Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:07:36 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OT: anyone been crazy enough to mirror wikipedia? Message-ID: <20080703020736.GA14746@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20080702211133.Y2931@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <539c60b90806301348l4b09cd90n3972b41339276d6f@mail.gmail.com> <20080702143434.J9414@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20080702184345.GC4709@kokopelli.hydra> <20080702211133.Y2931@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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--J/dobhs11T7y2rNN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 09:12:33PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >> > >>wikipedia is just a pile of junk. everyone can put in it, and > >>unfortunately do. > > > >Meanwhile, in print encyclopedias, I see that with restricted writing > >access and strict editing processes there are typically systemic biases > >and subtler mistakes that are much easier to overlook -- and the mistakes > >not only persist until the next edition, but often exist for decades, > >whereas finding a mistake in Wikipedia is fixable within five minutes. >=20 > and 3 others are added. Do you really think such absurd exaggeration makes a valid point? >=20 > >The key is that an encyclopedia should never be the *end* of your > >research. It's basically just a place to look for key terms to research >=20 > actually what i do - to get the first glance on subject, THEN checking=20 > more precisely. >=20 > but quite often it's crap even at the first glance I guess your definition of "quite often" must be much more permissive than mine -- or you just have a real knack for finding bad information. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ] Albert Camus: "An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself." --J/dobhs11T7y2rNN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkhsNGgACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKURCQCgooB6Ah7REy8HPWteYIM9VlOo bdgAoLnbnfdTCDYBT4uADLy4wh3HfLV7 =tVXZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --J/dobhs11T7y2rNN--
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