Re: [MLUG] Wikipedia problems

["Jonathan King" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On 11/9/06, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> They already fixed it (or maybe Jon fixed it).  Anyway, no longer has the
> bit about killing Jews in Israel.

I didn't fix it. I'm not yet quite white and nerdy enough to edit
Wikipedia, although I probably should because there are a lot of
articles I come across on subjects I know something about that could
use it.

Speaking of White and Nerdy, my son went to his first Math Meet
yesterday, at the tender age of 11. He was also trying to find the C++
compiler on his computer the other day. I sort of get choked up about
this kind of thing...I mean, there's no way a loving parent is going
to allow his or her child to start messing around with something as
ugly as C++ this early in the developmental process. It probably could
cause schizotypy at the very least.

> This serves as a reminder that Wikipedia has some reliability problems.
> I think it is a great resource, but it's important to remember that the
> entry you are reading might have been "updated" last night by an 8th
> grader in Hong Kong.

Well, I have now met some pretty scary 8th graders, so I guess how
much this would bother me would really depend on the article and the
8th grader involved.

jking

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