Wikipedia is down :o

midget_roxx · Jul 31, 2009 1:07 PM

What shall the world do without the wikipedia *sobs.

Where shall we get our awesome knowledge and easy plagarism now ...

Nightfall · Jul 31, 2009 2:04 PM

Hm. I've just been on Wiki and it was fine. hmm

Sora · Jul 31, 2009 5:44 PM

Oh shiz muffins. D:
Where will we get our incorrect information /now/?

Spyrorocks · Jul 31, 2009 8:49 PM

Wikipedia has always been really slow for me.

DarkMaster · Jul 31, 2009 9:25 PM

wikipedia has always been good for me, maybe it just likes me

Martial Arts Spyro · Aug 01, 2009 1:32 AM

I don't care. I never use it. It's all wrong.

midget_roxx · Aug 01, 2009 12:38 PM

Mk well it was down when I posted.

@Martial Arts Spyro You'll find that wiki is actually very accurate for 99% of the time. The other 1% is for minor articles and grafittee

Spinner the Faun · Aug 01, 2009 4:31 PM

midget_roxx wrote:

What shall the world do without the wikipedia *sobs.
Where shall we get our awesome knowledge and easy plagarism now ...

Wikipedia is run by idiots. Who cares.

Spinner the Faun · Aug 01, 2009 4:31 PM

Martial Arts Spyro wrote:

I don't care. I never use it. It's all wrong.

Truest post in this thread.

Sora · Aug 02, 2009 3:10 AM

midget_roxx wrote:

Mk well it was down when I posted.
@Martial Arts Spyro You'll find that wiki is actually very accurate for 99% of the time. The other 1% is for minor articles and grafittee

o_o
And where did you get that?
A wikipedia article?
Sometimes I just read articles on things I already know a lot about and just laugh whenever I run into something that's painfully wrong. Which is very. Very. Often.

Spinner the Faun · Aug 02, 2009 4:00 PM

Sora wrote:

midget_roxx wrote:
Mk well it was down when I posted.
@Martial Arts Spyro You'll find that wiki is actually very accurate for 99% of the time. The other 1% is for minor articles and grafittee
o_o
And where did you get that?
A wikipedia article?
Sometimes I just read articles on things I already know a lot about and just laugh whenever I run into something that's painfully wrong. Which is very. Very. Often.

Quoted for truth.
Sora knows what he's talking about. Wikipedia is a terrible information source, most of the info on that site is either out of date or just simply put, wrong. And if you try to alter it and make it right, it just gets reverted back to the incorrect version because some fool who works on it thinks you are vandalising.

Horrible.

Blaze the Dragon · Aug 03, 2009 3:00 AM

Actually, that's not entirely true. Wikipedia is actually very reliable in articles that are related to phobias and other psychological things, legends, scientific information such as theories and formulas, mathematical terms, and history. And Wikipedia is actually very meticulous about keeping things truthful. For example: a college student once tested a thesis of his where news reporters used Wikipedia as a source of information for their stories as opposed to interviews. It was about a renowned French artist who had died recently.

The college student placed a false, though very believable quote on the artist's biography several times, citing it as something the artist had actually said. The news reporters fell for the trap, and used the false quote, while Wikipedia took it off within five minutes of the quote's addition each and every time. The only articles you will find that are wrong are usually about obscure topics that are not common knowledge. If you want to see things that are just plain wrong, go to Uncyclopedia (though it's simply a satirical site, parodying Wikipedia). Or Encyclopedia Dramatica. Those two are far more ludicrous than Wikipedia could ever be.

DarkMaster · Aug 03, 2009 6:45 AM

Hmm, i was just on Wika, it seems to be fine for me

midget_roxx · Aug 03, 2009 9:34 AM

Wikipedia has footnotes throughtout the entire webpage and vadalism is very easy to spot because of the system that they use where everything added or deleted is documented.

Spyro Master · Aug 03, 2009 9:39 AM

You cant get rid of the wiki, everyone needs it really big_smile for people to copy and paste information and pass it off as homework XD

midget_roxx · Aug 03, 2009 10:46 AM

Spyro Master wrote:

You cant get rid of the wiki, everyone needs it really for people to copy and paste information and pass it off as homework XD

Or look at the footnotes at the bottom of the page and get all your links from there wink

Spinner the Faun · Aug 03, 2009 4:35 PM

midget_roxx wrote:

Wikipedia has footnotes throughtout the entire webpage and vadalism is very easy to spot because of the system that they use where everything added or deleted is documented.

They mark EVERYTHING as vandalism, whether it is or isn't. It is a terrible website, claiming true information is not "notable" or some other stupid rubbish and then alter it back again. If you try to add a page for a celebrity that isn't there, they will delete it 50% of the time. I hate them.

Blaze the Dragon · Aug 03, 2009 6:27 PM

Spinner the Faun wrote:

midget_roxx wrote:
Wikipedia has footnotes throughtout the entire webpage and vadalism is very easy to spot because of the system that they use where everything added or deleted is documented.
They mark EVERYTHING as vandalism, whether it is or isn't. It is a terrible website, claiming true information is not "notable" or some other stupid rubbish and then alter it back again. If you try to add a page for a celebrity that isn't there, they will delete it 50% of the time. I hate them.

Perhaps they delete it because the edits are suspect and they wish to find more evidence before making any drastic changes, hm? My English teachers say that Wikipedia is fine to use if it's on a solid thing that's well-known. Using it for things that isn't can cause errors in information, but that's because it's not in public knowledge. Using it for things that aren't well known is a person's decision; if the person gets wrong information it's their fault for taking a gamble.

DarkMaster · Aug 03, 2009 7:36 PM

Spyro Master wrote:

You cant get rid of the wiki, everyone needs it really for people to copy and paste information and pass it off as homework XD

*gasps* how did you know?? XD

Spyromaster8395 · Aug 07, 2009 7:36 AM

it still works you know >.>

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