[WikiEN-l] Fwd: Wikipedia is fun, but credibility varies a lot

[Ray Saintonge]

Daniel Mayer wrote:

>--- steve v <vertigosteve at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>Plus, she wrote it at about a high school level.
>>Yeesh.
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>To be fair, most newspapers (at least in the U.S.) require stories to be
>written at that level or a bit below in order to maximize readership. 
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The IRS went through that with the 1040 Tax Guide some years back.  The 
result was a guide that was twice as thick and failed to have any effect 
on those who had a hard time reading it in the first place.  It was 
certainly no help to those who might previously have grasped the 
concepts, and who now found themselves wading through excess verbiage.

>She did send me a kind email in response. Basically she is willing to learn
>more about us and agreed that all media need to be looked at critically. 
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Hooray!  A convert. :-)

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