[Foundation-l] Has Wikipedia changed since 2005?

Tue Oct 5 19:23:25 UTC 2010

Hoi,
Who is our audience ? I am sure that a certain training is needed to feel
comfortable with references and sources. When you are comfortable with it,
you probably use a particular terminology and consider illustrations
distractions...

Remember Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia. It is not a scholarly work. It is
not intended to be one.
Thanks,
       GerardM

On 6 October 2010 01:17, Noein <pronoein at gmail.com> wrote:

> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
>
> On 05/10/2010 19:48, wiki-list at phizz.demon.co.uk wrote:
> > What is the main point of wikipedia to edit it, or to read it?
> Could it be both or do we get to choose only one?
>
> > NOTE: when reading an article or a book one rarely looks at the
> > references. They are, in the main, a distraction.
> This is not my case nor my perception about it. Besides, they are not
> just notes, but references. References are important to build traceable
> knowledge layer after layer.
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32)
> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/
>
> iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMq2u3AAoJEHCAuDvx9Z6LfEYIAJG1keR2ovZOWCBW64I5O1qg
> Fwej27v/yAIx8QTgobAP3TjMlQInP2Hn4T6bilIu2FHRQvLYUz1DiyvsPNBYxj+n
> ftaR+vrKk/gRgAJ1y3qN/Bw5UnUDd4YTjsnl1CcETdEg6UcUuC4/v8L33NMLeXL7
> 8pXrkafhEaRqWn8RNI+RuabAoaR1HgTXh+iy7NQJLZkjAvpv2Jyw/WENKIUq7tDM
> qAt5i1Q9VnipmnCaLbIJWDB2Ui4Hxpj2gwV4uOSzVJvmmFnJcR7ANgn2TbvjR1j6
> A9CTg6DSl2csw90RNNIQzembP/5Zt4oMTB+/Tg1E6iKDh5Av8iadHCh7HOiN97E=
> =VFM3
> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
>
> _______________________________________________
> foundation-l mailing list
> foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
>