NP Wikipedia

[Bryan Snyder]

in my industry we make a distinction between LEADS, and SOURCES... Wikipedia
is a LEAD, and one I use often.

On 11/13/06, Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk> wrote:
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> >
> >Wikipedia is like your stoner friend who knows who all the cool bands
> >are these days but will never help you move a sofa.  After a while,
> >you decide that you'll hang out with him now and again, but you won't
> >rely upon him in a crunch.
> >
> >-A. A.
>
> Wikipedia's variable reliability is fast becoming an unreliable piece
> of folk wisdom. Every recent horror story about Wikipedia's
> unreliability quotes the same example of John Seigenthaler (and who'd
> have heard of him if he hadn't raised a stink about it?).
> Personally I rely on it more and more as a main source of general
> knowledge, knowing that for controversial issues the discussion pages
> are often more important than the info pages themselves. (quick break
> here to remove DIE CASTRO DIE from Castro's bio page- some people are
> just so-o-o impatient).
> No, Wikipedia's a friend I'll rely on in a crunch as long as I keep a
> check on their inner conflicts.
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