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First launched in 2006 as a 4,000 article edition, the extract of ''Wikipedia'' has employed hi-tech distribution methods, as well as offering a website version which has steadily climbed up in ranking to above other reviewed ''Wikipedia'' rivals and copies; the 2007 version was available on the [[w:BitTorrent|BitTorrent]] [[w:peer to peer|peer to peer]] network to keep distribution costs down and was equivalent to a fifteen-volume printed encyclopedia. Monday's release is compared to a twenty-volume print edition. | First launched in 2006 as a 4,000 article edition, the extract of ''Wikipedia'' has employed hi-tech distribution methods, as well as offering a website version which has steadily climbed up in ranking to above other reviewed ''Wikipedia'' rivals and copies; the 2007 version was available on the [[w:BitTorrent|BitTorrent]] [[w:peer to peer|peer to peer]] network to keep distribution costs down and was equivalent to a fifteen-volume printed encyclopedia. Monday's release is compared to a twenty-volume print edition. | ||
*[http://schools-wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia for schools] | *[http://schools-wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia for schools] | ||
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*[[w:Wikipedia:School and university projects|Wikipedia school and university projects]] | *[[w:Wikipedia:School and university projects|Wikipedia school and university projects]] | ||
*[[w:Wikipedia:FAQ/Schools|Wikipedia schools FAQ]] | *[[w:Wikipedia:FAQ/Schools|Wikipedia schools FAQ]] | ||
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Wikipedia for Schools
Monday saw the latest edition of the vetted version of Wikipedia, which is aimed at educational use, go quietly online. The extensively revised version covers over five thousand topics, targeting the eight to seventeen years age group. Partnerships with the Shuttleworth Foundation and the Hole in the Wall project will see it distributed in South Africa and India as well as copies being available globally via the offices of SOS Children UK's umbrella organisation, SOS Kinderdorf worldwide.
First launched in 2006 as a 4,000 article edition, the extract of Wikipedia has employed hi-tech distribution methods, as well as offering a website version which has steadily climbed up in ranking to above other reviewed Wikipedia rivals and copies; the 2007 version was available on the BitTorrent peer to peer network to keep distribution costs down and was equivalent to a fifteen-volume printed encyclopedia. Monday's release is compared to a twenty-volume print edition.
