Board index › General Discussion › Getting to know each other

Do U find Wikipedia usefull for info about your spc interest

Page 1 of 1 [ 10 posts ] 

Previous topic | Next topic

JBM
Blue Jay
Blue Jay

User avatar

Joined: 24 Jan 2007
Gender: Female
Posts: 96

30 Jan 2007, 7:23 pm

I edit on Wikipedia all the time, especially for population data, sports info, and to get a really local feel for any place on the globe. You can look up ANY populated place on the planet and find out exact info about its ethnic and religious makeup. Where else could you find out that people in Azerbaijan hate Iranians?

I really like the discuss section, because you can ask a question about a far away place and get an answer from someone familiar with it. For example, I asked on the Anchorage, AK, US page why there is no bridge to connect the city across to vacant land, since it is rapidly running out of room to grow and learned that that is the 'bridges to nowhere' project.

I have basically written the University of Louisville, Louisville Cardinals, Old Louisville, and related pages from scratch. Check them out if you like



Last edited by JBM on 30 Jan 2007, 7:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Tim_Tex
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 2 Jul 2004
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Posts: 46,689
Location: Houston, Texas

30 Jan 2007, 7:23 pm

Absolutely!! !!

Tim


_________________
Who’s better at math than a robot? They’re made of math!


RedMage
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Nov 2006
Gender: Female
Posts: 6,812

30 Jan 2007, 7:26 pm

I use Wikipedia all the time when I need info on fictional characters from video games I like. The article for Samus Aran is so big now.



Anubis
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 6 Sep 2006
Age: 137
Gender: Male
Posts: 11,911
Location: Mount Herculaneum/England

30 Jan 2007, 7:31 pm

Indeed. It has so much information hehe.


_________________
Lalalalai.... I'll cut you up!


Tim_Tex
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 2 Jul 2004
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Posts: 46,689
Location: Houston, Texas

30 Jan 2007, 7:31 pm

It's much better than that Encarta crap!

Tim


_________________
Who’s better at math than a robot? They’re made of math!


RedMage
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Nov 2006
Gender: Female
Posts: 6,812

30 Jan 2007, 7:47 pm

Tim_Tex wrote:
It's much better than that Encarta crap!

Tim


I agree with you. There's nothing about Nintendo on Encarta! :evil:



nicklegends
Velociraptor
Velociraptor

User avatar

Joined: 25 Jan 2007
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Posts: 402
Location: California

30 Jan 2007, 7:52 pm

The problem with a page like the one I do a lot of work on, Legends of the Hidden Temple, is that people think they know more about it than they actually do, and so will frequently cast into the vastness of oblivion any statements that they didn't see themselves, and restore them with flat-out incorrect replacements. It's happening at a faster rate than I can keep up with, so the article is actually getting worse each day.



subalternnavert
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl

User avatar

Joined: 30 Oct 2006
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Posts: 173
Location: Boiling Springs, PA

30 Jan 2007, 8:11 pm

It's hit or miss on some parts. There is a lot of data missing on failed projects for military vehicles, and some that is completely wrong. I don't worry too much about it thanks to a lifetime subscription to Jane's.


_________________
Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. -H.L. Mencken


Claradoon
Supporting Member
Supporting Member

User avatar

Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Gender: Female
Posts: 4,966
Location: Canada

30 Jan 2007, 9:01 pm

Wikipedia is a great place to start. Sometimes it's all I need. Other times it points me in some good direections to get more. I like the source - people, not academia.



9CatMom
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 1 Jan 2007
Gender: Female
Posts: 5,403

30 Jan 2007, 9:51 pm

I have used Wikipedia to do research about the Olympic Games and Roger Bannister.