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Old May 5th, 2008, 09:13 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Cochise22 View Post
The irony of discrediting a certain website before checking that the website has referenced better sources for said information is perfect.


BBC NEWS | Technology | Wikipedia survives research test
And to think that this was in 2005. It would be pretty simple to believe that the accuracy has increased even just a little bit in 3 years.

IMO Wikipedia has essentially become The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
Exactly. There's nothing wrong with Wikipedia - unless, of course, it counters some of your prejudices. Such as providing pictures of the German extermination of Jews in the Second World War.
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