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====== Wikipedia ====== | ====== Wikipedia ====== | ||
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In an AH.com context, opinions on Wikipedia fall into two camps: those who think it is the best thing since sliced bread and a useful primary source occasionally spoiled by biased editing, and those who think it is the tool of Satan and merely a vehicle for nationalists and bigots to try and get their views considered fact by those who don't consult multiple sources. | In an AH.com context, opinions on Wikipedia fall into two camps: those who think it is the best thing since sliced bread and a useful primary source occasionally spoiled by biased editing, and those who think it is the tool of Satan and merely a vehicle for nationalists and bigots to try and get their views considered fact by those who don't consult multiple sources. | ||
- | Generally speaking, younger members fall into the first camp and older ones, especially those in academia, into the second. | + | Generally speaking, younger members fall into the first camp and older ones, especially those in academia, into the second. Legendary and veteran member [[offtopic: |
- | It is considered self-evident among many AH.commers that Wikipedia is run by a combined Polish-Armenian Cabal whose only purpose in life is to paint Russia, Germany and the Ottoman Empire in a bad light (see also [[Polish Trolls]]). There is also the less well known 'crazy Indian nationalist' | + | It is considered self-evident among many AH.commers that Wikipedia is run by a combined |
- | See Also: | + | Another idiosyncratically ' |
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+ | Commonly referred to in an ironic fashion as "The Infallible Wikipedia" | ||
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+ | Every Wikipedia article should be prefaced with, " | ||
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+ | ==== See Also ==== | ||
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+ | **[[Creepy Wikipedia Factoid]]** | ||
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+ | ==== Navigation ==== | ||
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+ | **[[off topic|Offtopic Section Main Directory]]** | ||
- | [[Creepy Wikipedia Factoid]] |
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