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| num_users = 25,000+
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'''Cool Freaks' Wikipedia Club''' is a [[Facebook]] group where people share [[Wikipedia]] articles. It was made on 24 September 2013. It currently has over 25,000 members.{{when}}<ref name="Cool Freaks' Wikipedia Club - Members">{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/441438052640519/members/|title=Cool Freaks' Wikipedia Club - Members|publisher=[[Facebook]]|date=|accessdate=2014-09-10}}</ref>

== Reception ==
The deputy [[editor]] of ''The Atlantic (a popular [[magazine]]) [[en:Alexis Madrigal|Alexis Madrigal]] review'', [[Alexis Madrigal]], called the group as a place "where people share links to strange and fascinating Wikipedia pages."<ref name="5 Intriguing Things">{{cite web|author=[[Alexis Madrigal]]|url=http://tinyletter.com/int.../letters/5-intriguing-things-170|title=5 Intriguing Things|publisher=TinyLetter|date=15 August 2014|accessdate=2014-09-10}}</ref><ref name="A Facebook group where people share links to... - Intriguing Things">{{cite web|author=[[Alexis Madrigal]]|url=https://www.facebook.com/OurIntriguingThings/posts/297770490407224|title=A Facebook group where people share links to... - Intriguing Things|publisher=[[Facebook]]|date=15 August 2014|accessdate=2014-09-10}}</ref>  ⏎
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In their article "'Cool Freaks’ Wikipedia Club' Is the Only Facebook Group You Need", the "Betabeat" technology section of the ''New York Observer (another popular magazine)'' said that the group is "like [[Reddit|r/Wikipedia]] except better, for it sprinkles actual information in between vacation photos and #blessed statuses, making your [[Facebook]] somewhat worth looking at."<ref name="'Cool Freaks’ Wikipedia Club' Is the Only Facebook Group You Need - Betabeat">{{cite web|author=Sage Lazarro|url=http://betabeat.com/.../cool-freaks-wikipedia-club-is.../|title='Cool Freaks’ Wikipedia Club' Is the Only Facebook Group You Need - Betabeat|publisher=[[The New York Observer]]|date=4 September 2014|accessdate=2014-09-10}}</ref>  ⏎
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''[[Daily Mirror]]'''s Abi Wilkinson stateaid "Cool Freaks' Wikipedia Club makes [[Facebook]] worthwhile."<ref name="Twitter / AbiWilks: Cool Freaks' Wikipedia Club ...">{{cite web|author=Abi Wilkinson|url=https://twitter.com/AbiWilks/status/488691467251376128|title=Twitter / AbiWilks: Cool Freaks' Wikipedia Club ...|publisher=[[Twitter]]|date=14 July 2014|accessdate=2014-09-10}}</ref>  ⏎
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''[[Fast Company]]'' praised the site withsaid "This is a lightly moderated Facebook group where people post links to weird Wikipedia articles. It is fantastic [[party#dinner party|dinner party]] material."<ref name="The Recommender: Reyhan Harmanci, Who Hallucinated At Dollywood - Fast Company - Business + Innovation">{{cite web|author=Reyhan Harmanci|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/.../the-recommender-reyhan...|title=The Recommender: Reyhan Harmanci, Who Hallucinated At Dollywood - Fast Company - Business + Innovation|publisher=[[Fast Company]]|date=15 August 2014|accessdate=2014-09-10}}</ref>  ⏎
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[[New Zealand]]'s [[Wellington City Libraries]] said that ''Cool Freaks' Wikipedia Club'' is "neat."<ref name="Wellington City Libraries — Cool Freaks' Wikipedia Club">{{cite web|author=Edna Welthorpe|url=http://wellingtoncitylibraries.tumblr.com/.../cool-freaks...|title=Wellington City Libraries — Cool Freaks' Wikipedia Club|publisher=[[Tumblr]]|date=|accessdate=2014-09-10}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/coolfreakswikipediaclub/ Official site]
* {{Facebook|CoolFreaksWC|Cool Freaks' Wikipedia Club}}
*[http://coolfreaksunited.tumblr.com/ Cool Freaks' Tumblr]
* {{twitter|CoolFreaksWiki|CF Wikipedia Club}}

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