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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?")
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To: stocksthatgoup
If you assume a Wiki article is flawed, it's an excellent place to start a search on a subject you're unfamiliar with.  Especially, I've found, scientific and engineering subjects.

I know, it sounds strange: you just ignore the specifics and take the general concepts, Google them and go to reputable sites that cover the specifics of the subject.

To illustrate, take numbers:  some sites might cover 1.  Some cover 4 but the 1 sites might not reference the 4 sites, and visa versa.

If you go to Wiki, it might say the first five numbers are 1 4 3 2 5.  If you assume that's wrong but you start Googling the other numbers, you're going to find a reputable site that states the numbers are 1 2 3 4 5.  If you hadn't gone to Wiki, you might not have ever known about 2 3 or 5.

It's a bizarre way to do research, but it works.  lol.

19 posted on 08/31/2006 7:20:56 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny
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