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  ChurchHatesTucker (profile), Jun 10th, 2011 @ 7:39pm

  
  

  Hrm.

  It would be interesting to hear the Wikipedia-haters' take on this. It seems to me that this is yet another sign of Wikipedia's place in our current culture.
  
  The problem is going to be if he's seen as an 'editor.' Not that WikiP doesn't have those, but they tend to garner reaction from the base. Still, random South African BBQ joints are seen as notable, so who knows?

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Jun 10th, 2011 @ 9:41pm

  
  

  They also hire interns to make coffee. Obviously, Starbucks should be worried.

   

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  Chargone (profile), Jun 10th, 2011 @ 10:08pm

  
  

  i've never understood the hate for Wikipedia.
  it's no more inacurate than any other encyclopeida, and tends to stay up to date.
  
  and, like any other encyclopedia, should be a starting point for getting a general overview and finding more specific issues/sources to look into, not the entirity of one's research for anything serious. (in fact, i'd go so far as to say it's Better than other encyclopeidas for this... the references are right there on the article, and the articles are often a Lot larger due to lack of page limitations. and i don't care how well indexed and cross referenced your hardcopy book is, hyperlinks are better.)

   

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  Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Jun 11th, 2011 @ 12:22am

  
  

  Apropos ...

  {{Template:POV}}

   

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  Jeni (profile), Jun 11th, 2011 @ 5:14am

  
  

  Lacks Credbilitity

  I don't "hate" it by any means but don't have much respect for it or give it much credibility ever since they allowed a 14 year old kid to post a bunch of tripe that was so far from the truth it wasn't funny. This occurred several years ago.
  
  Many of us involved in the matter contacted them for corrections, showed them where to find the accurate information, yet the BS still stands. So I just pass it by.
  
  As for all those reference links...they'd better hope none link to any "infringing content" or they're going to get bitch slapped with a heap of lawsuits of "ProtectIP" goes through. This new hire will have his work cut out for him.

   

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  LindaJoyAdams (profile), Jun 11th, 2011 @ 10:41am

  
  

  Wikipedia expert at national Archives

  Expert help? just as long as historical documents aren't altered when digitized as was done in Orwell's 1984.

   

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  darryl, Jun 11th, 2011 @ 1:50pm

  
  

  and THIS ONE - - it's the Glyn Moody show - brought to your by Masnick

  Via Glyn Moody,
  
  
  Again Mike, even has an original thought ? or do you just respond to the puppet master (Glyn) pulling on your strings ?

   

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  Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Jun 11th, 2011 @ 5:58pm

  
  

  Advice to Darryl

  This empty sniping makes you look like a child.

   

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  Bnesaladur (profile), Jun 12th, 2011 @ 12:49pm

  
  

  Re: Advice to Darryl

  Probably is and the only way he can feel cool is by coming here and bashing Mike rather than becoming involved in an intelligent debate. I don't agree with everyone who posts here but most of them at least have intelligent posts that can be disagreed with intelligently. It is one thing to disagree, another to disagree and toss around some harassment but something different entirely to prove your lack of intellect by tossing around harassment and failing to even provide an argument. The last can only be responded too with disdain.

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Jun 11th, 2011 @ 10:26pm

  
  

  Re: and THIS ONE - - it's the Glyn Moody show - brought to your by Masnick

  Could you hurry up and graduate from 1st grade, Darryl?

   

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  Marcus Carab (profile), Jun 12th, 2011 @ 9:54am

  
  

  Re: and THIS ONE - - it's the Glyn Moody show - brought to your by Masnick

  Again Darryl, even has a sentence good ?

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Jun 12th, 2011 @ 12:53pm

  
  

  Wikipedia is very biased. I would hate to see them involved in anything where facts are important.

   

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