Gee!

Everyone referrences it.. But Ive also heard its nothing more than a site where anyone can put in info..

dreamcastrocks

Nor particularly. Anyone can post the information.

Overall, it is a great place for information though.

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Russ Smith

Theoretically it is because it's "peer reviewed."

If I go on the page for Al Gore and make up all sorts of claims about him I absoulutely CAN post them and get them on the page. But the first time someone else reads the page and says "when was Al Gore arrested for tax evasion?" they will simply forward it to the appropriate person and the page will either be edited, or a note will appear saying that claim needs confirmation. If it's not confirmed in the required time, it's gone.

So the accuracy of it really depends to a degree on WHEN you access a certain page.

I've seen stuff on pages I know is not true, for example I corrected 3 mistakes on the Kurt Rambis page a few months ago. 2 of them stuck, one of them got deleted because I wasn't able to verify it even though I know it's true. IIRC it was that he was the conference freshman of the year at Santa Clara or something like that, can't remember.

Edit, would it be wrong for me to cite a wikipedia entry as proof of credibility of wikipedia?

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Pariah

Depends. On most things it's pretty good for general knowledge. But, I don't think journalists or scholars ought to be using it for source material.

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MigratingOsprey

fuzzy zeller is actually trying to track down and sue an individual who posted false material about him

it was taken down by another user - but it was up there

wikipedia uses (successfully) the defense that they have no control over content

as such, i've found it to be a good general resource and a nice starting point - i would never reference it in an academic report or anything related though

azsportsfan31

Wikipedia is up to date.

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Pariah

How do you know that? Did you wiki "wikipedia" and the entry said so?

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dreamcastrocks

3/5

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Pariah

If so, you should know they changed their policy about updating. That entry probably doesn't reflect it, yet.


(yeah, that's right. I quoted myself. I'm a hoot at dinner parties.)

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arthurracoon

its great for into/background info

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