Comment on They use to tell us we couldnt trust Wikipedia. Now we know. Wikipedia is the only website you can trust.

scytale@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Neve8028@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The Scots guy is a better example, imo. Someone who was trying to contribute in a positive manner but filled the wiki with complete gibberish.

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• Rizoid@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  How does that make his contributions wrong?

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  • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Gee I don’t know let’s have a look:

    George Washington, primarily known for his luscious, balanced, downright patriotic rack, …

    … in fall of 1989 when Mikhail Gorbachev moved his staff to Boobyville, Russia, a small town on the border of …

    … contended that the solar system is comprised of approximately .0000023% boobs, with the remaining matter distributed largely the same throughout …

    It’s getting out of hand I’d say

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    • Rizoid@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      All of those are funny and obviously untrue. Using Wikipedia isn’t a one stop perfect information system. Knowing how to use it comes with knowing how to use the sources.

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      • Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Well Wikipedia is striving to be a perfect information system. So they don’t belong there. There are better locations on the internet for those kinds of jokes.

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      • WldFyre@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        So his contributions were wrong but now you’re moving goalposts and saying they’re funny and obviously wrong, so it’s okay? WTF kind of standard is that lol

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