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I really do hate Wikipedia and almost never use it. It's a collection of poorly spun word-salad stolen loosely from third-parties. And the aim isn't on quality
by Uptrenda 6y ago
I really do hate Wikipedia and almost never use it. It's a collection of poorly spun word-salad stolen loosely from third-parties. And the aim isn't on quality but to satisfy the editors compulsive need to contribute to Wikipedia's ever-growing rat's nest of non-sense... just because. In every article there will always be a historical section probably about 3/4ths the articles width that you just skip over (it's useless.) Then, maybe if you're lucky there will be some notes of value.
These notes are almost always useless for two reasons:
1. They are never detailed enough to do anything with.
2. They usually assume massive amounts of prior audience knowledge. To the point where said audience wouldn't need the website.
So they have the unique distinction of being useless to both beginners and expert audiences (quite the feat if you think about.) In the end after you've realized whatever article you're reading is useless (mostly all of them) you'll leave and do what you should have done in the first place: your own research.
I really do wish there was a way to block results in Google. Wikipedia and it's merry band of 13-yo editors would be the first to go.
- yborg 6y ago-site:wikipedia.org Now you'll have to find something else to rant about on the Internet.
- elliotec 6y agoWow... really? This is shocking to me. Where do you typically get information about stuff that everyone else goes to Wikipedia for?
- Kim_Bruning 6y agoI think it sometimes depends on the area you are looking for information in. In general an encyclopedia helps you solve the search paradox (That is: You can't find anything unless you already know something about it). * If you use it to find information about things you are already very familiar with, you'll be disappointed. * If you use it directly as a source for things you are not familiar with, you will be mislead. However, if you use your encyclopedia (Britannica , Wikipedia, Encarta) as a jumping off point to find search terms and sources, you'll find it to be most useful indeed. In short, an encyclopedia is more like a richer dictionary, rather than a primary source of truth. (it isn't called a tertiary source for nothing!)
- prionassembly 6y agoTry Britannica or Encarta for “clique complex of a graph”.