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WT Sharpe · 10-03-2010, 08:46 AM

I've found Wikipedia to be a valuable resource. BS and sloppy research does creep in from time to time, but the ground rules they have established allow for self-correction. Hence you will usually see "Citation needed" and "The impartiality of this article is in dispute" tags placed in areas that are questionable. Like any research tool, it is imperfect and a skeptical attitude must be maintained, but the same could be said of The Encyclopaedia Britannica (which is another excellent source of information). To err is human, and no one escapes it entirely.

10-03-2010, 08:46 AM	#423
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	I've found Wikipedia to be a valuable resource. BS and sloppy research does creep in from time to time, but the ground rules they have established allow for self-correction. Hence you will usually see "Citation needed" and "The impartiality of this article is in dispute" tags placed in areas that are questionable. Like any research tool, it is imperfect and a skeptical attitude must be maintained, but the same could be said of The Encyclopaedia Britannica (which is another excellent source of information). To err is human, and no one escapes it entirely. Last edited by WT Sharpe; 10-03-2010 at 08:52 AM.