Wikipedia as a news source

[Mr Skeptic]

Have you guys checked out Wikipedia as a news source? They seem to me to cover major world events extremely thoroughly.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_I_nuclear_accidents

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Libyan_uprising

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Egyptian_revolution

 

What with over 100 references, it seems like a source I can trust.

[mississippichem]

Have you guys checked out Wikipedia as a news source? They seem to me to cover major world events extremely thoroughly.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_I_nuclear_accidents

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Libyan_uprising

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Egyptian_revolution

 

What with over 100 references, it seems like a source I can trust.

 

People like to poke fun at Wikipedia, but I'm an advocate as well; especially for recent events. 100 citations is good enough for me. Notice that if you watch Fox News or MSNBC for long enough they start to interview ealier anchors and refer to them by crazy titles like "middle east correspondent", giving the impression of citing an expert. But I'm onto their game, that "correspondent " was the anchor from the hour before!

 

Hat's off to Wikipedia for not insulting our intelligence like cable news! What wikipedia lacks in accuracy sometimes, it makes up for in reference. Mistakes are usually corrected quickly and they always give enough citations for you to be your own skeptic [pun not intended Mr. Skeptic] and get the information straight from the source.

Edited March 19, 2011 by mississippichem

[michel123456]

Astonishing rapidity & efficiency from Wikipedia.

A work from Wikicrisis as far as I can tell.

 

It is also very interesting to have a look at the discussion behind the main article.

Chapeau.

Edited March 19, 2011 by michel123456

[rktpro]

Really fast work. Appreciated. Wikipedia can have a subdomain like wikinews!