Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Wed Apr 11 06:22:52 CDT 2012
Yes "...soap box for wing-nuts and radicals. ;-)" was a good natured attempt to get find out exactly where Wikipedia has been found to be grossly at fault or which article have been found to be a liitle thin in content. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Michael Mattys Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:25 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix I use Wikipedia often in my searches. On certain topics, I trust the authors. Ai and Robotics would definitely be in that list of topics because I can verify the quality of the information. It is worthy of note that America's "founding fathers" would likely currently qualify for the epithet of wing-nut or radical. Michael R Mattys Mattys Consulting, LLC www.mattysconsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:11 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix That is as it should be. Wikipedia should be topical but it is not just an opinion magazine of current events and editorials or a soap box for wing-nuts and radicals. ;-) Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 10:19 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix While Wikipedia is a Igood initial source of information and links on the basics of non-controversial subjects, it is severely polluted by "gatekeepers" on any subject over which there is a degree of controversy. Wikipedia can never be a "trusted" source. -- Stuart On 9 Apr 2012 at 21:53, Jim Lawrence wrote: > I was quoting but the truth is if you see something that is obviously wrong > you can fix it. In theory, this means that the end results are more > accurate. > > Wikipedia is probably the largest encyclopedia ever created covering > more subjects and more people than any single source in history and it > has the largest group of experts ever assembled that monitor the input. > > If there are some issues with it, that are blatantly wrong, get busy...after > all eventually this may, eventually, be our single source of "trusted" > information. ;-) > > Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com