Re:Show HN: I made a platform for journalists to “open sourc...
by stingraycharles on Thursday April 04, 2019 @12:54PM
(#19574481)
Just because something has flaws doesn’t mean it’s not a good idea to do it.
Re:Show HN: I made a platform for journalists to “open sourc...
by jtuente on Thursday April 04, 2019 @01:01PM
(#19574562)
There wasn't anything said about Wikipedia being a bad idea, but rather that it shouldn't be your sole source for fact-checking. I've learned that people only trust Wikipedia to the point at which it confirms their biases.
Re:Show HN: I made a platform for journalists to “open sourc...
by penagwin on Thursday April 04, 2019 @01:47PM
(#19575091)
Part of the problem is that Wikipedia is generally pretty darn accurate. Everybody always talks about funny vandalism stories, but generally it's pretty good. The issue of course is that there's parts of it that definitely aren't correct.
This makes it easy to say "Well if it's accurate 99% of the time then it must confirm what I thought!".
Re:Show HN: I made a platform for journalists to “open sourc...
by drilldrive on Thursday April 04, 2019 @08:26PM
(#19578481)
I have found that Wikipedia is pretty great, with the sole exception for anything that is remotely political. I would look elsewhere for such content.
Re:Show HN: I made a platform for journalists to “open sourc...
by stingraycharles on Friday April 05, 2019 @02:15AM
(#19580146)
The flow of the conversation was:
- OP made an open platform
- Someone said it could be a good idea because Wikipedia
- Someone else said that Wikipedia has flaws
Hence my comment.
Remember Wikipedia is a centralized and under control of single entity, fact that they rely on donation doesn't change anything.