[WikiEN-l] Re: Can you trust Wikipedia?

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Daniel P. B. Smith wrote:
>> From: Jtkiefer <jtkiefer at wordzen.net>
>>
>>>> The Guardian has a story entitled "Can you trust Wikipedia?" in  which
>>>> various specialists rate Wikipedia articles in their field of
>>>> knowledge: http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1599116,00.html
>>
>>
>> As I also posted in another thread roughly on this topic, although we
>> should be concerned whether or not Wikipedia is trustworthy we  shouldn't
>> get ourselves too concerned about the register's "articles" about
>> Wikipedia since every single article is clearly biased against  wikipedia
>> beyond factuality so the register slamming us with criticism is just
>> business as usual.
> 
> 
> No, but we _should_ be concerned about the _Guardian's_ articles  about
> Wikipedia.
> 
> Because the Register isn't trustworthy, but the Guardian is.
> 
> On a trustworthiness scale of 0 to 10, I'd pesonally score the  Register
> as 3, the Guardian as 9.5.
> 
> And Slashdot as 2, Drudge as 4, and Wikipedia as, um, about a 7?
> 
> 

I'd actually give Wikipedia an 8-8.5 on trustworthiness. Writing quality
is another thing entirely.

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