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Re: Wiki's Expiration Date, Past due? RicodJour 01-12-2008
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Posted by RicodJour on January 12, 2008, 12:56 am
> Rarely do I cite Wikipedia, and rarely do I read them, because something
> doesn't seem quite right about that place, can't quite put my finger on it.
> But that doesn't stop some from hanging there indefinately, almost
> biblically.
>
> Some of the high level blogs have banned Wiki citations because it creates
> an undo hardship on the other posters to continuously and successfully
> counter claims that are simply copied and pasted with no research committed.
> Even in the public schools Wiki is causing fervor as students use Wiki
> *facts* but they lack the horsepower or inclination to substantiate the
> claim.
> Then it is up to the teacher, using more conventional teaching methods, to
> undo the bad info from Wiki.
> Wiki is causing people to become lax, stupid, unable to do what needs to be
> done, to see the bigger picture.
>
> Where am I getting this info?
> Direct observation of course and from a *new book* that will be released
> later this year dealing with the research in new literacies.
> Apparently quite a few people are also aware of this thing and have been
> observing it and documenting it.
> The computer and the internet can be powerful tools for good if used in the
> proper manner.
> They can also be the exact opposite.

And...? What's your point? That people shouldn't rely on any one
single source of information? Agreed.

R

Posted by Michael Bulatovich on January 12, 2008, 7:51 am

>> Rarely do I cite Wikipedia, and rarely do I read them, because something
>> doesn't seem quite right about that place, can't quite put my finger on
>> it.

heheh
Let's see..what's wrong with Wikipedia...? Aside from the troubling plethora
of facts, one ignoramus can't hijack it.

(I once contributed a bit of clean-up editing in it. It was easier to do
than I would have thought, and I made a couple of interesting acquaintances.
I think it's an absolutely inspiring project.)




Posted by RicodJour on January 12, 2008, 8:22 am
>
> (I once contributed a bit of clean-up editing in it. It was easier to do
> than I would have thought, and I made a couple of interesting acquaintances.
> I think it's an absolutely inspiring project.)

I stopped doing that after my first correction was 'corrected'. It
was a small refinement to the definition of a masonry term. Fairly
trivial stuff, but I guess someone felt that they owned that entry.

R

Posted by Michael Bulatovich on January 12, 2008, 9:47 am

>>
>> (I once contributed a bit of clean-up editing in it. It was easier to do
>> than I would have thought, and I made a couple of interesting
>> acquaintances.
>> I think it's an absolutely inspiring project.)
>
> I stopped doing that after my first correction was 'corrected'. It
> was a small refinement to the definition of a masonry term. Fairly
> trivial stuff, but I guess someone felt that they owned that entry.

That's a mine field of regional and temporal colloquialisms. For example,
what do you call the radial flare at the eaves of a pitched roof in a
traditional building?



Posted by ++ on January 12, 2008, 2:25 pm


Michael Bulatovich wrote:

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>>>Rarely do I cite Wikipedia, and rarely do I read them, because something
>>>doesn't seem quite right about that place, can't quite put my finger on
>>>it.
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>heheh
>Let's see..what's wrong with Wikipedia...? Aside from the troubling plethora
>of facts, one ignoramus can't hijack it.
>
>(I once contributed a bit of clean-up editing in it. It was easier to do
>than I would have thought, and I made a couple of interesting acquaintances.
>I think it's an absolutely inspiring project.)
>
>

I think we all should conribute what we can, a piece of editing, an
article, even something that ends with a note that it is waiting
verification or editing. It sure beats blogs on subjects that people
are using these days as if they had soem basis in fact or verifiability
when they are only opinion. The Wiki has that verifiability and every
article can be challenged for lack of the same..

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