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Does Wikipedia Suck on Science Stories?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the knowing-your-audience dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An editor from Wired writes on his blog that Wikipedia sucks for science stories — not because they are inaccurate, but because of what he calls the 'tragedy of the uncommon': Too many experts writing about subjects in ways that no non-expert can understand. Would this be the dumbing-down of Wikipedia — or would it be a better resource for everyone?"

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  1. dumb by larry+bagina · · Score: 4, Funny

    if thy want dumbed down science stories, I suggest they check out this site.

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  2. Re:That's what wikilinks are for by Timesprout · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oceans are dolphins houses you big silly goose.

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  3. Issac Asimov. by ynososiduts · · Score: 2, Funny

    I say we send one doctorate from every field to 40 Eridani A after it is discovered to be habitable. There they can edit The Great Wiki. and fill it with all the information in every field in all it's technical glory. Then we would have the ultimate source of knowladge forever perserved incase there is all out nuclear war/anarchy/Christianity on Earth.

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