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Wiki Weirdness; When Anyone Can Edit Anything
Topic Started: Apr 26 2010, 01:49 AM (1,995 Views)
FuzzyLobster
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Now usually I see Wikipedia as pretty reliable, but there are sometimes edits like this:

From the Article 'Meaning of Life (disambiguation)
 
Another translation to the meaning of life that heralds from the "new age" movement, revisits and reinvents the doctrine of Hedonism. Hedonism an ancient Greek philosophy that states pleasure is the highest attainable good. In a literal sense attaining the ultimate please. Pleasure meaning different things to different people makes this idea ambiguous. For most people either rotting their brain out in the quickest way possible, or sticking one of their bodily appendages in a blender. One the pleasure has been attained it could be said that one has experienced the meaning of life.


:D

Anyone got any other good ones?
Edited by FuzzyLobster, Apr 26 2010, 01:49 AM.
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I once found some very obscure stub about a place saying that once a year baby turtles migrate there, followed by "yeah its awesome"
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nathanielandbartimaeus
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I've never seen such funny mistakes in Wikipedia. Most of the articles I read seem to have links for the really important points, so I don't see the need not to trust it. I think it is fine to use Wikipedia for really general topics (as in, not Meaning of Life which is pretty ambiguous, but information on places, types, things, laws etc.), but for specialized ones, it is better to refer a book or a specific site.

And what wiki says about itself.
Edited by nathanielandbartimaeus, Apr 26 2010, 09:56 AM.
"If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination ... no more men!" - Einstein
"I like quoting Einstein. Know why? Because nobody dares contradict you." - Studs Terkel.
<@Ximenez> Sentynel: But i have a life? No. Qed.
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My school made the rule that you can't use wiki for projects, cause i failed a demonstration in design and tech from false info.
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SevenPentacles
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I actually used Wikipedia way back for my big elementary school project. And hey, I'm here aren't I?
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I never use Wikipedia for working models or anything. The last time I used it for college stuff was when I had to write a paper on SARS. It was pretty useful as there wasn't any book on it in my college. And the information was correct too, as they showed links for statistics and the other important points.
But yeah, my department too doesn't put a lot of trust in Wikipedia. They don't believe it is very accurate, but I think the main reason is that they want to us to research from 'good books'.
"If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination ... no more men!" - Einstein
"I like quoting Einstein. Know why? Because nobody dares contradict you." - Studs Terkel.
<@Ximenez> Sentynel: But i have a life? No. Qed.
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SevenPentacles
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They always tell us "It can be edited by anyone." That pretty much is the base of their argument.
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SevenPentacles
Apr 28 2010, 12:42 AM
They always tell us "It can be edited by anyone." That pretty much is the base of their argument.
Well you do have to admit it is a pretty strong argument.
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The Wikipedia/Facebook crossover is really creeping me out
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_bieber#Awards_and_nominations
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I don't see anything particularly funny about that
Edit: Got it http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Justin_Bieber&oldid=359889696#Awards_and_nominations
Edited by Gingerbreadman, May 3 2010, 07:53 PM.
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YES. I love you random editor!
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FuzzyLobster
May 3 2010, 08:39 PM
YES. I love you random editor!
This.
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David Cat
May 3 2010, 08:52 PM
FuzzyLobster
May 3 2010, 08:39 PM
YES. I love you random editor!
This.
Are you even fully aware of how ****ed up Bieber is, not being Canadian?
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Nero
May 3 2010, 10:03 PM
David Cat
May 3 2010, 08:52 PM
FuzzyLobster
May 3 2010, 08:39 PM
YES. I love you random editor!
This.
Are you even fully aware of how ****ed up Bieber is, not being Canadian?
I know enough to dislike him :P
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