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An appeal from Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales (Barf)
Wikipedia ^ | 12-27-08 | Jimmy Wales

Posted on 12/27/2008 9:56:08 AM PST by Red_Devil 232

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To: Mark was here

I think so. I admit I use it if I need to quickly know the synopsis of a movie to decide whether it is worth seeing or not. It is also useful if I need to quickly see something like the top speed of a type of car or something like that (something that isn’t up to debate).


21 posted on 12/27/2008 10:38:33 AM PST by chargers fan
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To: Red_Devil 232
Twenty-three paid parasites and $6 million?

That comes to $25000 per loser, including the chief loser.

Maybe Soros can chip in to the carefully monitored revisionist propaganda machine?

22 posted on 12/27/2008 10:38:57 AM PST by Publius6961 (Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
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To: Mark was here
Sure I know Global Warming is a farce, but is the rest of the info really that bad?

In a word; yes.

Misinformation is worse than lies.

But of course the ignorant never know that they're ignorant so it works out --- sorta. Positive negative feedback reinforcement.

23 posted on 12/27/2008 10:40:54 AM PST by Publius6961 (Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
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To: DManA
Wikipedia is something extremely rare - something brand new, never seen before in the history of the world.

Dude!
You need to get out more.

And put down the crack pipe.

24 posted on 12/27/2008 10:42:26 AM PST by Publius6961 (Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
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To: ETL

I agree. Even political articles can be kept fairly neutral if contributions are well sourced. This really does not apply to the higher profile ones, because there are some obsessives with agendas who will watch their pet articles 24/7 to keep them biased, but I have edited political articles - even during the 2008 election cycle - and my edits are still there.

I think in reading Wiki you just need to remember to keep your BS radar up. It’s a microcosm of the Internet as a whole: not everything you’ll read there is true, but it is not terribly difficult to weed it out when you follow the links.


25 posted on 12/27/2008 10:50:08 AM PST by PhatHead
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To: DManA
Wikipedia is something extremely rare - something brand new, never seen before in the history of the world.

Oh good grief, you could say the same thing about the inside of a shelled peanut.

26 posted on 12/27/2008 10:55:51 AM PST by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: ETL

those are the ones that the Lefties haven’t gotten around to monitoring constantly like the ones on global warming, AIDS, evolution, etc.

Those 23 employees are incredibly active at trolling certain pages on an hour by hour basis. That might leave them enough time to get to the rest of the sacred cows on the left.


27 posted on 12/27/2008 11:00:03 AM PST by bpjam (GOP is 3 - 0 in elections after Nov 4th. You Can Smell the Rally !!!)
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To: Mark was here
Unfortunately, Wikipedia's politically charged issues are the last word for those who voted for the American Idol President.

Read Wikepedia's entry about Free Republic. No bias there, huh?

Wikipedia's info about Free Republic

28 posted on 12/27/2008 11:01:25 AM PST by Madame Dufarge
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To: chargers fan
I think so. I admit I use it if I need to quickly know the synopsis of a movie to decide whether it is worth seeing or not.

You're better of going to IMDB.

I find the ratings and the reviews pretty close to what I think of movies. Except for "The Godfather" winning every best of all time movies polls.

29 posted on 12/27/2008 11:02:19 AM PST by raybbr (It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
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To: Mark was here

My daughter’s middle school does not allow Wikipedia to be used as a citation in the papers kids write.


30 posted on 12/27/2008 11:06:34 AM PST by SW6906 (6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
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To: ChadsDad

The big boys get the expense account. I’m sure meetings are held in the Bahamas...or the like.


31 posted on 12/27/2008 11:08:09 AM PST by Sacajaweau (I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
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To: Mark was here

Actually, the site is a useful source of information - as long as the subject is not controversial! If you want to know what the Fields Medal is or who Kevin bacon is, then it is a good source. If it is anything political, controversial or regarding things like “Global Warming(TM)”, forget it. The bias is distinctly left.


32 posted on 12/27/2008 11:08:36 AM PST by SW6906 (6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
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To: Red_Devil 232

Wikipedia - a synonym for “could well be true”.


33 posted on 12/27/2008 11:19:35 AM PST by glorgau
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To: Red_Devil 232

If you want to shift wikipedia in a conservative direction, then you should donate and send a comment with your concerns, quit complaining, sign up for an account, and get to editing. It’s a lot like education. Yes, there are quite a few barriers to jobs for conservatives in education right now, but the more conservatives you get employed the fewer barriers there will be.


34 posted on 12/27/2008 11:41:34 AM PST by NinoFan
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To: Arkinsaw

I didn’t attach a value to it. I stand by my statement. It is absolutely unique.


35 posted on 12/27/2008 11:58:15 AM PST by DManA
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To: Madame Dufarge
"Read Wikepedia's entry about Free Republic. No bias there, huh?"

So edit it.

36 posted on 12/27/2008 12:05:00 PM PST by Dan Middleton
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To: SW6906
"My daughter’s middle school does not allow Wikipedia to be used as a citation in the papers kids write."

Duh.

37 posted on 12/27/2008 12:05:30 PM PST by Dan Middleton
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To: Red_Devil 232

That’s $260,869.57 per employee. I’d say someone has ‘Madeoff’ with a lot of wiki’s money if they can’t pay the staff.


38 posted on 12/27/2008 12:06:26 PM PST by fella (.He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19')
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To: beckett
Wikipedia, is bar none the best thing on the internet today, piddling errors and scattered biases notwithstanding.

The errors are not piddling and on any topic with political overtones, the bias is light years away from scattered; it's real< it"s overwhelming, and it's in your face.

39 posted on 12/27/2008 12:08:56 PM PST by Philo1962 (Iraq is terrorist flypaper. They go there to die.)
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To: Madame Dufarge
Read Wikepedia's entry about Free Republic. No bias there, huh?

The editor who has taken charge of the FR article is named Eschoir. It's a lot like having Osama bin Laden in charge of the article about Israel.

40 posted on 12/27/2008 12:11:46 PM PST by Philo1962 (Iraq is terrorist flypaper. They go there to die.)
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