Wikipedia: Encyclopedia or Scam?

Six cardinal (and, in the long-term, deadly) sins plague the Wikipedia. What unites and underlies all its deficiencies is simple: Wikipedia dissembles about what it is and how it operates. It is a self-righteous confabulation and its success in deceiving the many attests not only to the gullibility of the vast majority of Netizens but to the PR savvy of its sleek and slick operators.

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[MrPsychedelia101]

@iLovePalestineDotCom And you are right, Wikipedia is dangerous. Because it is the 4th the most visited website in the world and being editable by anyone, it is a perfect tool for manipulating public opinion. That's really sad.

[MrPsychedelia101]

Wikipedia is Internets number one source of misinformation. Even Uncyclopedia is more reliable.

[iLovePalestineDotCom]

Great commentary.

Wikipedia does indeed poison the minds of its uninformed readers. The danger is that Wikipedia is massive & covers almost all subject/person that matters & many that don't. It is also very very accessible since Google with its "infinite wisdom" considers it an authority on EVER SUBJECT and lists it at the top of its search results. Most people are lazy and they just want the a quick "fact" or scan through the false information in it yet disturbingly consider it the only truth!

[NetuPodStolomNikogo]

I guess this video is the answer to your other video: "Why the Beatles Made More Money than Einstein".

[NetuPodStolomNikogo]

On personal note, i don't trust wikipedia. You can use it for quick information; just for curiosity, like what is the structure of an eye, or what is light ect, things that i don't really use or not entitled to. I compare it with a literary experience, or a prose. Nothing less.

[tomp2008]

@docelmcdale - Wikipedia is the most wonderful resource on the planet, created by highly intelligent people just like you and me, and it is completely neutral. Anyone who dislikes Wikipedia for whatever reason is almost always someone who tried to edit a page without knowing the rules and got themselves blocked, after which they go crying like a baby on youtube about how Wikipedia is unfair or a scam or whatever kind of idiocy they think up.

[docelmcdale]

@tomp2008 Go and try to edit wikipedia yourself and u can find that what he's saying is true. Give the benefit of the doubt if u are a reasonable man!

[docelmcdale]

@tomp2008 u really know nothing about this, there is really a WIKIPEDIA SCAM, U ARE FOOLEST AMONG THE FOOL IF U TRUST WIKIPEDIA

[tomp2008]

let me guess, you got indef-blocked for doing something stupid and now you're bitter. seen it too many times