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> I know it's [Wikipedia is] going to give me good information It's not good information, though. You don't know if it's good or bad, which rationally makes th
by forapurpose 8y ago
> I know it's [Wikipedia is] going to give me good information
It's not good information, though. You don't know if it's good or bad, which rationally makes the info almost useless for anything serious. In fields I have expertise in, it's often wrong, politically biased, has serious omissions, or elevates trivia to importance.
> where do you look up where crabs sit relative to scorpions and spiders in arthopoda? Or when Kubernetes was released? Or for a quick refresher on who exactly Samson was in scripture?
Encyclopaedia Britannica is a great source IME (though maybe not for Kubernetes), written by experts. If you hit the paywall, then pay (good info isn't free and free info isn't good); or if you are desperate find the page in your favorite search engine and open it from there.
There are many other authoritative sources in their fields. The one thing Wikipedia is good for is the footnotes, which will identify many of them for you.