Russia plans alternative version of 'Wikipedia'

Reuters ^ | November 14, 2014 | Thomas Grove

[C19fan]

Russia plans to create its own "Wikipedia" to ensure its citizens have access to more "detailed and reliable" information about their country, the presidential library said on Friday.

Citing Western threats, the Kremlin has asserted more control over the Internet this year in what critics call moves to censor the web, and has introduced more pro-Kremlin content similar to closely controlled state media such as television.

[Fiji Hill]

This might be as fun as reading the Great Soviet Encyclopedia during the Cold War—where one could learn that the incandescent light bulb was invented by Lodinov, the airplane was invented by Mozhaiskii, etc.

[Pilsner]

After all, zee internet iss a Russian inwentian.

[W.]

Oh, I can’t WAIT to see this. More fun to read than English Russia, hoboy!

[SoCal Pubbie]

I was thinking Sneakypedia.

[PIF]

Back in the day, I used to read Krocodile on the job - good for the latest inside jokes. Pravda and Izvestia were not good for anything except the pictures ...

[NorthMountain]

There's no pravda in Izvestya and no isvestya in Pravda ...

[dmz]

I was thinking Sneakypedia.

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Sneaky Pete Kleinow, pedal steel guitar player, is rolling over in his grave.

[ansel12]

The shirtless, usually hatless outdoorsman who never tans or sunburns, or show any signs of being outdoors.

[Slyfox]

[ansel12]

Ever notice his clothes?

Does this look like a man’s clothes that has been kneeling, sitting, and fishing all day and that has just hooked and dragged in a big fish?

http://img.qz.com/2014/03/fishing1.jpg?w=1600

Or this one?

http://www.lebanon24.com/Content/uploads/Article/140211111116253.jpg

How about this outdoor shot?

http://im.ft-static.com/content/images/53fe6fd2-812d-11de-92e7-00144feabdc0.img

The man is so metrosexual that he can’t even fake being outdoorsy with professionals helping him.

[Slyfox]

Sorta like this?

[ansel12]

Yep, that is what I see when I see Putin’s posed and faked action photos.

[clearcarbon]

Phonypedia

[Cossak]

Russian loosers have no talents besides drinking

[Cossak]

In old totalitarian school textbooks they wrote that light bulb was invented by Edison, and he used carbon filament. Russian engineer Lodygin made light bulb with tungsten filament. They asserted that first plane was invented by Wright brothers if my sclerosis does not betray me. Mozhaiski made first Russian airplane according to Soviet Encyclopedia. Also they did not assert it was Tsar Ivan the Terrible who discovered Roentgen rays.

[wetphoenix]

Yep, I actually kept a Soviet Encyclopedia in my library and went to check out. Surprisingly, it mentions both Wrights and Edison for airplane and light bulb.

[odds]

“Surprisingly, it mentions both Wrights and Edison for airplane and light bulb.” — Lol