18 votes

An archive of Wikipedia from Thursday, December 20, 2001

3 comments

  1. [2]
    Asinine
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    Gonna just ask: what are you going for? It's not Dec 20, and while I'll possibly be okay to admit that I did not know the Wikipedia was a legit thing on that date, I would like to inquire why you...

    Gonna just ask: what are you going for? It's not Dec 20, and while I'll possibly be okay to admit that I did not know the Wikipedia was a legit thing on that date, I would like to inquire why you chose then?

    5 votes
    1. CannibalisticApple
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      I don't think the date was chosen by OP. This seems to be a time capsule created by Wikipedia itself. Description from the History of Wikipedia page, which has a link to it under the external...

      I don't think the date was chosen by OP. This seems to be a time capsule created by Wikipedia itself. Description from the History of Wikipedia page, which has a link to it under the external links section:

      a snapshot of Wikipedia from 20 December 2001, running a later version of MediaWiki for security reasons but using a skin that looks like the software of the time

      At the very least, it's an interesting glimpse at how Wikipedia used to look and work.

      20 votes
  2. Mrqewl
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    I remember seeing this page or something similar when all it was useful for was to do your middle school chemistry homework

    I remember seeing this page or something similar when all it was useful for was to do your middle school chemistry homework

    3 votes