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Monkeydad
09-07-2007, 04:05 PM
That doesn't seem very intelligent on wikipedia's part.

Nope. The founder of the site even admitted the people who have the power to "fix" people's edit had a liberal leaning too, which is not good when it comes to history and political articles. I'm not saying they're always wrong, but it makes people pick and choose which facts to include and also makes people interpret things differently and therefore affects how they write things. An encyclopedia SHOULD be written without emotions or opinions tarnishing actual facts.

It's basically a big collection of people's writings, whether they're factual or editorial-styles, only the authors know.

Wiki is more of a hangout/blog-type thing than legit resource. This is why most schools (at least the decent ones) ban students from using it as a reference in their papers and reports.

jsarno
09-07-2007, 04:11 PM
That's the whole point of it.

I thought this part was amusing:
Wikipedia exists to bring knowledge to everyone who seeks it.

How are getting knowledge if it's just someone's opinion that hasn't been verified? The only thing they are doing is causing more ignorance than embracing knowledge!
I'm very glad you guys pointed this out to me.

jsarno
09-07-2007, 04:12 PM
Nope. The founder of the site even admitted the people who have the power to "fix" people's edit had a liberal leaning too, which is not good when it comes to history and political articles. I'm not saying they're always wrong, but it makes people pick and choose which facts to include and also makes people interpret things differently and therefore affects how they write things. An encyclopedia SHOULD be written without emotions or opinions tarnishing actual facts.

It's basically a big collection of people's writings, whether they're factual or editorial-styles, only the authors know.

Wiki is more of a hangout/blog-type thing than legit resource. This is why most schools (at least the decent ones) ban students from using it as a reference in their papers and reports.

It's been a while since my old ass has been in college! :D

SmootSmack
09-07-2007, 04:18 PM
Thanks for the links guys. I will definitely look at wikipedia in a different light now. No wonder you guys didn't take it as 100% legit. While I am sure the majority is correct, you never know what is incorrect.

I think there's something called Wikiscanner now that tells you who's editing what.

Wikipedia is usually accurate, but it never hurts to have a second source to confirm

Monkeydad
09-07-2007, 04:50 PM
It's been a while since my old ass has been in college! :D

Yeah, me too.

Daseal
09-07-2007, 06:03 PM
The trick for those of us in college, use Wikipedia, but follow the links people provide to the article!

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