My gym teacher can't be serious...

[Jono2]

Wikipedia isn't reliable, simply because anybody can edit it.

Dora the Explorer....

Any person who reads Wiki and has half a brain knows to check past revisions and/or its citations...

right, but if someone changes Uwe Boll's birthday by one year, who is really going to notice?

wikipedia isn't a citable source.

Technically, anyone can change anything on any site, but it may not be legal. :x

Yeah, but the fact that anyone can edit wikipedia makes it unreliable.

I'd love to be able to use Wikipedia for citations, but you simply can't.

If you edit something, a hundred people go and check that edit right away, then try to verify it.
Nothing stays up for more than five minutes, really.

there have been cases of things that just simply don't exist that got wikipedia pages.

if you go to the more obscure pages, they won't be edited back right away if what you type in is semi-credible.

[Zovistograt]

My English teacher said that Wikipedia isn't a reliable source.

I lol'd.

My school blocked Wikipedia :P

[Kaz]

Wikipedia isn't reliable, simply because anybody can edit it.

Dora the Explorer....

Any person who reads Wiki and has half a brain knows to check past revisions and/or its citations...

right, but if someone changes Uwe Boll's birthday by one year, who is really going to notice?

wikipedia isn't a citable source.

Technically, anyone can change anything on any site, but it may not be legal. :x

Yeah, but the fact that anyone can edit wikipedia makes it unreliable.

I'd love to be able to use Wikipedia for citations, but you simply can't.

If you edit something, a hundred people go and check that edit right away, then try to verify it.
Nothing stays up for more than five minutes, really.

there have been cases of things that just simply don't exist that got wikipedia pages.

if you go to the more obscure pages, they won't be edited back right away if what you type in is semi-credible.

Yes, because people use "obscure pages" for reports so often.

[Jono2]

Wikipedia isn't reliable, simply because anybody can edit it.

Dora the Explorer....

Any person who reads Wiki and has half a brain knows to check past revisions and/or its citations...

right, but if someone changes Uwe Boll's birthday by one year, who is really going to notice?

wikipedia isn't a citable source.

Technically, anyone can change anything on any site, but it may not be legal. :x

Yeah, but the fact that anyone can edit wikipedia makes it unreliable.

I'd love to be able to use Wikipedia for citations, but you simply can't.

If you edit something, a hundred people go and check that edit right away, then try to verify it.
Nothing stays up for more than five minutes, really.

there have been cases of things that just simply don't exist that got wikipedia pages.

if you go to the more obscure pages, they won't be edited back right away if what you type in is semi-credible.

Yes, because people use "obscure pages" for reports so often.

The Residential Schools.

ever heard of them?  Nope.

Last year, I did a report on them.

Wiki it.

[Totla]

Wikipedia isn't reliable, simply because anybody can edit it.

Dora the Explorer....

Any person who reads Wiki and has half a brain knows to check past revisions and/or its citations...

right, but if someone changes Uwe Boll's birthday by one year, who is really going to notice?

wikipedia isn't a citable source.

Technically, anyone can change anything on any site, but it may not be legal. :x

Yeah, but the fact that anyone can edit wikipedia makes it unreliable.

I'd love to be able to use Wikipedia for citations, but you simply can't.

If you edit something, a hundred people go and check that edit right away, then try to verify it.
Nothing stays up for more than five minutes, really.

there have been cases of things that just simply don't exist that got wikipedia pages.

if you go to the more obscure pages, they won't be edited back right away if what you type in is semi-credible.

Oh no, it's incorrect for a few hours.
Wiki is actually more reliable than most sites.

[Zovistograt]

My English teacher said that Wikipedia isn't a reliable source.

I lol'd.

My school blocked Wikipedia :P

My school is banned from it :P

That too...before it was blocked, our school had been IP banned for 2 years prior.

[Kaz]

Wikipedia isn't reliable, simply because anybody can edit it.

Dora the Explorer....

Any person who reads Wiki and has half a brain knows to check past revisions and/or its citations...

right, but if someone changes Uwe Boll's birthday by one year, who is really going to notice?

wikipedia isn't a citable source.

Technically, anyone can change anything on any site, but it may not be legal. :x

Yeah, but the fact that anyone can edit wikipedia makes it unreliable.

I'd love to be able to use Wikipedia for citations, but you simply can't.

If you edit something, a hundred people go and check that edit right away, then try to verify it.
Nothing stays up for more than five minutes, really.

there have been cases of things that just simply don't exist that got wikipedia pages.

if you go to the more obscure pages, they won't be edited back right away if what you type in is semi-credible.

Yes, because people use "obscure pages" for reports so often.

The Residential Schools.

ever heard of them?  Nope.

Last year, I did a report on them.

Wiki it.

Yes, because a few exceptions render "so often" useless. There has to be exceptions, or I would've said that nobody ever uses "obscure pages."

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And just like there are exceptions, there are plenty of instances where obscure pages are reverted back to normal forms after vandalism very quickly. Pages on the Soudan Mine in MN are good examples of that.

[Jono2]

Guillame Sayer

Grassy Narrows

both topics that you can do a report on in canada.

what about companies?  something about when Apple was founded probably would go unnoticed for quite some time.

when games were released?


there is a bigger list of exceptions than one would think.

[Totla]

Guillame Sayer

Grassy Narrows

both topics that you can do a report on in canada.

what about companies?  something about when Apple was founded probably would go unnoticed for quite some time.

when games were released?


there is a bigger list of exceptions than one would think.

Again, wikipedia is more reliable than most sites.
Also, people constantly patrol the recent edits page, verifying edits.

[Jono2]

Guillame Sayer

Grassy Narrows

both topics that you can do a report on in canada.

what about companies?  something about when Apple was founded probably would go unnoticed for quite some time.

when games were released?


there is a bigger list of exceptions than one would think.

Again, wikipedia is more reliable than most sites.
Also, people constantly patrol the recent edits page, verifying edits.

just because it's more reliable than most sites, doesn't mean that its terribly reliable.  for a report, you're much better off getting something off of CBC or out of an encyclopedia.

[Totla]

Guillame Sayer

Grassy Narrows

both topics that you can do a report on in canada.

what about companies?  something about when Apple was founded probably would go unnoticed for quite some time.

when games were released?


there is a bigger list of exceptions than one would think.

Again, wikipedia is more reliable than most sites.
Also, people constantly patrol the recent edits page, verifying edits.

just because it's more reliable than most sites, doesn't mean that its terribly reliable.  for a report, you're much better off getting something off of CBC or out of an encyclopedia.

Again, more reliable than at least 90% of sites out there, and probably the most reliable free one.
You know, most people don't have recent encyclopedias lying around their house.

[Jono2]

Guillame Sayer

Grassy Narrows

both topics that you can do a report on in canada.

what about companies?  something about when Apple was founded probably would go unnoticed for quite some time.

when games were released?


there is a bigger list of exceptions than one would think.

Again, wikipedia is more reliable than most sites.
Also, people constantly patrol the recent edits page, verifying edits.

just because it's more reliable than most sites, doesn't mean that its terribly reliable.  for a report, you're much better off getting something off of CBC or out of an encyclopedia.

Again, more reliable than at least 90% of sites out there, and probably the most reliable free one.
You know, most people don't have recent encyclopedias lying around their house.

CBC
CNN (lol, cnn)
encyclopedia.org follows the same setup, except that it can't be edited by anyone.

most google searches will give you reliable sources.

[Kaz]

Guillame Sayer

Grassy Narrows

both topics that you can do a report on in canada.

what about companies?  something about when Apple was founded probably would go unnoticed for quite some time.

when games were released?


there is a bigger list of exceptions than one would think.

And there's a bigger list of obscure pages that don't fall into that category than one would think. You're not really making a very good point here.

[Totla]

Guillame Sayer

Grassy Narrows

both topics that you can do a report on in canada.

what about companies?  something about when Apple was founded probably would go unnoticed for quite some time.

when games were released?


there is a bigger list of exceptions than one would think.

Again, wikipedia is more reliable than most sites.
Also, people constantly patrol the recent edits page, verifying edits.

just because it's more reliable than most sites, doesn't mean that its terribly reliable.  for a report, you're much better off getting something off of CBC or out of an encyclopedia.

Again, more reliable than at least 90% of sites out there, and probably the most reliable free one.
You know, most people don't have recent encyclopedias lying around their house.

CBC
CNN (lol, cnn)
encyclopedia.org follows the same setup, except that it can't be edited by anyone.

most google searches will give you reliable sources.

I google "Thomas Paine".
Wikipedia is the first link.

[Jono2]

Guillame Sayer

Grassy Narrows

both topics that you can do a report on in canada.

what about companies?  something about when Apple was founded probably would go unnoticed for quite some time.

when games were released?


there is a bigger list of exceptions than one would think.

Again, wikipedia is more reliable than most sites.
Also, people constantly patrol the recent edits page, verifying edits.

just because it's more reliable than most sites, doesn't mean that its terribly reliable.  for a report, you're much better off getting something off of CBC or out of an encyclopedia.

Again, more reliable than at least 90% of sites out there, and probably the most reliable free one.
You know, most people don't have recent encyclopedias lying around their house.

CBC
CNN (lol, cnn)
encyclopedia.org follows the same setup, except that it can't be edited by anyone.

most google searches will give you reliable sources.

I google "Thomas Paine".
Wikipedia is the first link.

if you google basically anything, Wikipedia is the first link.

I'm just saying, it's because anyone can edit it.  I'd love to be able to use it, but the reason teachers don't like it is because anyone can edit the website.