wikipedia: Just because it's online doesn't mean it's right - 09/24/09 02:01 PM
Several months ago I was watchnig a comedian on the Comedy Channel. Unfortunately, I do not remember his name, but I thought his insight about Wikipedia was, well, insightful:
The best thing about Wikipedia is that anyone can contribute to it. The worst thing about Wikipedia is that anyone can contribute to it.
His insight has been proven time and time again this year as we learned that Matt Damon had died, Brad Pitt had died, Harrison Ford had died, and perhaps others that I missed.
Wikipedia is pretty good at catching incorrect information about the rich and famous within 24 … (12 comments)

wikipedia: It's true only if I say so - 10/11/08 09:12 AM

Recently I was reading an entry at Wikipedia that had me really puzzled because the text of the entry had absolutely nothing to do with the title of the entry. I didn't know what was going on until I went to edit and correct the entry for them. That's when it hit me!
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The cool thing about Wikipedia is that it is, so to speak, the people's encyclopedia. … (1 comments)