Comments on: Wikiality http://foolswisdom.com/wikiality/ A fool and his blog are soon parted. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:11:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8-bleeding-edge hourly 1 By: Jeffrey of aorist.com http://foolswisdom.com/wikiality/comment-page-1/#comment-179968 Jeffrey of aorist.com Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:16:04 +0000 http://foolswisdom.com/?p=1313#comment-179968 Some schools won't allow their students to use wikipedia because the information is so easily changeable. However, I believe that wikipedia is an excellent source for accurate information. Sure things can be changed here and there, but they are most often corrected on a more vigorous scale than other sources of information. I would claim that wikipedia is about as accurate as any other source. Have you seen Conservapedia? It's for people who feel wikipedia is too liberal. It's a hoot! Some schools won’t allow their students to use wikipedia because the information is so easily changeable. However, I believe that wikipedia is an excellent source for accurate information. Sure things can be changed here and there, but they are most often corrected on a more vigorous scale than other sources of information. I would claim that wikipedia is about as accurate as any other source. Have you seen Conservapedia? It’s for people who feel wikipedia is too liberal. It’s a hoot!

]]> By: Mark http://foolswisdom.com/wikiality/comment-page-1/#comment-176056 Mark Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:41:33 +0000 http://foolswisdom.com/?p=1313#comment-176056 Having watched some wikipedia editing battles it is a place I am reluctant to go near, even on a page I know that has blatantly false information. Thought: Has an article about them been corrected truthfully by a company/person and they have been credited for such? Or would such edits be seen as false simply because the words came from the subject? Having watched some wikipedia editing battles it is a place I am reluctant to go near, even on a page I know that has blatantly false information.

Thought: Has an article about them been corrected truthfully by a company/person and they have been credited for such? Or would such edits be seen as false simply because the words came from the subject?

]]> By: Karl Goldfield http://foolswisdom.com/wikiality/comment-page-1/#comment-175966 Karl Goldfield Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:16:41 +0000 http://foolswisdom.com/?p=1313#comment-175966 I was at a dinner party once and an argument ensued between two women. We were drinking wine for a couple hours and I must admit it was not the greatest of debates. One was arguing the age of some actress and the other claimed that she was off by ten years. The one arguing the younger age cited Wikipedia as her reference, the other IMDB. Obviously the general consensus was that the actress or the actress's agent had created a Wikiality regarding her age. It was a few years ago, and I cannot remember who the actress was, but it reminded me of sales people and how some that I work with are willing to spew anything they hear third or fourth hand as fact if it will help change a mind. Great stuff and I am really glad I found your site. I was at a dinner party once and an argument ensued between two women. We were drinking wine for a couple hours and I must admit it was not the greatest of debates. One was arguing the age of some actress and the other claimed that she was off by ten years. The one arguing the younger age cited Wikipedia as her reference, the other IMDB. Obviously the general consensus was that the actress or the actress’s agent had created a Wikiality regarding her age. It was a few years ago, and I cannot remember who the actress was, but it reminded me of sales people and how some that I work with are willing to spew anything they hear third or fourth hand as fact if it will help change a mind.

Great stuff and I am really glad I found your site.

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