From: john@n00.spam.scroll.demon.co.uk
In article ,
Trist€n White writes
>JohnM wrote in
>news:Q0WQ4GA4GZOFFwPk@scroll.demon.co.uk:
>
>> In article ,
>> Trist€n White writes
>>>JohnM wrote in
>>>news:5EIaUNAMtpNFFwxl@scroll.demon.co.uk:
>>>
>>>> Wikipedia is so often wrong, I never use it. But looking around
>>>
>>>
>>>Whenever I see a mistake, I change it. That's the beauty of it, I think.
>>>
>>
>> I have done that, too. But can you trust it on a subject you don't know
>> anything about? I don't want to consult an encyclopaedia on things I
>> know more than the encyclopaedia !
>>
>
>
>Yes, but try looking up The Fridge in your Encyclopaedia Britannica!
>Whereas:
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fridge
>
>Or this about Return to the Source:
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_To_The_Source
>
>Vibrasphere:
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrasphere
So what? Wow, there are even groovy things the Wikipedia can get wrong!
Though the entries are OK. (The Fridge was bought by the Orange group
BTW and its latest history is not in Wiki).
Point is, how can I be certain that what I read in Wiki is correct? I
can't.
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