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Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia by AndyMcConachie on Monday November 09, 2026 @07:52AM (#50424909)
And before that it was the #1 result for most Google searches.
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Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia by StilesCrisis on Monday November 09, 2026 @08:03AM (#50425031)
Not "most searches." Wikipedia was (probably still is!) the the most common #1 result.

"#1 result for most searches" would mean 50% of all searches would have Wikipedia up top, and no site clears that bar.

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Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia by KMnO4 on Monday November 09, 2026 @08:06AM (#50425055)
That’s incorrect. If there are 10 websites competing for #1, Wikipedia could show up twice in 11 searches while the others showed up once.
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Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia by StilesCrisis on Monday November 09, 2026 @08:12AM (#50425128)
"#1 result for most searches" would literally mean that I could take all the searches for a given day, then find a 50%+1 subset that all have the same top result. There is no such top result.
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Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia by wgraj on Monday November 09, 2026 @08:09AM (#50425104)
The word you're looking for is plurality.
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Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia by StilesCrisis on Monday November 09, 2026 @08:12AM (#50425135)
Don't tell me, tell the guy who said "most!"
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