On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 18:13, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Q. How much of a problem is the popularity of
Wikipedia?
A. I think the comparison is a non-debate, because we offer something
very different.
Translation: We tried ignoring and slandering them and kept losing.
I once chatted to this guy in RL and he said exactly the same thing. I
replied "this is irrelevant as no encyclopedia should be cited as a
primary source. More importantly Wikipedia is a very good place to
start research and offers a good overview of topics." His reply? "I
don't think that's true." I can't remember what we talked about after
that. Him and I were the only ones left in the auditorium and my
friends were wondering where I'd gone so I don't think I grilled him
too much.
Britannica was sponsoring a debating competition I was in; I ended up
with a free year's subscription but frankly their site is awful so I
wouldn't even want to use it (not that I would really, being a
Wikipedian).
S
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