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RE: OT-Wikipedia WOW
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 7:56 pm
by Chickenboy
Awww man...I missed this whole thing the first time around. Thank you all for providing me some group nostalgia. [:D]
RE: OT-Wikipedia WOW
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:04 pm
by TulliusDetritus
ORIGINAL: wdolson
I know a lot of people on the forum tend to have a low opinion of Wikipedia. I've found a few factual errors there, but for the most part it's pretty accurate. I read somewhere that somebody did a study comparing Wikipedia to traditional encyclopedias like Britannica and found that Wikipedia was on par and sometimes more accurate with the traditional encyclopedias.
Bill
Yes, I had read the same. Which means scientific articles are very good (usually). But once you leave this area er... welcome to the Twilight Zone. Politics: how will you stop nutters from editing some articles? You simply can't.
RE: OT-Wikipedia WOW
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:25 pm
by ilovestrategy
ORIGINAL: jeffk3510
ORIGINAL: Reg
ORIGINAL: JeffK
Does anyone remember the Chinese Lancasters someone posted to win an argument??[:D]
I was going to bring that up but you beat me to it!! (Nothing gets forgotten around here..) [:D]
For the newcomers (names have been omitted to protect the ????):
A while back a newbie made a hasty statement on these forums that the Chinese operated Lancaster aircraft. After the inevitable and unfavourable peer review on this very knowledgeable forum , he refused to back down and went to Wikipedia, updated the entry to backup his story and then cited the reference as part of his argument. Unfortunately he forgot that Wikipedia has a change log function... oops!!!
Cant fix stupid. [:D]
This is why I am
VERY careful about anything I say around you guys...[:-]
RE: OT-Wikipedia WOW
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:17 am
by zzodr
One of the first things they teach Uni students these days is NEVER reference wikipedia in any references.
RE: OT-Wikipedia WOW
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 2:08 am
by ilovestrategy
I just read that from beginning to end and all I can say is "OMG!". Even Japan or Marky would be hardpressed to beat that. [:D]