[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia appears to be useful for something!

John Lee johnleemk at gmail.com
Fri Jun 1 15:17:05 UTC 2007


On 6/1/07, Stephen Bain <stephen.bain at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/1/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > http://blog.compete.com/2007/05/31/wikipedia-search-terms/
>
> "The top terms include very straightforward inquiries on human
> reproductive 'parts' and basic concepts of what sex is and how it is
> performed. It appears many people are learning about what sex is and
> how to have it by referencing Wikipedia."
>
> Oh dear.


One wonders how long before someone starts attributing sexual crimes to
Wikipedia. "My son would never have raped that girl if *sob* he had never
been on Wikipedia and learnt about sex! We must ban Wikipedia now before it
hurts more families! Won't someone think of the children???"

Johnleemk


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