12-21-2007, 11:41 PM
Wikipedia is fine. It's the content that people need to be aware of. Don't believe everything you read, esspecially if it lacks references and obvious research; and if the articles are poorly written, or worse, "copied and pasted" from other sources.
Good for you....Then don't use it.
It's not Wikipedia's job to authenticate the content...The READER needs to do their checking of the sources...And they also have the power to properly edit that content if it's wrong if they so choose to. Readers also have the power to ignore the content entirely or just not use the site.
Why should one person shut down or ruin the program for everyone else just because you found an article you didn't like, or the author wrote something that doesn't conform to your opinion? What about that old adage "the pen is mightier than the sword"? You don't like what they wrote? Write something back...But please do the homework, too.
I use wikipedia all the time for a very quick reference, but I always check the sources and references cited. (and that usually involves looking at these things called Books, usually written decades before the wiki article was posted, by authors considered experts in their fields of study..And sometimes even their information gets 'updated' by new research and study done today)
Quote:I think wikipedia is not a relevent or a reliable information site
Good for you....Then don't use it.
It's not Wikipedia's job to authenticate the content...The READER needs to do their checking of the sources...And they also have the power to properly edit that content if it's wrong if they so choose to. Readers also have the power to ignore the content entirely or just not use the site.
Why should one person shut down or ruin the program for everyone else just because you found an article you didn't like, or the author wrote something that doesn't conform to your opinion? What about that old adage "the pen is mightier than the sword"? You don't like what they wrote? Write something back...But please do the homework, too.
I use wikipedia all the time for a very quick reference, but I always check the sources and references cited. (and that usually involves looking at these things called Books, usually written decades before the wiki article was posted, by authors considered experts in their fields of study..And sometimes even their information gets 'updated' by new research and study done today)
Andy Volpe
"Build a time machine, it would make this [hobby] a lot easier."
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Legion III Cyrenaica ~ New England U.S.
Higgins Armory Museum 1931-2013 (worked there 2001-2013)
(Collection moved to Worcester Art Museum)
"Build a time machine, it would make this [hobby] a lot easier."
https://www.facebook.com/LegionIIICyr/
Legion III Cyrenaica ~ New England U.S.
Higgins Armory Museum 1931-2013 (worked there 2001-2013)
(Collection moved to Worcester Art Museum)
