something incorrect on wikipedia
Dave82
03-10-2006 12:38:46
I found something incorrect on a wikipedia page. There is an edit section and i wanted to know if anyone knew how that worked
TFOAF
03-10-2006 12:43:08
Yea. You click edit, and you can edit it to whatever you want. It's available to anyone.
If you don't create an account, your IP address will be publicly displayed, after editing, if someone searched the time/date on editing. If you do create an account, it will display your username.
Dave82
03-10-2006 12:47:07
[quotee9dcaa4a6e="TFOAF"]Yea. You click edit, and you can edit it to whatever you want. It's available to anyone.
If you don't create an account, your IP address will be publicly displayed, after editing, if someone searched the time/date on editing. If you do create an account, it will display your username.[/quotee9dcaa4a6e]
Thanks!
nobody2000
03-10-2006 19:18:54
everything's fucking incorrect on wikipedia
Wow, and I thought it was a reliable source to get info from. XD
Dave82
03-10-2006 19:23:13
i know but this particular thing bothered me because it dealt with something [i870a2c66f0]somewhat [/i870a2c66f0]personal. That's the only reason i wanted it corrected.
Allen626
03-10-2006 19:23:45
what did you correct?
Dave82
03-10-2006 19:25:22
actually, when i went to edit it, it already had the correction in the edit box, but not on the page. So i left it alone.
TFOAF
03-10-2006 19:27:56
[quotee3ce352a0d="Dave82"]actually, when i went to edit it, it already had the correction in the edit box, but not on the page. So i left it alone.[/quotee3ce352a0d]
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Dave82
03-10-2006 19:31:02
[quote238cbc6bff="TFOAF"][quote238cbc6bff="Dave82"]actually, when i went to edit it, it already had the correction in the edit box, but not on the page. So i left it alone.[/quote238cbc6bff]
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nevermind.
do you want to make a giant mermaid? Do you like cutting paper??
TFOAF
03-10-2006 20:05:03
Yes. No.
zdub08
03-10-2006 20:07:24
african elephants on colbert report
lol
megotcash
03-10-2006 23:04:19
[quoteb2ba9108c0="Psyc"]Wow, and I thought it was a reliable source to get info from. XD[/quoteb2ba9108c0]
haha. i always used to pretend like it was when i did papers for school. that way if i just wanted to make up facts, i could add 'em in at my own leasuire...even though i never did.
nobody2000
04-10-2006 03:49:12
in college, for the most part, my profs laughed at me when i used wikipedia. Use it as a roadmap, not a source
romanodog
04-10-2006 07:51:08
There is false information on Wikipedia???? well, i never!
manOFice
04-10-2006 07:57:01
[quote97ff8510e4="nobody2000"]in college, for the most part, my profs laughed at me when i used wikipedia. Use it as a roadmap, not a source[/quote97ff8510e4]
Ditto, my professors would laugh if anyone used this site as a source
VampireDude
04-10-2006 11:36:59
im glad this wasnt big when i was in college. now that i'm only using it for my own edification, i can certainly deal with a few mistakes.
Allen626
04-10-2006 12:53:06
wikipedia is great for writing research papers it has everything you ever need (for the most part) already typed up. You just have to scholar.google.com around for a good source.
Wolfeman
04-10-2006 13:03:50
[quote3317934403="nobody2000"]everything's fucking incorrect on wikipedia[/quote3317934403]
I wouldn't go this far but there is a lot of errors or opinions that aren't very impartial...