Re: Using Wikipedia as an "authoritative" source...

Subject: Re: Using Wikipedia as an "authoritative" source...
From: Mitchell Maltenfort <mmalten -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 12:59:58 -0400


Authoritative, no, but at this stage in my life I consider few
references authoritative.

If I have to look something up, I check three reliable sources.

But I find that Wikipedia is very nice for two things:

* public-domain graphics.

* an estimate of the "consenus" opinion on a topic.



On 10/19/05, Art Campbell <art -dot- campbell -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Because it crops up here on the list occasionally...
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/18/wikipedia_quality_problem/
>
> Art
>
>

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