Michael Kay wrote:
> Yes, there's plenty of rubbish in Wikipedia. But you can spot the rubbish.
> To me, it's a brilliant resource, and proves to me that the democratisation
> of knowledge is possible.
>
I wager people can't always spot rubbish, particularly in subjects
they're not familiar with, or when the rubbish is well written -- or
both. Remember James Frey? Great, but totally bogus writing.
I too think wikipedia's quite brilliant, but when I'm looking for
information outside my space of knowledge, I admit to trepidation, and
check other sources.
Ian
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