I'm a huge fan of Wikipedia's Simple English wiki, and its page on prime numbers gives a great example of why: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number ht

I'm a huge fan of Wikipedia's Simple English wiki, and its page on prime numbers gives a great example of why: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number Without having to wade through pages and pages of information, you very quickly gain an understanding of the basics. A 30-second skim of this page - which includes "Prime numbers are very important in mathematics and computer science." - would've prevented this reporter making such an obvious mistake.