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Wikipedia is fine for scientific topics. But for history, living persons, and any potential source other controversial it can be very slanted depending on who h
by Manuel_D 4y ago
Wikipedia is fine for scientific topics. But for history, living persons, and any potential source other controversial it can be very slanted depending on who has ownership of the page. It can be interesting to open the talk tab on a page and get a sense of the kind of bias the page owners have.
Often there's more content on the talk page than the article itself, one example I have on hand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ada_Lovelace/Archive_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ada_Lovelace/Archive_1
- Akronymus 4y agoEspecially true for anything where media has any kind of stake in presenting one view point. Due to how sourcing works on wikipedia.