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 Feb 4 2007, 07:04 AM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T
How much of the biography is true? do you know any other wiki topics that arent quite right? |
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Feb 4 2007, 08:01 AM
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 Lauren :D  Group: Member Posts: 2,105 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 176,997 |
the Rupert Grint one used to have this nice little haiku about him in the introduction. I guess they took it out though...
My teacher said that wikipedia isn't a reliable source because random people can add/delete information. |
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Feb 4 2007, 10:51 AM
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 ALLISON Group: Official Designer Posts: 3,372 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 310,259 |
^ yeah its true
although i sometimes use wikipedia but i dont really like it anyway 
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Feb 4 2007, 10:53 AM
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I'm Cattt. :] Group: Validating Posts: 1,722 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,831 |
There are a lot of wikis that are not true. Everybody can edit them. Ok? So don't go expecting them to be true.
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Feb 4 2007, 10:59 AM
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 Ninjas and Pirates agree, Cowboys suck. Group: Member Posts: 515 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 433,366 |
There used to be a wiki about me. xDDD Then someone changed it and it became INVALID. or something like that. They deleted it becuase it was useless. >_<
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Feb 4 2007, 03:00 PM
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 Home is where your rump rests! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,235 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 451,969 |
QUOTE(xMyStIcShAd0wSx @ Feb 4 2007, 7:53 AM)  There are a lot of wikis that are not true. Everybody can edit them. Ok? So don't go expecting them to be true. Well, that's the whole point of wikipedia; everybody can edit them so whoever has the correct information can edit it and make it more comprehensive. I consider wiki to be a competent source.To be fair, though, I have seen some pretty weird pages on Wiki, but not so much that one comes to mind right now. |
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Feb 4 2007, 03:02 PM
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Rossi Possi Group: Member Posts: 9 Joined: Feb 2007 Member No: 500,678 |
 Lol, did that really happen? Or was it photoshopped? It made me laugh! 
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Feb 4 2007, 03:02 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 7,149 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 213,509 |
LOL I remember the whole changing actresses thing, meh, but people change it to be accurate.
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Feb 4 2007, 03:06 PM
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wikipedia is good for much information, but not actually credible - so don't ever use it to look up crucial information for papers, projects, etc...because anyone can just edit the information without it being looked over first =] hehheh.
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Feb 4 2007, 03:12 PM
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One time in the library this kid I know was editting Wiki with a bunch of dumb stuff. Like typing in "He liked cookies a lot. And his mother" it was weird. Don't they have edittors who actually check through the info. to make sure someone's no abusing the site or writing profanities?
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Feb 4 2007, 03:14 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 192 Joined: Jan 2007 Member No: 499,764 |
QUOTE(WHIMSICAL 0NE @ Feb 4 2007, 2:12 PM) One time in the library this kid I know was editting Wiki with a bunch of dumb stuff. Like typing in "He liked cookies a lot. And his mother" it was weird. Don't they have edittors who actually check through the info. to make sure someone's no abusing the site or writing profanities? yeah, they do have people that check it out - although, i'm sure they don't catch everything... |
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Feb 4 2007, 03:15 PM
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 Nikkie Group: Member Posts: 2,336 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,991 |
it is a good place to get a jumpstart on your reasearch to figure out what it is mainly about, but not a great place for a source, because anyone can add information, but they do have a moderating staff to edit the information.
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Feb 4 2007, 03:17 PM
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QUOTE(swiftly_x_now @ Feb 4 2007, 1:01 PM) My teacher said that wikipedia isn't a reliable source because random people can add/delete information. Yeah ive heard about that too.it pisses me off when im looking for something and all of a sudden its like "the element iron yada yada ...likes to take a poopie on peoples heads" or stupid crap like that QUOTE(swiftly_x_now @ Feb 4 2007, 1:01 PM) My teacher said that wikipedia isn't a reliable source because random people can add/delete information. Yeah ive heard about that too.it pisses me off when im looking for something and all of a sudden its like "the element iron yada yada ...likes to take a poopie on peoples heads" or stupid crap like that |
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Feb 4 2007, 03:57 PM
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Rossi Possi Group: Member Posts: 9 Joined: Feb 2007 Member No: 500,678 |
 omg...I used wikepedia thursday for my history project... =/ Ruh roh. |
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Feb 4 2007, 04:45 PM
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i'm so bored. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 1,261 Joined: Oct 2006 Member No: 473,614 |
haha, that's what people need to consider before using the info for something important [like a project of some sort].
i was looking up amy tan and they had random little weird edits in between. you could tell what was credible or not, though. (: |
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Feb 4 2007, 05:02 PM
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Thumbed...
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Feb 5 2007, 05:02 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 4,750 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 10,581 |
I think Wikipedia is a good example of "yellow journalism".
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Feb 5 2007, 06:18 AM
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 Holla if ya hate me Group: Member Posts: 2,386 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 80,819 |
Word.
According to wikipedia... for about a week it said I was king of all existing chinatown's :] |
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Feb 5 2007, 06:52 AM
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^ ahahaha
And no duh, I know that wikipedia is somewhat unreliable, what I was asking was if you had seen obviously wrong thing on wikipedia. |
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Feb 5 2007, 07:30 AM
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QUOTE(kryogenix @ Feb 4 2007, 5:02 PM) What? Nothing about the passionate affair between Orko and Skeletor or the homoeroticism between He-Man and Man-At-Arms? |
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Feb 5 2007, 03:05 PM
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 chinky Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,566 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 434,437 |
Lmao at this topic.
I trust wikipedia no matter what. Unless of course, it said something extremely dumb like "you will die if you don't eat chicken.." or something 
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Feb 5 2007, 03:08 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 283 Joined: Jan 2007 Member No: 499,850 |
It clearly states:
"This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please discuss this issue on the talk page or replace this tag with a more specific message. This article has been tagged since January 2007." f**king dumbasses. |
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