2009/4/3 geni <[email protected]>:
> 2009/4/3 David Gerard <[email protected]>:

>> http://lisagoldresearch.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/im-shocked-to-discover-theres-gambling-in-this-casino/

> We know this. It's pretty much the reaction of journalists when told
> to stop useing wikipedia.


Well, a journalist's job is pretty much to turn good but unreliable
sources into something useful. So *if* they keep their journalistic
wits about them they're fine. I assume all journalists use Wikipedia,
so the fact that journalists getting caught out using it sloppily is
reportable news itself is heartening.


> Looking at the actual report the treasure hunt concept seems
> interesting if the exact opposite of something I sometimes do with
> wikipedia (find a random slightly obscure source then use it to add
> info to appropriate wikipedia articles).


Pretty much. See a fact or article, it triggers your Wikipedia Sense,
you go to the article ... and someone got there already.

(I scored adding the death of Encarta! w00t!)


- d.

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