Don't remember seeing this page before. Looking for the page on the mass-deletion that was mostly allowed to occur, around 1999??, but can't find the page. Help? Found it -- Wiki Reductionists
Main Entry:
re�nais�sance
Pronunciation:
"re-n&-'s?(t)s, -'z?(t)s, -'s?s, -'z?s, 're-n&-", chiefly British ri-'nA-s&n(t)s
Function:
noun
Usage:
often attributive
Etymology:
French, from Middle French, rebirth, from renaistre to be born again, from Latin renasci, from re- + nasci to be born -- more at NATION
Date:
1845
1 capitalized a :
the transitional movement in Europe between medieval and modern times beginning in the 14th century in Italy, lasting into the 17th century, and marked by a humanistic revival of classical influence expressed in a flowering of the arts and literature and by the beginnings of modern science b : the period of the Renaissance c : the neoclassic style of architecture prevailing during the Renaissance
2 often capitalized :
a movement or period of vigorous artistic and intellectual activity
3 :
REBIRTH, REVIVAL
Okay, so that's 'renaissance' sorted out; could someone perhaps explain the 'second wiki' part?
Are we to understand that the Big Wiki Fire Of Double Ought cleared the way for the Second Wiki Renaissance? What was it like?
A bloodbath. Please don't bring it up again.
See original on c2.com 