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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'', [[Alexis Madrigal]], called the group 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>

In their article "'Cool Freaks’ Wikipedia Club' Is the Only Facebook Group You Need", the "Betabeat" technology section of the ''New York Observer'' 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>

''[[Daily Mirror]]'''s Abi Wilkinson said "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>

''[[Fast Company]]'' said "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>

[[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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==Other websites==
*[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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