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Is Wikipedia a Reliable Information Source?
Tweet Topic Started: Mar 3 2007, 07:10 AM (1,929 Views)
Silver Raditz	Mar 6 2007, 02:01 AM Post #16
A True Saiyan Warrior Posts: 1,116 Group: Member Member #1,356 Joined: April 26, 2006 Favourite Anime Dragonball Z What Browser do you use? MSN Explorer	If you're looking for some base place to start, it's fantastic. But as for perfect info...not so much.
	My Fan fic "He may be a regect but he's still my brother!"-Raditz


Meowth	Mar 6 2007, 08:37 AM Post #17
=._.= Posts: 130,670 Group: Princess Member #23 Joined: November 22, 2004 Gender Female Country United Kingdom Favourite Anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya What Browser do you use? FireFox Favourite Manga Fruits Basket	No site has perfect info, that's the whole reason for sourcing.



EightyThor	Mar 6 2007, 11:22 PM Post #18
formerly ju5t_bl4z3 Posts: 2,378 Group: Member Member #1,879 Joined: November 6, 2006 Gender Male Favourite Anime One Piece, Kill La Kill What Browser do you use? Safari Favourite Manga OnePunch-Man, One Piece, History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi	Wkikpedia is reat, the info you can get is quite accurate, very reliable source for info.
	Saitama OnePunch-Man (CH34P12) Are you stupid? You can't go on a rampage on other planets just for kicks, not even office ladies get that bored.


Refresh	Mar 7 2007, 03:22 AM Post #19
SrlY Posts: 742 Group: Member Member #1,975 Joined: December 8, 2006	oviously no site has perfect info but i dont find wikipedia to have as much relaible info since i have searched there and then differnet info on something else,



Meowth	Mar 7 2007, 09:41 AM Post #20
=._.= Posts: 130,670 Group: Princess Member #23 Joined: November 22, 2004 Gender Female Country United Kingdom Favourite Anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya What Browser do you use? FireFox Favourite Manga Fruits Basket	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound Seems accurate to me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex Yeah, I'd say so, though it doesn't cite sources. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum I think we can pritty much agree for most of the information there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen Feel free to say that isn't pritty accurtate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion And again, looks pritty accurate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ea_games Not so accurate as it is marked with "The neutrality of this article is disputed." but I'm sure information from it is still decent. ----- Notice how I picked a selection of articles, all at random. Most had reliable information on them and when there is a problem, the article is tagged as such.



yellowhairedguy20	Mar 7 2007, 09:22 PM Post #21
Ribbit Posts: 1,648 Group: Board Founder Member #1 Joined: October 23, 2004 Gender Male Country United States Favourite Anime Dragonball Z What Browser do you use? Firefox	It seems to me that everything on Wikipedia is pretty acurate. I don't believe I have come across anything that I know for a fact that it is not true. However, it couldn't hurt if you used Google instead...



EightyThor	Mar 8 2007, 03:57 AM Post #22
formerly ju5t_bl4z3 Posts: 2,378 Group: Member Member #1,879 Joined: November 6, 2006 Gender Male Favourite Anime One Piece, Kill La Kill What Browser do you use? Safari Favourite Manga OnePunch-Man, One Piece, History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi	but why bother using Google when Wikipedia is better? lol it's like saying i have a Cannon but i'mma stick with my Sling shot ~ majority of search engines are wack anyone, omg especially that dude.. the butler thingy... JEEVES [Ask Jeeves] omg i hate that guy ("Jeeves why are you so lame?")
	Saitama OnePunch-Man (CH34P12) Are you stupid? You can't go on a rampage on other planets just for kicks, not even office ladies get that bored.


rem11	Mar 8 2007, 04:02 AM Post #23
Posts: 381 Group: Member Member #2,056 Joined: February 4, 2007	Jeeves: "cause you touch yourself at night" but yeah wikipedia ispretty reliable but not for huge projects that could cost you half your grade XD for that go with the most reliable yet homosexual of all a library



Mirai Trunks SSJ	Mar 8 2007, 02:05 PM Post #24
Future Trunks Posts: 609 Group: Member Member #1,782 Joined: October 4, 2006	Wiki is not a good source. It shows only half or not enough of the information.
	Hey all you anime fans. Come checkout the first Dragonball forum for Zeta called Dragonball Dragonball Evolution We have full episodes, RPG, clanning, DBZ chat topics, graphics and more. Come be apart of this soon to be great hit. Just click the sig above to visit!!!!


Meowth	Mar 8 2007, 03:26 PM Post #25
=._.= Posts: 130,670 Group: Princess Member #23 Joined: November 22, 2004 Gender Female Country United Kingdom Favourite Anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya What Browser do you use? FireFox Favourite Manga Fruits Basket	Stmbuzz Mar 8 2007, 03:05 PM Wiki is not a good source. It shows only half or not enough of the information. BBQ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound Seems accurate to me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex Yeah, I'd say so, though it doesn't cite sources. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum I think we can pritty much agree for most of the information there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen Feel free to say that isn't pritty accurtate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion And again, looks pritty accurate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ea_games Not so accurate as it is marked with "The neutrality of this article is disputed." but I'm sure information from it is still decent. ----- Notice how I picked a selection of articles, all at random. Most had reliable information on them and when there is a problem, the article is tagged as such.



SSJ3_Iain	Mar 8 2007, 03:39 PM Post #26
Posts: 1,159 Group: Member Member #1,945 Joined: November 29, 2006	http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2006-12-05-n22.html This is exactly why using wikipedia is a risk......because there are 1000's of pathetic wierdos out there trying to vandalise and alter pages. Ive seen acts of vandalism on wikipedia that have been there for months..... Agreed, most of it is accurate......but there is ALWAYS a risk.
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Meowth	Mar 8 2007, 04:35 PM Post #27
=._.= Posts: 130,670 Group: Princess Member #23 Joined: November 22, 2004 Gender Female Country United Kingdom Favourite Anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya What Browser do you use? FireFox Favourite Manga Fruits Basket	Then umm, like check the history of the article, compare the current version to a previous one and if it has been vandalised, report it or revert it. I have reverted vandalised articles before. Also, they put the protection there to stop people doing it again, which is a good mesure.



Mirai Trunks SSJ	Mar 9 2007, 02:52 AM Post #28
Future Trunks Posts: 609 Group: Member Member #1,782 Joined: October 4, 2006	Protection isn't enough for the most determined crimanal. you know that as a fact.
	Hey all you anime fans. Come checkout the first Dragonball forum for Zeta called Dragonball Dragonball Evolution We have full episodes, RPG, clanning, DBZ chat topics, graphics and more. Come be apart of this soon to be great hit. Just click the sig above to visit!!!!


Meowth	Mar 9 2007, 07:56 AM Post #29
=._.= Posts: 130,670 Group: Princess Member #23 Joined: November 22, 2004 Gender Female Country United Kingdom Favourite Anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya What Browser do you use? FireFox Favourite Manga Fruits Basket	Ummm, if it's protected, you can't edit the page, there's no way around that without getting into an account of somone who can... And I would hardly call a vandal a "determined crimanal"...



SSJ3_Iain	Mar 9 2007, 02:04 PM Post #30
Posts: 1,159 Group: Member Member #1,945 Joined: November 29, 2006	BBQ Mar 9 2007, 07:56 AM Ummm, if it's protected, you can't edit the page, there's no way around that without getting into an account of somone who can... And I would hardly call a vandal a "determined crimanal"... BBQ....lol i totally get and understand what you're saying.... But by deffinition.....even with all the measures you have listed....wikipedia cannot be regarded as a 100% accurate information source. And at Degree level......that 0.5% degree of uncertainty isnt worth it.
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