The Problem with Wiki

[koshergrl]

We have a few posters who, except for wiki, reference nothing and nobody at all...Dragon, rightwinger, a few others. Rightwinger actually claims it's bad form to use citations and references when making an argument; but he likes wiki for himself. Dragon generally says "my opinion is good enough" but occasionally will find a wiki article to support him and use that as *proof* of whatever ignorant blather he's posting.

Here is the problem with wiki. According to wiki:

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Wikipedia is a very large project that wants to make a free encyclopedia. This encyclopedia is written by volunteers. This approach has been criticised. The main points of criticism are:

• Anyone can change an article in Wikipedia. Because of this, some articles in Wikipedia may not be entirely true and accurate, instead displaying a hoax or a false information.
• There is the problem of vandalism. Some vandalism is obvious, other vandalism may be difficult to see.
• Sometimes, people have a strong opinion about a subject, so they will try to control the articles about that subject.
• Things stated in articles need to have reliable sources, especially if there is controversy about them. Often there are controversial claims in articles, without a proper source.
• Some editors do not like each other; they will do things that do not make the Wikipedia better (like edit wars)

Only a certain group of people edit Wikipedia. For this reason, the opinions of that group, and their interests may be covered more in Wikipedia. This is usually called a system bias, and can be very misleading, since it only shows one side of a dispute. There are also certain forms of group dynamics that are present. This means that the group of editors as a whole is more occupied to please itself than to edit articles)."


"The use of Wikipedia is not accepted in many schools and universities in writing a formal paper. Several educational institutions have blocked Wikipedia in the past while others have limited its use to only a pointer to external sources.[3] University of Maryland professor of physics Robert L. Park has characterized Wikipedia as a target for "purveyors of pseudoscience."[5]"

"Some librarians, academics, and editors of other encyclopedias consider it to have little utility as a reference work.[3][8] Most university lecturers discourage students from citing any encyclopedia in academic work, preferring primary sources.[9] One university program and several schools have even banned Wikipedia citations specifically.[10]"
Problems of Wikipedia - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[g5000]

Wikipedia Celebrates 750 Years Of American Independence.

"On July 25, 1256, delegates gathered at Comerica Park to sign the Declaration Of Independence, which rejected the rule of the British over its 15 coastal North American colonies," reads an excerpt from the entry. "Little did such founding fathers as George Washington, George Jefferson, and ***ERIC IS A FAG*** know that their small, querulous republic would later become the most powerful and prosperous nation in history, the Unified States Of America."

 

[koshergrl]

hahahahahahaha

 

[Ropey]

Wikipedia Celebrates 750 Years Of American Independence.

"On July 25, 1256, delegates gathered at Comerica Park to sign the Declaration Of Independence, which rejected the rule of the British over its 15 coastal North American colonies," reads an excerpt from the entry. "Little did such founding fathers as George Washington, George Jefferson, and ***ERIC IS A FAG*** know that their small, querulous republic would later become the most powerful and prosperous nation in history, the Unified States Of America."