Wikidumper.org

{{Short description|Internet blog}}

{{Infobox website

| name =WikiDumper.org

| screenshot =

| url =http://wikidumper.org/

| commercial =No

| author =Clifford A. Pickover

| owner =Clifford A. Pickover

| type =Commentary

| launch_date =November 4, 2006

}}

WikiDumper.org is a blog created by US author Clifford A. Pickover with the aim to permanently record a snapshot of the "best of the Wikipedia rejects", articles that are slated for deletion at the site.{{Cite web|date=2016-08-15|title=Happy Birthday To Yorktown's Clifford Alan Pickover|url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/yorktown/neighbors/happy-birthday-to-yorktowns-clifford-alan-pickover/488790/|access-date=2021-04-18|website=Yorktown Daily Voice|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Pescovitz|first=David|date=2006-11-06|title=WikiDumper, Cliff Pickover's new blog of Wikipedia rejects|url=https://boingboing.net/2006/11/06/wikidumper-cliff-pic.html|access-date=2021-04-18|website=Boing Boing|language=en-US}}

WikiDumper was launched on November 4, 2006, and accepts user submissions. The site doesn't specify its criteria for inclusion and many of its articles don't cite their sources. The site has been criticized as likely to be less accurate than Wikipedia.{{cite web|url=http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/lifestyles/149374,3_5_EL27_P2CENTER_S1.article|title=Web sites go to die at Archive.org|author=Jake Coyle|publisher=Associated Press|date=2006-11-27}} Its slogan is "Knowledge's Last Chance." As of April 2021, Wikidumper was being hosted on Blogspot, with its most recent entry dating to 2013.{{Cite web|title=The Wikipedia Knowledge Dump (WikiDumper.org)|url=https://wikidumper.blogspot.com/|access-date=2021-04-18}}

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  • {{cite news |title= Wikipedia rejects live on |url= http://news.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029694,49285019,00.htm |publisher= CNET News.com | first= Daniel |last= Terdiman |date= November 7, 2006 |accessdate= 2006-12-01}}
  • {{cite news |title= What you don't know |url= http://blogs.usatoday.com/techspace/2006/11/what_you_dont_k.html |publisher= USA Today | first= Angela |last= Gunn |date= November 8, 2006 |accessdate= 2006-12-01}}