[ANSTHRLD] Wikipedia

Jacquie Ziegler shauna at bresnan.net
Wed Mar 22 10:55:58 PST 2006


Jay Rudin wrote:
> Once you think it through, it becomes clear why Wikipedia cannot be 
> used as a source.
>
> That's because it isn't a source.  It's millions of sources, some 
> competent and some not competent, gathered together with no clear, 
> consistent rules or editing.
>
> You can use a source if it's been proven to be consistently correct. 
> Wikipedia isn't a single source, and has proven *not* to be 
> consistently correct.
>
> Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin
>
Any way to get that word to all the submitters out there, Society-wide, 
then? I have seen more and more forms from all Kingdoms with Wikipedia 
articles as their ONLY documentation.

SIGH.

Baroness Shauna of Carrick Point, OP
Ragged Staff Herald



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