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Ted Nelson, an Uncommon card
Theodor Holm Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology, philosopher of computer science, and sociologist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 51
- Power
- 119
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 57,000
Power 119 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Ted Nelson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ted Nelson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He coined the terms hypertext and ______ in 1963 and published them in 1965.
Answer
hypermedia. He coined the terms hypertext and hypermedia in 1963 and published them in 1965. From the Ted Nelson article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
According to his profile published in Forbes in ____, Nelson "sees himself as a literary romantic, like a Cyrano de Bergerac, or 'the Orson Welles of software'."
Answer
1990s. According to his profile published in Forbes in 1997, Nelson "sees himself as a literary romantic, like a Cyrano de Bergerac, or 'the Orson Welles of software'." From the Ted Nelson article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Andy Lee. Andy Lee 71 · Ted Nelson 68 · Loan 64 · Ransom E. Olds 60 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He coined the terms hypertext and hypermedia in 1963 and published them in 1965.
- According to his profile published in Forbes in 1997, Nelson "sees himself as a literary romantic, like a Cyrano de Bergerac, or 'the Orson Welles of software'."
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ted Nelson article was read about 57,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 51: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Ted Nelson
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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The cards just above and just below Ted Nelson in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- Andy LeeUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 48
- National Museum of AnthropologyUncommon · History · ATK 68 DEF 51
- ChemistUncommon · Science · ATK 68 DEF 51
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ted Nelson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dgies, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
