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Wikipedia Will Soon Be Available Via Text Messages 34

pigrabbitbear writes "Even as we all love to debate the scholarly merits of Wikipedia, there's no denying that it's an immensely powerful research and learning tool. That goes doubly so in poor nations, where access to education materials can be limited to nonexistent. To that end, Wikimedia started the Wikipedia Zero project, which aims to partner with mobile service providers to bring Wikipedia to poor regions free of charge. It's a killer strategy, because while computer and internet access is still fleeting for much of the world, cell phones are far more ubiquitous. Wikimedia claims that four mobile partnerships signed since 2012 brings free Wiki service to 330 million cell subscribers in 35 countries, a huge boon for folks whose phones have web capability but who can't afford data charges."
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Wikipedia Will Soon Be Available Via Text Messages

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    by hawguy ( 1600213 ) on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @12:14AM (#43021455)

    Sounds useful:

    SMS to Wikipedia: "water purification" [wikipedia.org]

    This article is about large scale, municipal water purification. For portable/emergency water purification, see portable water purification. For industrial wate

    Or, if they edit out the disambiguation preamble:

    Water purification is the process of removing undesirable chemicals, biological contaminants, suspended solids and gases from contaminated water. The goal is to

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