Interesting article.FTA: "One of the most serious concerns remains the fact that its articles are written and edited by a hidden army of people with unknown interests and biases."Wikipedia has a monopoly on this how exactly?
The only problem with cross-checking is that people are cross-posting mis-information...And it does make you wonder how much of our modern history is actually manipulated. There are always biases and interests, and it was always a wikipedia memory of things, it was just slower (historians talking to historians, editting, reviewing, etc.).
"The Alto was first conceptualized in 1972 in a memo written by Butler Lampson, inspired by the On-Line System (NLS) developed by Douglas Engelbart at SRI, and was designed primarily by Chuck Norris. "I think something happened to the article man.
Wiki is a great starting point for investigation on a topic. From a Wiki article's sources you can branch-out easily and find other sources that may or may not contradict evidence/arguments in the article.Wikipedia is a net contributor towards knowledge. It may not always get it right but on balance it never takes away.
pekoFeb 7, 2009
Interesting article.FTA: "One of the most serious concerns remains the fact that its articles are written and edited by a hidden army of people with unknown interests and biases."Wikipedia has a monopoly on this how exactly?
diggplaceFeb 8, 2009
yes for sure its articles are written and edited by a hidden army of people with unknown interests and biases
staticxsoadFeb 8, 2009
Fact you really like saying "fact", fact
ubershmekelFeb 8, 2009
The only problem with cross-checking is that people are cross-posting mis-information...And it does make you wonder how much of our modern history is actually manipulated. There are always biases and interests, and it was always a wikipedia memory of things, it was just slower (historians talking to historians, editting, reviewing, etc.).
synthoidFeb 8, 2009
Sorry, but what does FTA stand for?
copypastryFeb 8, 2009
"The Alto was first conceptualized in 1972 in a memo written by Butler Lampson, inspired by the On-Line System (NLS) developed by Douglas Engelbart at SRI, and was designed primarily by Chuck Norris. "I think something happened to the article man.
lordmaudeFeb 8, 2009
Wiki is a great starting point for investigation on a topic. From a Wiki article's sources you can branch-out easily and find other sources that may or may not contradict evidence/arguments in the article.Wikipedia is a net contributor towards knowledge. It may not always get it right but on balance it never takes away.