Ok I see your point. I cannot say I agree, but I do see your viewpoint. Yes, the professors pointed that out as well, but also said that even on off the cuff things it can be a very dangerous tool because you don't know who is doing the writing. In other words are they true and supported facts or pure opinion.
Thanks, Mike On Jan 25, 2011, at 9:48 PM, Dave Watts wrote: > >> Interesting. In my spare time I am going back to college and almost to a >> tee all of my professors warn about wikipedia and how >> much misinformation is on there. What is really something is that at my >> previous school the professors were the same way about >> wikipedia. Guess you have to take it with a grain of salt. > > Sure. But if you already know something, and go to Wikipedia and it > agrees with you, it's ok to point to that as an explanation of > whatever it is you know. It's not suitable as a primary source - > something else your professors probably mentioned. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsi > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341280 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
