Editing Encyclopedia:Testimonials (section)

==Wikipedia user comments==

This is excellent stuff from WIKI. Great work to you all. KUDOS.. - Manoj(INDIA)

[[User:Two16|Two16]], from [[User talk:Ed Poor]] (spelling corrected):

: "I've never posted to a usenet group because nothing I wanted to say was worth the overhead of learning the interface. It is a big commitment for me to learn any new interface. This killer app called, email, everyone around me has been chattering about for 17 years, doesn't provide me incentive to learn a very simple interface, how the hell could a usenet group? The killer app called wiki wiki has caused me to '''learn a mark up language ''', '''learn to keyboard''', '''learn to compose text while touch typing''' and '''learn [[WP:NPOV|NPOV]] cold.''' I came here because a project under development needed a back end content manager and I was asked to take a ''quick look'' so I could provide an expert opinion on its suitability as the project's interface. Boy does it ever work. I've declared wiki wiki to be the killer app of the world wide web."

[[User:AngelikaDagmar|AngelikaDagmar]], from [[User talk:141.156.242.228|an anonymous talk page]]:

: "I am amazed not to have discovered Wikipedia until now. I am so moved by its richness and intellectual value that I actually shed tears. What a wonderful endeavor!"

From the [[Talk:Israeli-Palestinian conflict]] page:

:Editor,

:I have studied the issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for decades.  I also lived in the middle east for 10 years.  I must tell you that yours is one of the most non-biased, fact-based articles I've every seen on the topic.  I appreciate your objectivity; I wish more people were like that.

:Sincerely,

:E. Davidson
:Atlanta

[[User:Stan Shebs|Stan Shebs]]'s personal page:
:Dumping my life's accumulated factoids into Wikipedia seems like a fun thing to do, we'll see how it goes. Two weeks later, it seems more like being an ADD-afflicted magpie in a bottle cap factory!

[[User:Kingturtle|Kingturtle]]'s personal page:
:The discovery [of Wikipedia] matched love-at-first-sight. For years, I've been collecting old almanacs and encyclopedia. I bandied about different ideas regarding sharing and documenting the information revealed in these discarded sources. To stumble on a thriving community devoted to sharing information gave me a tremendous thrill and a curious sense of relief. Thank heavens you're all out there!

[[User:Aarchiba]] on [[User talk:Aarchiba]]:
: I must say, Wikipedia has made tremendous progress since I last fiddled with it; it's astonishingly compendious, and the quality is just amazing.

[[User:Musichastherighttochildren|Musichastherighttochildren]] on [[Wikipedia:Village pump]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_archive_2004-09-26&diff=prev&oldid=4227232]: 

: I am a newcomer to wikipedia; although I have been aware of it and used it on occasion for quite a while, I have only recently realised the depth of this resource, and discovered the mechanics behind it.

: this project is fantastic! the number of articles and the amount of information in them is truly amazing, even articles on topics so obscure I thought there would be no chance they would exist. the band biographies, for example, seem to have more detailed information and useful links than any official band website I have seen.

: also, the articles are articulately written and unbiased, and the links between articles are very well done (though perhaps I have whiled away too many hours in school reading article after article as a consequence of this). wikipedia has become the primary internet resource for me (with the possible exception of news websites), and I really think that it is a credit to everyone who works on it, and indeed to human nature itself! this may seem like a sweeping statement, but it is hard to believe that something so incredible could be produced entirely voluntarily by people in their spare time. and, at the same time, would-be spoilers are repelled; I have never seen an incorrect piece of information or any 'graffiti'. good show!

: anyway, I'm sure plenty of people have said this before, but just thought I would congratulate everyone who works on here, and say hi. I'm jack by the way, and I live in north wales. I shall try to contibute as much as possible (so far all I have done is added a sentence about john peel going to school in colwyn bay)!

Anonymous, from [[Wikipedia:Village pump]]:

: Wow. Just wow. As I cruised around the Pump, I noticed talks about how old people were. As a 16 year old, I'm supposed to be jaded on the world, but the fact that there are kids younger than myself gives me an unexplicable  {{sic}} hope. Wikipedia has the greatest minds on the internet, and I look forward to working with them. I haven't even written my first article yet, but when I do, expect me to look to younger users for advice.

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Anonymous, from [[Talk:Main Page]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=15073558&oldid=15070728]:

: Thank you Wikipedia. This is one of the best things to ever happen to me. An infinite amount of knowledge all integrated into one website. I love this thing! You need to know about something? Just type it in. You need to know about something relating to it, just click on one of the links in its explanation. I could go on for hours on this thing just learning! I love it! Thanks a lot!