'pedia

See also: 'Pedia, pedia, pedía, and -pedia

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the 'pedia

  1. (informal) Clipping of Wikipedia.
    • 2004 December 8, Derek Lyons, “Re: Collecting Plastic Bottle Tops For Wheelchairs etc”, in alt.folklore.urban[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:
      "Wired", unlike the 'pedia, is run for profit and has a group of managers dedicated to that idea. The 'pedia has a group of managers dedicated to the idea that experts are unneeded and that truth can be reached through populism. The Open Source movement has glommed onto the 'pedia as well and donates cash to them whenever the 'pedia runs short.
    • 2005 September 27, Stealth, “[Crosspost] Initiative: Commodore wikibook”, in alt.c64[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:
      While randomly searching Wikipedia and its sister projects, I noticed that, while Wikipedia itself has a moderate amount of information on Commodore computers, expansions, drives and such, its side-sites such as Wikibooks contain little that would be helpful to people new to the C= universe. The links on the 'pedia itself are numerous, however, most of them refer to sites that are game-related, which doesn't quite do the systems justice.
    • 2006 July 20, David Morgan (MAMS), “TOP U.S. GENERAL: "9/11 WAS FALSE FLAG."”, in alt.conspiracy[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:
      The big problem, is that students (and other inquisitive minds) are also generally too lazy to find a library or other printed reference materials as sources, so they sit behind their computers and take the easy way out... believing that what they read in 'the 'pedia' is the truth.
    • 2007 January 22, Michael Press, “The surge”, in rec.bicycles.racing[4] (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:
      Only the art dealers care if he occupies any space in popular imagination. Does the 'pedia have pictures of Basso's sister? No, that shit sells itself. Here is something that occupies much more space. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiom_schema_of_replacement> Does size matter? You be the judge.
    • 2009 January 19, dott.Piergiorgio, “U.S. stone frigate ??”, in sci.military.naval[5] (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:
      Wandering on the 'pedia I stumble on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(BLDG_7115)#Facilities Last time I checked, US Navy don't have the custom of stone frigates; Knowing the very erratic reliability of the Wikipedia, I can ask if some can explain this ?
    • 2011 January 25, Dave, “3d printing paper molds”, in Hive76 Discussion[6] (Google Groups), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:
      Interesting... It makes me think of wasps, chewing up wood and making their paper honeycomb nests. I assume their saliva helps act as a binder to some degree (the 'pedia says they're waterproof). I'm sure it helps that the structure is never very thick so it can easily air out.
    • 2013 August 19, CDB, “Do the British use the word "dispelled" differently than the Yanks?”, in alt.usage.english[7] (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:
      Nun of the above? Some of the definitions I checked at OneLook are loose enough to include her, and the 'pedia says there's some doubt about the details.
    • 2013 October 23, Mike Easter, “I know who the mountain man is”, in alt.politics.scorched-earth[8] (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:
      The longer back back story on SF's Tenderloin can be seen in the 'pedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenderloin,_San_Francisco
    • 2019 August 14, M-D November, “CBS, Viacom together again”, in TVorNotTV[9] (Google Groups), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:
      Per the 'pedia, Cedar Fair terminated their licensing agreement with CBS for Paramount properties (like Star Trek) in 2007-2008.
    • 2025 September 3, Leon Kraiem, “Selichot season, dispatch 2”, in Leon’s List[10] (Google Groups), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:
      Hason’s new track — a collaboration with Ofer Levi, an Israeli music old-timer who, according to Wikipedia, is “a pioneer of the Turkish and Arab music genres in Israel” — an interesting fact, also per the ‘pedia, is that he “auditioned for a military band but was disqualified for choosing to sing in Arabic” — keeps the refrain and several verses of the piyut, and then adds new stanzas in between, in a modern style.