Re:Wikipedia article blocked worldwide by Delhi high court
by Alpha3031 on Saturday October 26, 2024 @08:17PM
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Britannica still exists. You can find it at https://www.britannica.com/
Re:Wikipedia article blocked worldwide by Delhi high court
by vunderba on Monday October 28, 2024 @04:42PM
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Name and shame the specific articles and the specific data - I don't like it when people cast vague aspersions - it makes it difficult to refute or to corroborate rendering further discussion effectively meaningless.
Tangentially, I use Wikipedia strictly for topics of a scientific nature and usually find that it's relatively accurate.
No, it's not me who has the blind spots in the cases I have seen, sorry. Also, they are not worth the work to correct, since the overlord of the niche is usually someone with far too much time on their hands to argue, even when presented with incontrovertible proof. They also often have "Wikipedia editing" as a hobby, and know all the nitpicking rules of the site that they will use against you if you encroach on their domain. And yes, I tried this once for an obvious error in a math article (with no citation in the original article, mind you).
> So it’s a good source for topics with the largest audience.
Also not for topics of any political bent, but sure, if your target audience is at a high school level or below and you can separate out the facts from the editorialization, it's not bad.
At this point, I want Encyclopedia Britannica back. I would take it any day of the week over Wikipedia. The golden age of Wikipedia, when that was reversed, seems to be over.