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Wikipedia can be quite problematic if you just look at the page - the way you describe using it, and adding in checking the sources and references, it is a grea
by bakuninsbart 7y ago
Wikipedia can be quite problematic if you just look at the page - the way you describe using it, and adding in checking the sources and references, it is a great tool.
But if you want to see an example of "opinionated" people ruining wikipedia, just look at the pages about specific philosophy topics and compare them to the SEP. - On wikipedia a self-learned person is worth as much as an expert, and might be able to push his opinion into the article through sheer stubbornness.
- ceejayoz 7y agoAn author I follow on Twitter had trouble getting his birthday corrected on Wikipedia - it got reverted repeatedly as "original research" when he tried to fix it. Had to launder it through a third party by posting the correct one to Twitter and asking his fans to edit it on his behalf.
- JetSpiegel 7y agohttps://xkcd.com/978/ https://xkcd.com/978/