[WikiEN-l] Irony, noun: When a judge discovers the existence of disclaimers

[Steve Bennett]

On 21/04/06, Guettarda <guettarda at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow.  That's disturbing.  There are times when the influence of Wikipedia
> makes me distinctly uncomfortable...if I make a mistake in what I write, if
> I screw something up, I have changed "knowledge".  Yet again, I wish that
> the world understood that Wikipedia is a beta.

I think of Wikipedia more like "my first encyclopaedia" than "beta" as
such. Sometimes beta software is pretty good. You can use beta
software to run your business. I don't think any serious professional
or academic would be trusting their reputation on "my first
encyclopaedia".

Steve