Re: Using Wikipedia as an "authoritative" source

Subject: Re: Using Wikipedia as an "authoritative" source
From: John Cornellier <jcornellier -at- abingdon -dot- oilfield -dot- slb -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:05:31 +0100


The article ref'd in the original post

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/18/wikipedia_quality_problem/

seems to judge Wikipedia against conventional encyclopedias.

Ed Wurster wrote:
>On 10/20/05, Sean Hower <hokumhome -at- freehomepage -dot- com> wrote:
>
>>Maybe I'm wrong on this, but has anyone actually said that Wikipedia was an
>>authoritative source on any topic? Sure, people have said that they use it, but
>>has anyone said that Wikipedia is their ONLY source of information and that
>>they trust it 100%?
>
>No one has said that. It's just a topic to toss around.

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References:
re: Using Wikipedia as an "authoritative" source: From: Sean Hower
Re: Using Wikipedia as an "authoritative" source: From: Ed Wurster

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