[Wikipedia-l] Article - Librarian: Don't use Wikipedia as source

Tomasz Wegrzanowski taw at users.sf.net
Thu Aug 26 10:16:49 UTC 2004


On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 11:46:32AM +0200, Peter Gervai wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 10:06:56AM +0800, Andrew Lih wrote:
> 
> > I hesitate to even post this, because it's virtual flame-bait. :) But
> > with all the accolades Wikipedia receives in the press, you have to
> > take the knocks too.
> 
> Why, this article is pretty fair. It states only the truth:
> * Wikipedia is not reviewed by the academics
> * Wikipedia does not guarantee validity or accuracy

Neither are paper encyclopedias, but somehow he didn't have any problems with them.
This article is pure biased bullshit.



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