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When you are an undergrad, Wikipedia is magic. When pursuing a PhD you realise how much of wiki is not completely accurate.
by aero-glide2 4y ago
When you are an undergrad, Wikipedia is magic. When pursuing a PhD you realise how much of wiki is not completely accurate.
- aaaaaaaaata 4y agoWiki articles ≠ sources
- oarabbus_ 4y agoBut wiki article citations == sources.
- aaaaaaaaata 4y agoThat's exactly what I was getting at!
- IIAOPSW 4y agowiki articles !=== sources
- netr0ute 4y agoAlternatively, it's shocking how little information is actually on the Wiki, even though it's easily available from common university classes.
- bawolff 4y agoIts a general purpose encyclopedia. Why would anyone expect it to be competing with a masters student level of knowledge?
- netr0ute 4y agoThis doesn't compute, because the purpose of an encyclopedia is to have everything.
- epgui 4y agoHave you ever opened an encyclopedia? For some perspective, the Britannica, Americana, and Collier's together don't even contain 1% of what wikipedia contains.
- Terretta 4y agoAnd yet, I’d argue that 1% is more useful. Put another way, not all topics’ depth need be created equal, and arguably, Wikipedia is upside down.
- epgui 4y agoIt’s not clear to me on what basis one could make that claim, and as a subjective, empirical observation, I disagree: that has not been my impression or experience at all.
- hypertele-Xii 4y agoThat would be an omnipedia.
- bee_rider 4y agoIDK it seems pretty decent. Nothing is magic, but textbooks don't provide links to their sources.
- Kim_Bruning 4y agoAha! That means it's already much improved from when I was still a student! ;-)