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More interesting to me (since Overstock.com and Traverse Mountain are nearby) was the linked article ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/06/wikipedia_and_ove

by TJensen 17y ago

More interesting to me (since Overstock.com and Traverse Mountain are nearby) was the linked article ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/06/wikipedia_and_overstock/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/06/wikipedia_and_overst... ). It is interesting to think about how much power the Wikipedia inner circle has over public dialogue. Wikipedia is often people's first stop when trying to find out about something new - if they show bias, it could change that dialogue significantly.

graemep 17y ago
May be it should not be people's first stop. If any one uses Wikipedia in an argument I ask for an authoritative source.
- eru 17y ago
  Yes. But 'should' is not 'is'.
- omouse 17y ago
  It's an encyclopedia. Would you use Britannica for an argument? No. You would use whatever materials it cites. Wikipedia is the starting point for an argument, not the evidence to support one.