Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 21:12:33 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OT: anyone been crazy enough to mirror wikipedia? Message-ID: <20080702211133.Y2931@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20080702184345.GC4709@kokopelli.hydra> References: <539c60b90806301348l4b09cd90n3972b41339276d6f@mail.gmail.com> <20080702143434.J9414@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20080702184345.GC4709@kokopelli.hydra>
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>> >> 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. and 3 others are added. > 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 actually what i do - to get the first glance on subject, THEN checking more precisely. but quite often it's crap even at the first glance
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