Author Topic: For those of you who used Wikipedia to help shore up your arguement: (Read 2141 times)

nirvana · « **Reply #30 on:** March 07, 2007, 10:46:38 PM »

Wikipedia is good to read on those boring afternoons, just search something of semi importance to me, then just keep clicking links.

The Triebflugel was a funny edit though:aok

rpm · « **Reply #31 on:** March 07, 2007, 10:55:49 PM »

Reality is a commodity that is for sale. Stephen Colbert trippled the elephant population of Asia.

tedrbr · « **Reply #32 on:** March 07, 2007, 11:09:15 PM »

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Originally posted by Halo
Next thing you know someone will be insisting humans are descended from apes.

Yep, and a quick trip to Wal Mart will show you that many humans haven't been down out of the trees all that long. That very morning in some cases.

nirvana · « **Reply #33 on:** March 08, 2007, 12:35:36 AM »

Reality is a locked article on Wikipedia now and the talk session is dominated about why there's no spot on "reality is a commodity". In short, wikipedia lovers hate Stephen Colbert and I LolZ!

-tronski- · « **Reply #34 on:** March 08, 2007, 02:40:48 AM »

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Originally posted by Booz
All you ever need to know:

http://www.conservapedia.com/

This is the one they made because one of their complaints is wikipedia uses english spelling, not american spelling so therefore wikipedia is anti-american right?

Tronsky

Panzzer · « **Reply #35 on:** March 08, 2007, 03:33:51 AM »

Fear not, Uncyclopedia has almost everything you'll ever need to know.

Momus-- · « **Reply #36 on:** March 08, 2007, 07:27:20 AM »

Usual comedy gold I see.

Chairboy · « **Reply #37 on:** March 08, 2007, 08:52:26 AM »

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Originally posted by nirvana
Reality is a locked article on Wikipedia now and the talk session is dominated about why there's no spot on "reality is a commodity". In short, wikipedia lovers hate Stephen Colbert and I LolZ!

Actually, I was one of the blocking admins in the whole User:Stephencolbert drama. We don't hate him, in fact, we really like him.

But sometimes he makes us sad.

Chairboy · « **Reply #38 on:** March 08, 2007, 08:55:19 AM »

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Originally posted by -tronski-
This is the one they made because one of their complaints is wikipedia uses english spelling, not american spelling so therefore wikipedia is anti-american right?

Tronsky

"If the King's English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me!"
- Ma Ferguson, Governor of Texas (circa 1920)

nirvana · « **Reply #39 on:** March 08, 2007, 02:18:05 PM »

Chairboy, make it a section and make everyone happy. As Stephen Colbert might say, "If you don't do it, you're supporting terrorism!"

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #40 on:** March 08, 2007, 03:48:30 PM »

Chairboy's the loser who edited Deb's little piece.

Chairboy · « **Reply #41 on:** March 08, 2007, 04:00:38 PM »

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Originally posted by lasersailor184
Chairboy's the loser who edited Deb's little piece.

I'm the whatnow that whatted whos what what?

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #42 on:** March 08, 2007, 04:04:07 PM »

Nevermind, I don't know Wiki lingo. It seems it was reverted back to the last edit, which you had done. You didn't do the editing.

nirvana · « **Reply #43 on:** March 08, 2007, 05:30:16 PM »

I think that was a valid post regarding the triebflugal in popular culture, I demand you put it back Chairboy!

And I also got a lol out of your sig, Chairboy:aok

Coshy · « **Reply #44 on:** March 09, 2007, 07:08:04 AM »

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Originally posted by Masherbrum
So all books and magazines are WITHOUT QUESTION the "authority"? Got it marked down here, thanks.

Wow, how did you get that absurd idea from what I wrote? Its all about credibility and Wiki has very limited credibility. It only takes one zipcode intardnet reject SNERT to screw up an otherwise credible article. Who knows how long it will take to be found and corrected.

Read this Wikipedia and you can better understand why information found on Wiki cannot be trusted to be 100% accurate.

I'll quote a little for the link impared:

"Wikipedia's philosophy is that unmoderated collaboration among well-meaning, informed editors will gradually improve the encyclopedia in its breadth, depth and accuracy, and that, given enough time, the truth will win out and even subtle errors will be caught and corrected."

"... well meaning, informed editors will gradually improve ..." - uh huh, what happy, clappy reality are they living in?

"... given enough time, the truth will win out ..." - news flash, OJ and Michael Jackson were found not guilty, therefore, the truth does not always win out.

Wiki may be a good starting point, but to cite it as your only source, you lose credibility.