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07/03/06 10:03
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 		 #119552 - Wiki quality
Responding to: ???'s previous message
A recent article in New Scientist revealed that the accuracy of articles on wikipedia was within a few percent of the accuracy of the Encyclopedia Britannica!

I've set up my own wiki recently, and I think they are absolutely brilliant. One of the advocated benefits of a wiki is that mistakes get corrected quickly, and my experience bears this out.

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lets cool it guys,eric ;)            01/01/70 00:00      
   I agree            01/01/70 00:00      
      However ...            01/01/70 00:00      
         I generally agree            01/01/70 00:00      
            I know I'm annoying...            01/01/70 00:00      
               Why?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  absolutely            01/01/70 00:00      
                  wikiwiki            01/01/70 00:00      
                     modified WIKI            01/01/70 00:00      
                        try!            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Compromise            01/01/70 00:00      
                        I think such should be considered in thi            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Follow-up            01/01/70 00:00      
                        I like compromises like these            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Wiki quality            01/01/70 00:00      
               That's a dangerous and slippery slope!            01/01/70 00:00      
                  ?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     There was a recent subject on NPR            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Wiki accuracy            01/01/70 00:00      
                     wiki edit.            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Some Wikipedia entries have been wrong            01/01/70 00:00      
                        wiki is freedom            01/01/70 00:00      
                           not with the statistics as they are            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Yes, the freedom to be wrong, in public!            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Yes, but...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 It's just as Ronald Reagan said ...            01/01/70 00:00      
            faqs...as pdf            01/01/70 00:00      
            agree            01/01/70 00:00      
   There has been more damage done via this            01/01/70 00:00      
   a reference            01/01/70 00:00      
   Boy oh boy Did you hit the nail on head            01/01/70 00:00      
      maybe go a little further?            01/01/70 00:00      
         maybe relax it a bit            01/01/70 00:00      
            However, if the thread were closed, but            01/01/70 00:00      
               Already exists            01/01/70 00:00      
                  This is not so simple ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Yes, cool it..            01/01/70 00:00      
      there are no stupid questions            01/01/70 00:00      
   Ok, but...            01/01/70 00:00      
      How to learn then ?            01/01/70 00:00      
         By comparing            01/01/70 00:00      
            Exactly!            01/01/70 00:00      
            Do you reckon ?            01/01/70 00:00      
               fill the new posting entry window with H            01/01/70 00:00      
               There's a reason            01/01/70 00:00      
                  how do you know            01/01/70 00:00      
                     It's my cynicism that tells me.            01/01/70 00:00      

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