1 posted on
08/31/2006 6:05:48 AM PDT by
steve-b
To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Bush2000; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; ...
2 posted on
08/31/2006 6:07:00 AM PDT by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: steve-b
I thought this was going to be about Wiki Watchi.
3 posted on
08/31/2006 6:08:54 AM PDT by
ShadowDancer
(No autopsy, no foul.)
To: steve-b
"The errors are not a reason to dismiss the site's usefulness or importance. "
Really?
4 posted on
08/31/2006 6:11:35 AM PDT by
stocksthatgoup
("Is it real? Or is it Reuters?")
To: steve-b
While Wikipedia should never be the last place one looks for information about a specific topic, I increasingly find that it is the best starting point for an exploration of a new subject. Agree 100%.
5 posted on
08/31/2006 6:13:34 AM PDT by
ClearCase_guy
(The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
To: steve-b
Of course I don't see much difference in Wikopedia and what historians have been doing for years. Primary sources? How do we know anything is authentic any more? Yesterday is only what we make it today.
By the way, did you know that Ohio was stolen in 2004 (again) and voters were boo hoo inimidated in Florida in 2000. Oh yeah and 9/11 was a Republican plot and Iraq was a happy peaceful place before Bush invaded it. There's books that prove it, so it's got to be so.
6 posted on
08/31/2006 6:17:52 AM PDT by
rhombus
To: steve-b
Disclaimer ...The content of any given article may recently have been changed, vandalized or altered by someone whose opinion does not correspond with the state of knowledge in the relevant fields.
8 posted on
08/31/2006 6:19:01 AM PDT by
phantomworker
(A camel is a horse designed by committee. Sofa king crazy.)
To: steve-b
I find it very useful and they generally do a good job of staying neutral.
The guy who got pranked must have been a real nobody since it wasn't noticed for 9 months. How harsh is that?
11 posted on
08/31/2006 6:25:27 AM PDT by
12B
To: steve-b
Sometimes the errors are entirely frivolous, of course, as happened earlier this month when fans of US comedian Stephen Colbert followed his joking suggestion and edited pages on elephants to say that their population had recently tripled. You can rely on Wikipedia for truthiness.
12 posted on
08/31/2006 6:46:16 AM PDT by
steve-b
("Creation Science" is to the religous right what "Global Warming" is to the socialist left.)
To: steve-b
Just remember: If you see it on the internet, it MUST be true..........................
Just like all the Intelligent Design/Creationist-crap sites.
13 posted on
08/31/2006 6:50:31 AM PDT by
DoctorMichael
(A wall first. A wall now.)
To: steve-b
I hate to admit it, but I didn't know who this Siegenthaler dude was. I looked him up in Wiki just now. I don't watch NBC.
14 posted on
08/31/2006 6:50:52 AM PDT by
Dudoight
To: steve-b
That's probably why teachers here at school tell us not to use these types of sources... there are too many errors on sites like Wikipedia.
To: steve-b
Wikipedia = Web 2.0 garbage.
35 posted on
08/31/2006 2:32:31 PM PDT by
CyberCowboy777
(You may remember me from such threads as "Christmas in Cambodia" & "Crying Game: The Gore Story")
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