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Wikipedia - A general discussion of its validity

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Message 4 of 40 (271496)
12-21-2005 4:23 PM 		Reply to: Message 3 by Phat
12-21-2005 4:12 PM

Re: Wiki: The weakerpedia?
A link from Phats cite contained the following, which seems to sum things up nicely:
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For information professionals, Wikipedia is a bottled version of the internet. Contained within this site is a host of unverified content on a wide variety of subjects, and, as a resource, it saves users from carrying out masses of searches. But just like web searching, there is no way for users to be sure the content is trustworthy.
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12-24-2007 8:52 PM

The Wikipedia anti-careationism and anti-conservativism bias
From message 213 of the "Discussing the evidence that support creationism" topic:
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Buzsaw writes:
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Percy, the Wikipedia bias against creationism and conservatism is well established.
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How about discussing the matter in this topic?
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