POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Don't mess with Hitchens : Re: Don't mess with Wikipedia Server Time
29 Jul 2024 14:11:53 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Don't mess with Wikipedia  
From: Darren New
Date: 15 Jan 2012 14:11:17
Message: <4f1324d5$1@news.povray.org>
On 1/15/2012 2:53, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Er, why would academics waste time on something as pointless as Wikipedia?

Why would academics waste time on determining the accuracy of 
non-peer-reviewed published distribution channels? Really?  You didn't spend 
enough time in academia, I think. :-)

> Really? So paper encyclopedias are written by people with no domain
> knowledge simply plucking facts out of thin air too?

No, but neither are wikipedia articles, it seems.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   People tell me I am the counter-example.


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