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| thekohser |
 Tue 7th June 2011, 3:28pm
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A recent study proves what most of us here knew all along. For all of the hype about how Wikipedia is more and more reliable thanks to the reference sources that pepper its articles, when it comes right down to it, even college students are oblivious to what the references are actually pointing to when they evaluate the credibility of a Wikipedia article.
(Thankfully, as a paid editor, I can sometimes use this to my advantage... puffing out references that are barely relevant to what is claimed in the article. But if that's what it takes to make the content stick, so be it.) (It's also a nifty trick to get vandalism to hold in place.) This post has been edited by thekohser: Tue 7th June 2011, 3:30pm |
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| Unrepentant Vandal |
Mon 4th July 2011, 8:25pm
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You just hounded him off, congrats
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| melloden |
Mon 4th July 2011, 8:42pm
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QUOTE(Unrepentant Vandal @ Mon 4th July 2011, 8:25pm)  You just hounded him off, congrats Yes, yes, congrats Abd. |
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thekohser The myth of reference sources Tue 7th June 2011, 3:28pm
Abd I just saw a reverse effect, where sourcing was in... Tue 7th June 2011, 6:15pm
EricBarbour Welcome to the future of Wikipedia, where no longe... Wed 8th June 2011, 1:52am melloden Now guess who quits? Mon 4th July 2011, 7:22pm MZMcBride Nope, this will only lead to Wikipedia being blown... Mon 4th July 2011, 7:33pm lilburne
Nope, this will only lead to Wikipedia being blow... Mon 4th July 2011, 7:52pm EricBarbour
Nope, this will only lead to Wikipedia being blow... Mon 4th July 2011, 8:47pm Abd Ah, the crap I stumble across, I should watch wher... Tue 7th June 2011, 7:22pm melloden
Ah, the crap I stumble across, I should watch whe... Tue 7th June 2011, 7:38pm Abd A typical dumbass child Wikipedian who obviously h... Tue 7th June 2011, 8:02pm melloden
A typical dumbass child Wikipedian who obviously ... Tue 7th June 2011, 11:49pm Abd Child, but possibly a pedo pretending to be a clue... Wed 8th June 2011, 1:06am melloden
Ah, the crap I stumble across, I should watch whe... Tue 7th June 2011, 7:43pm Abd You just hounded him off, congratsYes, yes, congra... Tue 5th July 2011, 12:31am DoctorHver Wikipedia don't even know when credible source... Sun 10th July 2011, 9:20pm Abd
Wikipedia don't even know when credible sourc... Mon 11th July 2011, 3:00am DoctorHver
DoctorHver, I don't know how to break it to y... Mon 11th July 2011, 12:40pm Abd Warning: this is a complete waste of time, and it... Mon 11th July 2011, 3:20pm communicat
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[quote name='communicat' post='283247' date='Wed ... Wed 17th August 2011, 6:48pm thekohser
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