On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Nandeep Mali <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Just a query, are you looking for a solution or simply musing over the > lack of reliability in Wikipedia? I am definitely not musing over the lack of reliability in wikipedia as if you have read my very first post I cleared that *I don't know how the authenticity of the articles are maintained (if there are any rules and regulation in case of false information)* or the action against the user who has put the wrong information there. > When using Wikipedia, do not assume it to be the last and > authoritative source of information. That would just be lazy on your > part. Once you get to an article, you might want to cross check the > sources that it cites at the bottom of an article. If there are not > enough cited resources for particular facts then you ought to be wary > of the authenticity and take some pains to do some research of your > own and verify the content. If you succeed at this, it would be best > to add this information, correct wrong information and cite it with > appropriate references. Give back to the community. These citations > help and thats what they are for. After all, most information has some > source or the other. There is a vicious cycle here, the source of the > information that was cited may be incorrect as well. This brings you > down to the level of a typo/mistake in a printed book as well. What do > you do then? There is some difference between a typo and a wrong information cited. > Many experts would probably laugh at someone quoting Wikipedia as > their source of information. You have to go an extra mile to know > whether your knowledge is accurate. Wrong knowledge is more dangerous > than no knowledge. > yeah I agree but I am just talking about the worst case say (if anyone knows) what policies wikipedia had adopted 10 years back when this concept of open wiki introduced? We have open source softwares with all freedom but still we have a licence GPL which restricts people to do anything beyond the rules. similarly if there is anything in the case of circulating wrong information to the wikipedia ? -- LUG@IITD - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
