I saw a job posting with Wikimedia recently, and it was thisclose to my skillset. Unfortunately, I didn't feel comfortable fudging my qualifications to meet the posting, so no sweet non-profit job for me. Yet.
I restacked this discussion because many people in academia don’t think Wikipedia is reliably accurate. I’ve always found it accurate. I even made changes to the entry for Professor Chen Man-Ching, founder of the school where I learned Tai Chi, to correct the spelling of my teacher’s name, Rene Houtrides. Can’t make the accute accent on my phone, but her first name does use it. She is Greek, however.
Both of you bring up points I hadn’t considered. I’m not an academic so what I use it for is to check the spelling of people’s names and other things I’m already fairly certain about before I look. Using that criteria it’s okay, but when I check other things, I’m very careful about sources. For medical stuff I use Medline Plus, from the NIH . At least until RFK Jr takes over it is accurate. I sincerely hope he isn’t confirmed because medical information will be destroyed.
I kind of agree with academia. Don't cite Wikipedia, instead cite the references they use. It's the same reason you shouldn't cite the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Always go for primary sources instead of secondary sources.
One of academia's problems with Wikipedia is, ironically, that it's TOO accurate..That is, everything in it is frequently updated. Which is great for accuracy, but it makes checking citations a real problem. It's difficult to be sure if a paper is fudging information obtained from Wikipedia, or if the cited page has just been edited since the paper was written. Sure, you can dig into the edit history to find out what was there at the time an article was cited, but that's a lot of extra work.
Right-wingers get their panties in a bunch over the most mundane criticisms of their precious selves. When they cry "unfair", they mean they aren't regarded as special, able to do anything they want, and punish anyone they want, with no repercussions. When they don't get a rise out of perceived enemies, they turn on each other. Because their lives lean upon strife, disarray, devastation, and destruction. Sad, really. Too bad they inflict their negativity upon everyone else.
It's the story of their lives. They're neither befriended nor respected in high school, so they "get back" at the world by continuing to make bad choices, e.g. calling themselves "conservatives".
It's wonderful how these people call out "woke", not realizing that what they are actually doing is "woke" as in drawing attention to the reality of oppression and who the oppressors are.
The Heritage Foundation, aka THE PEOPLE ACTIVELY TRYING TO CAUSE THE APOCALYPSE.
Donate to Wikipedia! Imagine it in Musk’s hands!
Thanks for the article. Just prodded me to donate to Wikipedia again.
Thanks for overcoming my procrastination on renewing my monthly donation to Wikipedia
I was going to say, Conservapedia is a thing is you're Andrew Schalfly or one of the perennial trolls.
I saw a job posting with Wikimedia recently, and it was thisclose to my skillset. Unfortunately, I didn't feel comfortable fudging my qualifications to meet the posting, so no sweet non-profit job for me. Yet.
I think x should be renamed yyy but I don't have $100 B so who cares.
Heading off to donate to Wikipedia…
Reality, and accurate information, has a well-known Liberal bias...
I restacked this discussion because many people in academia don’t think Wikipedia is reliably accurate. I’ve always found it accurate. I even made changes to the entry for Professor Chen Man-Ching, founder of the school where I learned Tai Chi, to correct the spelling of my teacher’s name, Rene Houtrides. Can’t make the accute accent on my phone, but her first name does use it. She is Greek, however.
Both of you bring up points I hadn’t considered. I’m not an academic so what I use it for is to check the spelling of people’s names and other things I’m already fairly certain about before I look. Using that criteria it’s okay, but when I check other things, I’m very careful about sources. For medical stuff I use Medline Plus, from the NIH . At least until RFK Jr takes over it is accurate. I sincerely hope he isn’t confirmed because medical information will be destroyed.
I kind of agree with academia. Don't cite Wikipedia, instead cite the references they use. It's the same reason you shouldn't cite the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Always go for primary sources instead of secondary sources.
One of academia's problems with Wikipedia is, ironically, that it's TOO accurate..That is, everything in it is frequently updated. Which is great for accuracy, but it makes checking citations a real problem. It's difficult to be sure if a paper is fudging information obtained from Wikipedia, or if the cited page has just been edited since the paper was written. Sure, you can dig into the edit history to find out what was there at the time an article was cited, but that's a lot of extra work.
I just changed my annual donation to Wikipedia to a monthly contribution, so I’m contributing about 3x more per year.
There are a few organizations I am happy to throw monies at - like Wonkette, obvs. and Planned Parenthood - and Wikipedia is among them.
The fact that it now makes Apartheid Clyde get the sads makes that donation all the sweeter.
Right-wingers get their panties in a bunch over the most mundane criticisms of their precious selves. When they cry "unfair", they mean they aren't regarded as special, able to do anything they want, and punish anyone they want, with no repercussions. When they don't get a rise out of perceived enemies, they turn on each other. Because their lives lean upon strife, disarray, devastation, and destruction. Sad, really. Too bad they inflict their negativity upon everyone else.
It's the story of their lives. They're neither befriended nor respected in high school, so they "get back" at the world by continuing to make bad choices, e.g. calling themselves "conservatives".
Yup. Set up a monthly donation when Elon started huffing and puffing recently.
Someone needs to tax Musk about 1000% of his net worth.
He's in the U.S. illegally. Deport.
It's wonderful how these people call out "woke", not realizing that what they are actually doing is "woke" as in drawing attention to the reality of oppression and who the oppressors are.