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Re:What Wikipedia Did by 2-718-281-828 on Sunday May 14, 2023 @07:21AM (#35937157)
but how good is wikipedia really? isn't it mostly edited and authored by self-taught polymaths with lots of time?
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Re:What Wikipedia Did by tivert on Monday May 15, 2023 @02:15AM (#35944423)
> but how good is wikipedia really? isn't it mostly edited and authored by self-taught polymaths with lots of time?

It's even worse than that: it is "mostly edited and authored" by people who think they're polymaths.

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Re:What Wikipedia Did by Intox on Monday May 15, 2023 @06:32AM (#35946056)
Wikipedia has an article about the reliability of wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia
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