[dba-Tech] Ai and Robotix

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-----
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[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'
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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-----
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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:11 AM
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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

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[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

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