Robert Patterson wrote:
I think the Wikipedia article is largely correct--as correct as any article of such short length can be. I also think your general denigration of Wikipedia is uninformed. Wikipedia is surprisingly self-correcting and accurate. Detailed comparisons have been made between Wikipedia articles and Britannica. I think there is some disagreement about the outcome, but many quite well-informed people believe Wikipedia is as accurate as Britannica.
Wikipedia is useful for some things, and completely useless for others. In areas where there is very little reason to monkey with what's posted (often technical articles) it's not bad. But whenever it comes to biography, history, and the like, there are far too many out there with an ox to gore, an axe to grind, or a personal problem of another kind.
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