‘You Could Look It Up’: The World Before and Since Wikipedia

Re:‘You Could Look It Up’: The World Before and Since Wikipedia by tim333 on Monday February 22, 2016 @12:29AM (#11148718)

>the difference between serious research and Wikipedia

I think for much serious research you could start with Wikipedia and then read the linked sources. Wikipedia itself is only an informal summary.

(I just read their summary of TE Lawrance's article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategy_and_tactics_of_guerri... . Shame the original is paywalled)

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Re:‘You Could Look It Up’: The World Before and Since Wikipedia by hackuser on Monday February 22, 2016 @12:49AM (#11148796)

> I just read their summary of TE Lawrance's article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategy_and_tactics_of_guerri.... . Shame the original is paywalled

Wow, I'm amazed to see it cited. I assumed it was a long-forgotten treasure (and it is a treasure; it revolutionized my understanding of irregular and asymmetric warfare, plus he writes exceptionally well).

To be clear, I don't know that the original is available anywhere online, paywalled or not. I think britannica.com (which has enough free articles that I rarely worry about the paywall) only has current articles, but I could be wrong.

EDIT: It is online, apparently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11147725

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Re:‘You Could Look It Up’: The World Before and Since Wikipedia by tim333 on Monday February 22, 2016 @01:00AM (#11148856)

Googling takes me to

"Guerrilla warfare Written by: T.E. Lawrence"

on Britannica's site, followed by

"To continue reading activate your free trail"

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