Comments on: Why I Don’t Link To Wikipedia

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 06:03:09 +0000

Don’t get me started on crapopedia
“Verifiability, not truth”

That resumes it all.

Rob Taylor: you nailed it. Couldn’t agree more.

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[...] this week, I wrote about my refusal to link to Wikipedia because it uses “verifiability, not truth” as a standard for assessing the value of [...]

By: Jenn Q. Public

Jenn Q. Public — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:49:50 +0000

DodiaFae, that’s disturbing, but I’m not surprised. Many groups use Wikipedia as part of their public relations strategy, so why not pro-pedophile activists?

By: DodiaFae

DodiaFae — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:02:28 +0000

I became painfully aware of how false much of the information on Wikipedia was when I learned that pro-pedophile activists are rampant, editing entries such as “child sexuality” in an effort to further their own perverse agenda.

These issues *appear* to have been cleaned up to an extent, but I haven’t had the chance to follow-up more thoroughly more recently.

I still wouldn’t trust it as a resource.

By: Rob Taylor

Rob Taylor — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:46:43 +0000

Wikipedia is a symptom of a larger problem. Western schooling from elementary through higher education is nothing more than indoctrinating people into finding consensus rather than truth. More kids these days can spurt out anti-Colonialist talking points than they can facts about the tribes and people they romanticize. More kids have learned to tell you what’s good for the environment then have learned why anything is either good or bad for any environment.

We’ve moved the education system from a place for questioning and debate into a place to hear the opinions that are popular. Wikipedia reflects our cultural indifference to the idea of real knowledge and the effort it takes to attain it.

By: demigoth

demigoth — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:56:21 +0000

Just two reasons?

By: Paratha

Paratha — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:08:06 +0000

Citing Wikipedia is lazy because you could just cite the original source and verify the information to the best fo your abilty. I also would not do it because you don’t know if the information will be the same the next day. People vandalise the wiki for fun. It isn’t reliable.