W'pedia

W'pedia

1. (informal) Abbreviation of Wikipedia.
   • 2006 June 4, Alan J. Flavell, “Bastard Powerbook From Hell”, in alt.sysadmin.recovery‎^[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:

     See w'pedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrobus with an artist's impression, but even better, the real thing: […]

   • 2008 March 22, Rick B., “SAT Question of the Day”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams‎^[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:

     Per W'pedia he attended a private school in his native Michigan.

   • 2008 April 21, Devogon, quoting martinpacker, “PASS blt-0.22 i686-linux-thread-multi 2.6.22-3-486”, in perl.cpan.testers‎^[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:

     Lost in w'pedia having looked up "CamelCase" which makes me look like a REAL noob. :-) Nice list of synonyms including "NerdCaps" - my fave.

   • 2009 March 26, Bill Marcum, “Instant review: sushi from Roadmate in Deale”, in alt.religion.kibology‎^[4] (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:

     Arthur Treacher used to be a sidekick on a talk show, but I donut remember which one. Looked it up on W'pedia, it was Merv Griffin.

   • 2009 August 21, Sean_Q_, “The Healer-King & other notions”, in alt.books.inklings‎^[5] (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:

     Found on W'pedia: Hammurabi (Akkadian from Amorite Ammurapi, "the kinsman is a healer," from Ammu, "paternal kinsman," and Rapi, "healer". It seems the more I learn about the world the more I think "Aha!" as I fill in the blanks.

   • 2011 July 13, William December Starr, “I bet the title signifies something”, in rec.arts.sf.written‎^[6] (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:

     I rather liked this bit from later in the W'pedia entry: […]

   • 2012 February 29, Robin Fairbairns, “enthralling use of english”, in uk.media.radio.archers‎^[7] (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:

     have said all of which, would it be sensible to register as a w'pedia editor to correct a single word? ;-)

   • 2021 January 2, Joel Polowin, “[review] Uhura's Song by Janet Kagan”, in rec.arts.sf.written‎^[8] (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 October 2025:

     I'm not following you. _Valhalla_ was (per W'pedia) published in 1995, and you'd written a number of other novels before that. Or are you referring specifically to media tie-in stuff? Or to that particular pen name?