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Agree. I am NOT a fan of Wikipedia but I do use it to look up dates or little facts, like the other day. Watching Jay Leno and he said something about someone's kids. I thought "this dude cannot have kids to say something like that", Google > Wikipedia > Jay has no kids.
Things like that can be trusted but otherwise I almost always skip the Wikipedia link.
I'm with you. . .I go there primarily to check dates of birth and to see if someone is still living.
I'm getting quite a chuckle from this thread. Specifically the mention of the owners of Wiki having an agenda and anyone being able to add whatever they want, true or not.
Yet the same people who wrote these comments will rely completely on a history book from the library.
Wikipedia is a good place to find source material that is used as citations, beyond that I'd be careful about what you use.
This is my take on Wikipedia. The material is good enough to get you started, give you some input on the topic, check the citations at the bottom of the page for further research. Just as you would with any other reference. Follow the links, then follow the links.
If I'd had the internet as a reference tool when I was in school I might have been more interested.
I made some corrections for some basic non controversial information for an industry I've persoanlly been involved in for 20 years and my family has been involved in since 1920. All were removed, that was my first and last contribution. They are still wrong to this day.
Yes. Exactly.
Personal experience, and being a system expert on a topic, is discarded in favor of 'political correctness' or some other thing. I can not exactly put my finger on why or the motive.
To say 'political correctness' seems to draw politics into it, which I am not sure is 100% correct either.
'World view' maybe but to what end? And whose world view?
I cannot believe Dude111 is ANTI-SSL?!?!?! Are you kidding me?? You must not totally understand what it's for.
It's much more then just for banking sites. It's a safe way to transmit data...all data.
I'm surprised you aren't demanding every site use SSL.
The govt can STILL SEE all SSL traffic..... Who are you cooperating with?? -- You dont know......... Its all just BS to lock stuff down even more and give them total control!!
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