The problem with wikipedia

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Spidey01
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The problem with wikipedia

http://xkcd.com/214/

It's so true...

I can be reading some thing for a history test one day (e.g. stuff from the 1700-1800s) and end up reading about Ho Chi Minh and North Vietnam an hour later :/

Or worse I look up some Computer science term and I end up with 10-15 tabs open on related stuff ...

Oh why oh why did they invent the hyperlink !!

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I have actually never had any problems with Wikipedia

Spidey01
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Ever spend 5-6 hours reading articles non stop? lol

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Same with Youtube Smile

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Re: The problem with wikipedia

Oh why oh why did they invent the hyperlink !!

I dunno, see here.. http://www.hyperlink.com

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Actually, i just get some basic info from wikipedia. Just search it, and it gives me a list of articles that have to do with the topic. If you search on google or yahoo, wikipedia is usually the first site that the topic has anyways.

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Re: The problem with wikipedia

Oh why oh why did they invent the hyperlink !!

Without them, there would be no Web :wink:.

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Re: The problem with wikipedia

http://xkcd.com/214/

It's so true...

I can be reading some thing for a history test one day (e.g. stuff from the 1700-1800s) and end up reading about Ho Chi Minh and North Vietnam an hour later :/

Or worse I look up some Computer science term and I end up with 10-15 tabs open on related stuff ...

Oh why oh why did they invent the hyperlink !!

Man I've had the same problem, I just get HOOKED.

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just go to the library lol

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And 2,500 pages later.....

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A while back, I looked up the article on the village I live in. It said that it "is widely believed to be the birthplace of Adolf Hitler."

I think that's the problem with Wikipedia.