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Old 01-28-2010, 05:57 AM
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Do you visit the wikipedia site? I do, a lot actually. It's on my bookmarks bar because I visit so much. I like to look a lot of random things up, and I usually end up reading about something completely unrelated.
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Old 01-28-2010, 09:44 AM
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I use it sometimes, but try not to believe all that I read, because the info can be edited by anyone. I do a lot of random research online when I'm curious about something, so ya.. that's usually my first stop out of curiosity.
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Old 01-29-2010, 03:40 AM
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That's true, it can be edited by anyone, but at least there are citations and reference links where you can read the actual article that the information was pulled from. I like that. It's been a good source for me to read about upcoming or independent movies.
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Old 01-29-2010, 07:26 AM
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I have heard that the info there is not reliable, so while I do use Wikipedia to check things out, I keep that in mind. Most of the time, I use Google to find information I need and compare different sources.
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Old 01-30-2010, 01:34 AM
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I use Wikipedia to get a general idea of things, and then I like to go to the reference links myself and get all the facts. Some of the pages on Wikipedia are surprisingly extensive. If it weren't for Wikipedia, I wouldn't know about certain things.
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Old 01-30-2010, 03:49 PM
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Yeah since anyone can just edit it there's a big probability that the information is not true. I always search to some other sources although at first I always rely on Wikipedia since it really looks so complete and detailed.
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I remember in college, the professors used to get angry and tell us that Wikipedia wasn't a legitimate source to put in our bibliography, but it was an all right place to start to look for more reputable sites. I guess I feel that way, too.
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