Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Wikipedia: Trust It or Not?

At first one may surmise that Wiki would not be a trustworthy fact finding avenue. Whenever I read some article or such I always know that the information in it could be false or misleading. Now, however, we are being told that the articles on Wiki might have been changed to suit someone else's need or opinion, so every time you read something on Wiki, you will do so with a grain of salt, so to speak.
Now with Mr. Griffith's new snooper program, everything has changed. Any changes to any article can be traced back to its source. If you read a report on a person/company and you see that that person/company has made changes, you will know not to totally trust the changes and you can check the facts, hopefully, somewhere else. As far as trusting Wiki right now, I'll wait a little longer and see how these changes work out.

1 comment:

  1. Just be sure your brain is turned on and your eyes are open! I use Wikipedia all the time - hopefully with those conditions met!

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