Yes, we are way ahead of Britannica in many areas, but, to be realistic, just as we have many excellent articles that they simply don't have, they also have many articles that we don't. Of course, we are in a better situation, because we can easily fill in the gaps.
I therefore encourage people to take a look at [[Wikipedia:2004 Encyclopedia topics]]. Make redirects if we have the articles, and see what articles they have that you can fill in. Start with a sub, or even a substub. It is bound to grow. Let's make sure we have everything they have and more.
Danny
daniwo59@aol.com wrote:
Yes, we are way ahead of Britannica in many areas, but, to be realistic, just as we have many excellent articles that they simply don't have, they also have many articles that we don't. Of course, we are in a better situation, because we can easily fill in the gaps.
I therefore encourage people to take a look at [[Wikipedia:2004 Encyclopedia topics]]. Make redirects if we have the articles, and see what articles they have that you can fill in. Start with a sub, or even a substub. It is bound to grow. Let's make sure we have everything they have and more.
Danny
Can I join Danny in saying what a good idea it is to browse [[Wikipedia:2004 Encyclopedia topics]].
I was a bit wary of the Countering Systematic Bias project - thinking that it was too much being used as a vehicle to take a pop at proud Americans. However this list of topics really makes plain that WP is systematically weaker in some areas.
Pete
On Apr 1, 2005 5:26 AM, Pete/Pcb21 pete_pcb21_wpmail@pcbartlett.com wrote:
Can I join Danny in saying what a good idea it is to browse [[Wikipedia:2004 Encyclopedia topics]].
I was a bit wary of the Countering Systematic Bias project - thinking that it was too much being used as a vehicle to take a pop at proud Americans. However this list of topics really makes plain that WP is systematically weaker in some areas.
Not just in British/European placenames, you mean?
Sj wrote:
On Apr 1, 2005 5:26 AM, Pete/Pcb21 pete_pcb21_wpmail@pcbartlett.com wrote:
Can I join Danny in saying what a good idea it is to browse [[Wikipedia:2004 Encyclopedia topics]].
I was a bit wary of the Countering Systematic Bias project - thinking that it was too much being used as a vehicle to take a pop at proud Americans. However this list of topics really makes plain that WP is systematically weaker in some areas.
Not just in British/European placenames, you mean?
I've seen a lot of British placenames in the [[Wikipedia:List of encyclopedia topics]], but the EB list tends to be more interesting than that.
Sj wrote:
On Apr 1, 2005 5:26 AM, Pete/Pcb21 pete_pcb21_wpmail@pcbartlett.com wrote:
Can I join Danny in saying what a good idea it is to browse [[Wikipedia:2004 Encyclopedia topics]].
I was a bit wary of the Countering Systematic Bias project - thinking that it was too much being used as a vehicle to take a pop at proud Americans. However this list of topics really makes plain that WP is systematically weaker in some areas.
Not just in British/European placenames, you mean?
For example check out [[Wikipedia:2004 Encyclopedia topics/26]] that Danny was working through last night... no Brit/European placenames spring out there..
I spotted this while searching Google News to see if anyone had mentioned the Britannica "hostile takeover" hoax. Paperchase, an online news service operated by JURIST, has taken to citing Wikipedia profiles of people in its stories. About JURIST
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/faq/
"JURIST is the authoritative legal news and real-time legal research website powered by a team of over 20 law student reporters, editors and web developers led by law professor Bernard Hibbitts at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA." Paperchase appears to be the brand name for their free legal news service.
Alas, we don't seem to have a Wikipedia article about this service.
Examples of use of Wikipedia profiles:
Maurice R. "Hank" Greenberg
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2005/03/corporations-and-securities-br... Conrad Black
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2005/03/corporations-and-securities-br...