[WikiEN-l] Re: a valid criticism
Michael Snow
wikipedia at earthlink.net
Sat Oct 8 02:26:46 UTC 2005
Kat Walsh wrote:
>I disagree on this, and I wonder why so many people state it: a good
>encyclopedic article on a broad subject I am only casually acquainted
>with is very useful, and in fact Wikipedia is often the first place
>I'll turn. There are plenty of basic subjects for which I do not know
>most of the information contained in a decent encyclopedia article;
>I'd imagine this is true of most people.
>
Also, for many basic subjects for which one is not a specialist, an
encyclopedia article is a very helpful place to turn for confirmation of
things you *think you know*, but aren't absolutely certain that you have
remembered correctly.
--Michael Snow
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