There are some juicy controversies brewing at the happy butterflies and flowers paradise that is Wikipedia.org.
Wikipedia black helicopters circle Utah's Traverse Mountain
Secret mailing list rocks Wikipedia
Both stories I discovered via the wonders of SlashDot.
3 comments:
Splotch,
Thanks a lot for this! I often link to wikipedia articles in my posts, but I also try to read through them before linking to them to see that they are (for the most part) truthful. I hope there are not too many people out there who take everything on wikipedia as God's truth.
I have read some rather biased articles myself. It is the major problem with a free-edited "encyclopedia".
Everybody has to know that wikipedia should only be one of many sources when you are trying to learn about a subject. And to take everything you read there with a grain (or pound) of salt.
Thanks again!
well now I can see why at school we are not allowed to use wikipedia as a source. good post!
Yes, we have not been able to use Wikipedia as a source at school, but for math information it is invaluable. When I don't know WTF my Number Theory teacher was talking about The folks who contribute to) Wikipedia explain(s) it coherently.
Want to piss away 3 hours on a Sunday, but don't have a blog? I was going to say read a plethora of worthwhile information on Wikipedia, but I'll recommend the blog. I have pissed away far more time on a blog than Wikipedia, and YouTube combined.
Wait why was I commenting?
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