On Fri, 15 May 2009 21:24:30 -0300, nemesis wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 May 2009 19:21:56 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>> 
>>> And Wikipedia itself is not an acceptable source for content added to
>>> Wikipedia:
>> 
>> That would be kinda self-reinforcing, wouldn't it?
> 
> The point is not to add content to wikipedia based on wikipedia content.
>   The wikipedia content at question is merely a plot overview.  I'm just
> saying there that "The incredibles" has a very similar plot to Watchmen
> and for the purpose of illustration I link to the plot overview in the
> wikipedia entry for Watchmen.  Which itself has no other reference than
> the work itself.

The problem is that because of the nature of Wikipedia, if you create an 
entry that says "All elephants are blue" and cite another Wikipedia 
article that contains that assertion as a source, you're not really 
citing a source.

Jim

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