidly into one of the
largest reference Web sites. There are more than 75,000 active
contributors working on some 8,700,000 articles in more than [ ]
languages. |
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4. As of today, there are about [ ] articles
in English; every day hundreds of thousands of visitors from around
the world make tens of thousands of edits and create thousands of
new articles to enhance the knowledge held by the Wikipedia
encyclopedia. |
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5. There is no need to worry about accidentally
damaging Wikipedia when adding or improving information, as other
editors are always around to advise or correct obvious errors, and
Wikipedia's software, known as [ ]
is carefully designed to allow easy reversal of editorial mistakes. |
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6. MySpace is a [ ]
website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends,
personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos
internationally. |
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7. MySpace is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California,
USA, where it shares an office building with its immediate owner,
Fox Interactive Media; in turn, the owner of Fox Interactive and
therefore MySpace, News Corporation, is headquartered in [ ]. |
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8. According to Alexa Internet, MySpace is currently
the world's sixth most popular English-language website and the
sixth most popular website in any language, and the third most
popular website in the [ ],
though it has topped the chart on various weeks. |
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9. The service has gradually gained more popularity
than similar websites to achieve nearly 80 percent of visits to
online social networking websites. It has become an increasingly
influential part of contemporary popular culture, especially in [ ]. |
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10. The company employs [ ]
and does not disclose revenues or profits separately from
News Corporation. With the 100 millionth account being created on
August 9, 2006, in the Netherlands and a news story claiming 106
million accounts on September 8, 2006, the site reportedly attracts
new registrations at a rate of 230,000 per day. As of September 7,
2007, there are over 200 million |
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