25 Oct 07
An awful lot of folk post references that are made in Wikipedia, as if it were a divine oracle.
I'm not saying it's not, but it is after all the product of some knowledge and (probably) more opinion...if no one counters a Wiki entry, it is accepted by rote (by and large).
Reminds me of something....
Ah, yes, I have it now....
2000 years from now, will we swear upon the Wiki ??
25 Oct 07
Originally posted by ZadadkaWiki wiki whack!
An awful lot of folk post references that are made in Wikipedia, as if it were a divine oracle.
I'm not saying it's not, but it [b]is after all the product of some knowledge and (probably) more opinion...if no one counters a Wiki entry, it is accepted by rote (by and large).
Reminds me of something....
Ah, yes, I have it now....
2000 years from now, will we swear upon the Wiki ??[/b]
25 Oct 07
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Originally posted by Zadadkahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
An awful lot of folk post references that are made in Wikipedia, as if it were a divine oracle.
I'm not saying it's not, but it [b]is after all the product of some knowledge and (probably) more opinion...if no one counters a Wiki entry, it is accepted by rote (by and large).
Reminds me of something....
Ah, yes, I have it now....
2000 years from now, will we swear upon the Wiki ??[/b]
It doesn't say anything about swearing upon the Wiki 2000 years from now, so I don't believe that will happen.
25 Oct 07
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Originally posted by ZadadkaI agree. It is open to editing by anyone, so it needs fact-checking. However, Michael Shermer (founder of the Skeptics Society) noted on the Colbert Report a few weeks ago that a study (undertaken by whom, I'm not sure) of the accuracy of Wikipedia found that it was about as accurate as the Encyclopedia Britannica. So I guess that annoying 4-eyed little *h*t is going to be appearing on commercials selling us subscriptions to Wikipedia in the near future. 😕
An awful lot of folk post references that are made in Wikipedia, as if it were a divine oracle.
I'm not saying it's not, but it [b]is after all the product of some knowledge and (probably) more opinion...if no one counters a Wiki entry, it is accepted by rote (by and large).
Reminds me of something....
Ah, yes, I have it now....
2000 years from now, will we swear upon the Wiki ??[/b]
25 Oct 07
Originally posted by Zadadkado you know how many hours of research that site has saved me?!?!
An awful lot of folk post references that are made in Wikipedia, as if it were a divine oracle.
I'm not saying it's not, but it [b]is after all the product of some knowledge and (probably) more opinion...if no one counters a Wiki entry, it is accepted by rote (by and large).
Reminds me of something....
Ah, yes, I have it now....
2000 years from now, will we swear upon the Wiki ??[/b]
If wiki goes away, I'll be doomed!
doomed I tell you!
25 Oct 07
Originally posted by rubberjaw30Oh, I know exactly what you mean.
do you know how many hours of research that site has saved me?!?!
If wiki goes away, I'll be doomed!
doomed I tell you!
But how about this.
Instead of some anonymous website, how about we just accepted the word of Nordy, Red...or...and I hate myself for saying this Stocky, Cartan & Eldragonfly.....God Love 'Em.
25 Oct 07
Originally posted by Zadadkayou'd take Red's word?
Oh, I know [b]exactly what you mean.
But how about this.
Instead of some anonymous website, how about we just accepted the word of Nordy, Red...or...and I hate myself for saying this Stocky, Cartan & Eldragonfly.....God Love 'Em.[/b]
DEVIL WORSHIPPER!
25 Oct 07
Originally posted by Sam The ShamThe biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. Over 7 million articles in over 200 languages, and still growing!!!!!!!
Wikipedia is GREAT. You need to be wary of some articles where opinion is passed as fact, but i don't see what all the condmnation is about, it's a terrific resource about almost anything you can think of.