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> Thousands of articles that only barely scratch the surface on the topic. Same as the Web. My experience has been that more often than not I hit "buy/pirate a
by bamfly 3y ago
> Thousands of articles that only barely scratch the surface on the topic.
Same as the Web. My experience has been that more often than not I hit "buy/pirate a book" surprisingly quickly when I start to dig past what's on Wikipedia, which is often not that much. Usually something from a university press.
- thaumasiotes 3y agoNot only does Wikipedia have the same problem, they actively enforce it. If you try to add more detail, Wikipedia will reject your material on the grounds that they don't want it.
- bamfly 3y agoNot just Wikipedia—often, the rest of the Web doesn't have much more than Wikipedia does (sometimes less, when Wikipedia sources heavily from books), unless you count ebooks. And sometimes the book you need is print-only, even if it's fairly recent.