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Wikipedia articles are not consumed like traditional encyclopedias anyway. I would say that encyclopedias became much less relevant in general, but being one of
by lifthrasiir 3y ago
Wikipedia articles are not consumed like traditional encyclopedias anyway. I would say that encyclopedias became much less relevant in general, but being one of the first influencial online encyclopedias, Wikipedia came to be used as a volatile source of information even though it didn't strive to be one.
- emj 3y agoWe used them for further research or quick look up of facts you should know. That seems to be how people use Wikipedia.
- lifthrasiir 3y agoThat's how people should use Wikipedia, but people generally don't do so in my understanding.
- blowski 3y agoHow do they use it then?
- chgs 3y agoWe used to copy articles out of them for homework. The more things change…
- szundi 3y agoAs a meager pedestrian, I consume Wikipedia instead of Encyclopedias - that I sometimes did when I was a kid
- bawolff 3y agoIdk if it was the first. Microsoft encarta was a pretty big player in that space back in the day.