Comments on: Wikipedia, Printed

By: Orgarkgrilm

Orgarkgrilm — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:10:03 +0000

Hi There

i’ve just joined here and wanted to say hi to all of you!I really hope to give something back to this board…

Cheers

By: |X| Wikipedia:Dresden

|X| Wikipedia:Dresden — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:51:58 +0000

[...] Benutzer:PaulAE über Titan A.E. zum Wälzer, der alle featured articles der englischen Wikipedia in EINEM Buch versammelt. Ein erster Ausflug in Richtung Urheberrechte führte zu der Frage nach [...]

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PRINTERESTING · All of the Articles, None of the Hyperlinks — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:04:05 +0000

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By: Niri

Niri — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:02:46 +0000

“bush is teh gay LOL”

Ha ha.

By: Art

Art — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:53:08 +0000

well…considering people CAN change the info on wikipedia….this IS a waste of paper….unless someone goes through the whole thing and makes sure EVERYTHING is correct.

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Kan man stole på den danske Wikipedia? — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:21:54 +0000

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mental_floss Blog » Morning Cup of Links: Hospital Food Around the World — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:28:59 +0000

[...] the appetite a bit. * Someone decided to print out nearly 2,600 Wikipedia articles, and bind them into a book. Somebody also needs a hobby. * You probably know where the tallest statue in the US is located. [...]

By: James

James — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:57:37 +0000

Paper IS a RENEWABLE source. Higher demand for paper = a higher demand for new trees! which = oxygen! Do waste of paper people have a problem with more OXYGEN?

“Waste” away my friend! I’m siding with the looks cool but a waste of money crowed.

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If Wikipedia were printed « how rad — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:51:18 +0000

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By: Rob Matthews druckt Wikipedia aus … | ACTIONBORED

Rob Matthews druckt Wikipedia aus … | ACTIONBORED — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:54:14 +0000

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By: links for 2009-06-11 « Francis Anderson

links for 2009-06-11 « Francis Anderson — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:03:04 +0000

[...] Wikipedia, Printed Rob Matthews has created a hefty physical version of Wikipedia’s featured articles. The 2,559 digital articles have been transformed into a massive, 5,000 page hardbound book that looks to be around 2 feet tall. Thoroughly impractical, the project also involves a huge waste of paper. Ho hum. (tags: wikipedia design humor interesting art print printing cool) [...]

By: Joop

Joop — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:52:32 +0000

Cool idea. Very inspiring.

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Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:07:13 +0000

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By: Printed Wikipedia by Rob Matthews » Post » whats wrong with the zoo

Printed Wikipedia by Rob Matthews » Post » whats wrong with the zoo — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:04:32 +0000

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By: mark

mark — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:55:58 +0000

I suspect all you in the “waste of paper” crowd are blissfully unaware that for the majority of human history, encyclopedias were at LEAST this big, and printed many thousands of times. Wikipedia has, in many instances, rendered the printed encyclopedia obsolete in most households, thereby saving “trees” or whatever it is you guys are on about.

Complaining about the amount of paper equivalent to a kitchen stool is a “waste of time and energy”

By: Seth

Seth — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:38:30 +0000

You think those are skinny jeans? You should come and meet the Jam team, they can certainly give him a run for his money.

By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:30:59 +0000

I just can’t get over the skinny jeans he’s wearing..

By: uxia

uxia — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:13:26 +0000

I like how you all LOL @ waste of paper. How many of you truly recycle all your paper waste, plastic waste, aluminum waste. How many of you would have KNOWN what it looks like. How many of you support non resource saavy expeditions throughout your existence?? Like cmon seriously, dont knock this guy cause he has a few hundred to burn on printing out wikipedia and you think you are cooler…

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Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:42:55 +0000

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By: Wikipedia Sucks

Wikipedia Sucks — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:28:15 +0000

Funny.
Love the breakdown of what Wikipedia contains. Think you missed out “bitching” in the talk sections though…

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:06:28 +0000

A waste of paper? Imagining the volume of a book is one thing, but to actually create it is a whole other thing. My guess is that no one has seen a book this large, which makes it all the more interesting seeing as how something completely mundane, yet useful, is transformed into a surreal and useless object that isn’t all that functional. Well done Rob Mathews. Well stated Anachronist.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:30:24 +0000

Were this to be split up and alphabetized like it should be, it would just be a stack of books matching the impressiveness of a stack of Encyclopedias.

I think this project missed it’s original intent and just shows how much we’ve forgotten about non-digital media. Take the covers off of A-Z encyclopedies, pile the papers and tada! It’s humorous that creators find it impressive and/or surprising.

Go to a library.

By: Anachronist

Anachronist — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:57:00 +0000

Why would this be a waste of paper? If you made something of the same size out of wood, would anyone complain about the waste?
The humor of just printing it so you can use it like a classic encyclopedia is lost on most people here. Some things have to be done just because you can. It’s important.

By: Duck

Duck — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:29:23 +0000

wow what a waste of paper seriously i mean what have you achieved by printing all that out. “i can put this into perspective” what a waste of paper

By: links for 2009-06-07 « Mandarine

links for 2009-06-07 « Mandarine — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:09:37 +0000

[...] Wikipedia, Printed | Spreading Jam 2,559 of Wikipedia’s best articles are ‘featured articles’. It’s these that Rob Matthews decided to press ‘cntrl + p’ on and print out (probably at work). The result is this weighty tome of some 5000 pages. (tags: wikipedia) [...]

By: Reference This

Reference This — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:58:20 +0000

The twenty-volume, unabridged Oxford English Dictionary is larger and contains fewer spelling mistakes.

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Thanks for Participating | Taylor Dahlin’s web home — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:32:01 +0000

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By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:35:41 +0000

Very cool – it’s easy to forget what makes Wikipedia so impressive. 2.5GB of data doesn’t really put the sheer volume of data in perspective!

By: alex

alex — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:09:35 +0000

big waste of paper.