[WikiEN-l] Re: a valid criticism

Sat Oct 8 02:26:46 UTC 2005

Kat Walsh wrote:

>I disagree on this, and I wonder why so many people state it: a good
>encyclopedic article on a broad subject I am only casually acquainted
>with is very useful, and in fact Wikipedia is often the first place
>I'll turn. There are plenty of basic subjects for which I do not know
>most of the information contained in a decent encyclopedia article;
>I'd imagine this is true of most people.
>
Also, for many basic subjects for which one is not a specialist, an 
encyclopedia article is a very helpful place to turn for confirmation of 
things you *think you know*, but aren't absolutely certain that you have 
remembered correctly.

--Michael Snow