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Wikipedia Corrects Encyclopedia Britannica
javipas writes "Despite all the controversy about Wikipedia's work model, no one can argue the potential of a project that has so effectively demonstrated the usefulness of the 'wisdom of crowds' concept. And that wisdom has detected a large number of mistakes in one of the most revered founts of human knowledge, the Encyclopedias Britannica. Among the wrong information collected on this page are the name at birth of Bill Clinton and the definition of the NP problems in mathematics."
I don't see why this got modded troll, it's absolutely correct. Stop smoking crack mods!
modded troll, then flamebait. yes, the wikiweirdo's have struck again. the truth really does sting doesn't it?
If you mod me down, I will become more powerful than you can imagine....
Your gay and conciliatory demeanour does nothing to obscure the fact that you are a dunce with the English language, nor that you are a slavish dimwit who drank the Wikipedia kool-aid.
You didn't state it outright, but you were clearly making an unprovoked assault on Wikipedia, which certainly implies that you think it is not a good site. Like so many slashdot users, you are incapable or unwilling to admit that your posts have implications of the words you wrote, because like so many slashdot users, you are too fucking stupid to understand the many levels of communication that fully socialized humans use to communicate.
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I see Wikipedia as a failure, and I know I'm not the only one. Sure, http://wikipedia.org/ is a huge success, no way to argue that. Just try and sneak your Google query through without at least one Wiki page floating up to the top. For better or for worse, Google is now COMPLETELY overrun with Wikipedia results.
Well, good for Wikipedia.org. But let's cut to the chase: why don't the owners just load it up with ads, soak up their fortunes, and be fucking done with it? What is this virginal mystique they think Wikipedia has somehow still got? For god sakes EVERYBODY knows the concept of Wikpedia, and its ORIGINAL promise, are a total failure. The whole thing is an absolute disgrace. The intrigue is LONG GONE. Most of Wikipedia now just a steaming wasteland of bias and overlords.
"The open encyclopedia"? LOL, my ass! There are three types of articles on Wikipedia: LOCKED, FORMERLY LOCKED, and SOON-TO-BE LOCKED. So just give me a Brittanica! What's the difference? What is the fucking difference?
At least with Brittanica I don't have to cut through 9 pages of emotional GARBAGE that nobody can redact because it's on continuous 24/7 patrol by one or two pyschos and a pair of admins! Checkmate!
Wikipedophiles will be happy!
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It would help if you at least attempted to use proper capitalization and grammar. I'm not much of a grammar nazi, but people who never heard of the shift key come off as 15 or less. i SUPPosE We ShOUld aLL B GrATEful YoU DoNT TyPE LIKe ThiS ## LIke MY 14 YEar OlD CouSIN. (My apologies if English isn't your first language, I'm assuming it is.)
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"all too happy to", dickhead.