▲ 1073 ▼ They use to tell us we couldnt trust Wikipedia. Now we know. Wikipedia is the only website you can trust. (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Daft_ish@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 330 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] crimsdings@lemmy.world 91 points 2 years ago (2 children) Wikipedia is an excellent starting point for information - but saying you can absolutely trust it hell no. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Yup, tried to correct something about a motorcycle manufacturer (no road legal model between year A and Z), linked to another Wikipedia article proving what I was saying (road legal modelS in year W to Y, just before Z), the next day the page was back to its previous version. I linked to the article about the road legal model they pretended didn't exist and they just edited the page back to its previous version... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] notst@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago How dare you hurt another editor's feelings with your facts! permalink fedilink source parent [–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's like chatGPT then! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago at least Wikipedia is human-curated. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Yup, tried to correct something about a motorcycle manufacturer (no road legal model between year A and Z), linked to another Wikipedia article proving what I was saying (road legal modelS in year W to Y, just before Z), the next day the page was back to its previous version. I linked to the article about the road legal model they pretended didn't exist and they just edited the page back to its previous version... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] notst@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago How dare you hurt another editor's feelings with your facts! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] notst@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago How dare you hurt another editor's feelings with your facts! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's like chatGPT then! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago at least Wikipedia is human-curated. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago at least Wikipedia is human-curated. permalink fedilink source parent