[WikiEN-l] Include both, with sources?

Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman at spamcop.net
Sat Oct 21 22:57:19 UTC 2006


On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 15:52:55 -0400, SPUI <drspui at gmail.com> wrote:

>> Why not, if it's verifiable?  Surely that is an interesting and useful
>> piece of information?

>How is it interesting that maps make mistakes? In an article about a 
>town, would we say that a map once spelled it incorrectly?

You have the map, you discover that the Gubmint say something else.
You look at Wikipedia: you get the answer that it is the map which is
wrong.  Presto!  Wikipedia has fulfilled its purpose, or at least a
small part of it for one person on one day.  No?

Guy (JzG)
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