Re: [ARSCLIST] Whacky-Packia outed for what it is -- Amateur Hour in Siberia

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Don:

Not true. See Britannica's response to the New Yorker article. Every article is fact-checked by 
experts and/or written by experts, according to Britannica.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Cox" <doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Whacky-Packia outed for what it is -- Amateur Hour in Siberia


> On 21/03/07, David Lennick wrote:
>
> > Steven Levy is typical of today's idiotic journalism and the state of
> > education in general. Bravo for Keen! And my opinions on Wackypackia
> > are well known to this group and haven't changed (nor has
> > Wickywackypedera).
> No doubt Wikipedia contains plenty of errors, but is it any worse in
> that respect that any current commercial encyclopedia?
>
> The days when Britannica was written by top experts are long gone.
>
> I have found Wikipedia useful for topics such as rock bands.
>
> Regards
> --
> Don Cox
> doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx