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December 26th, 2005   Post 1
mzspaztastic
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i found this pretty interesting. a friend of mine was listening to NPR, and there was a segment about wikipedia, the online encyclopedia made for and by regular people.

turns out, wikipedia is right on par with encyclopedia britannica as far as facts, dates and names go. most common problems are spelling errors of people, and some generalities. other than that, it's a very good place to start any kind of research, and actually scored higher than britannica in some areas.

has anyone else heard about this?
 
December 26th, 2005   Post 2
Marinerhodes
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Heard of it but have never used it myself. I may have to take a look at it sometime soon.
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December 26th, 2005   Post 3
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Its like deja vu all over again.
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December 26th, 2005   Post 4
Doody
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this thread has been done before, please conduct a search before posting a new topic

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