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I trust Wikipedia for basic historical information, biographies etc. I feel sad that encylopedias and their peer reviews have been obliterated as a definitive s
by olivermarks 8y ago
I trust Wikipedia for basic historical information, biographies etc. I feel sad that encylopedias and their peer reviews have been obliterated as a definitive source of knowledge and replaced by something which has a questionable editorial model. I use Wikipedia a lot but don't see it as a 'gold standard' of verified information. It seems a lot people do...
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/7x47bb/wikipedia-editors-elite-diversity-foundation https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/7x47bb/wikipedia-...
- magduf 8y agoThe editorial model seems to work pretty well for things which aren't controversial, and unlike old-style encyclopedias, you can see the edits made and the discussions behind them. With Britannica, you basically just had to trust them.