Articles tagged with: Wikipedia
Blog Talk »
The following opinions are based upon admittedly anecdotal observations. I stand by the many criticisms I’ve posted about Wikipedia over the years.
I randomly came upon this Twitter post by @tylerdmace (Tyler Mace).
There is a tylerdmace active on Wikipedia. The user has made 349 total edits to a total of 151 distinct Wikipedia pages. (Source)
Just sayin’ here, I’d be a bit wary of any of those 151 pages that tylerdmace has edited, based upon the Twitter post above.
Now, why is this important? If an editor is willing …
Blog Talk, Methodology, Personal, Research »
Growing up in a university family, both parents were professors, I was always surrounded by books. One vivid memory is the encyclopedias and dictionaries that filled our home.
Britannica was one of the encyclopedias. Big black books that took up two rows on the main family bookcase. Right next to Britannica sat the Oxford English Dictionary. Again, huge black books filled with information. Then, there was also the World Book, among others.
We would take them down when reading the paper or watching television and look …
