Re: Using Wikipedia as an "authoritative" source

Subject: Re: Using Wikipedia as an "authoritative" source
From: Ed Wurster <glassnet -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 06:50:25 -0400


On 10/20/05, Sean Hower <hokumhome -at- freehomepage -dot- com> wrote:

> Maybe I'm wrong on this, but has anyone actually said that Wikipedia was an
> authoritative source on any topic? Sure, people have said that they use it, but
> has anyone said that Wikipedia is their ONLY source of information and that
> they trust it 100%?

No one has said that. It's just a topic to toss around.

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