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minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·3 days agoAnybody who thinks Wikipedia is bad should have grown up on encyclopedias. Looking back at my childhood set, they are hilariously riddled with errors.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·3 days agoYes, but they have professional errors. Not those errors that could have been written by just about anyone.
minus-squareM0oP0o@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoPeople paid good money for those errors though! Not like those freeloading people doing it all for donations…
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoRight?! I’d rather have a bunch of autistic nerds patrolling their favorite subjects for stupid changes. Turns out that works pretty damned well.
Anybody who thinks Wikipedia is bad should have grown up on encyclopedias. Looking back at my childhood set, they are hilariously riddled with errors.
Yes, but they have professional errors. Not those errors that could have been written by just about anyone.
People paid good money for those errors though! Not like those freeloading people doing it all for donations…
Right?! I’d rather have a bunch of autistic nerds patrolling their favorite subjects for stupid changes. Turns out that works pretty damned well.