| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson There's something about Wikipedia that really annoys me, namely the complexity and depth of some of the pages. For example, the Higgs Boson page, it seems like someone actually took the time to write up a detailed and accurate(?) article. If you look at a lot of Wikipedia pages, the physics pages in particular, it seems like the people who wrote them put a lot of work and effort into making them. In addition, there's always a boatload of notes, references, and external links for these pages. Do you ever wonder who the hell takes their time to actually write these up? The amount of references also leads me to believe that most of these articles were seriously written; I don't think the articles are BS. Wikipedia is considered an untrustworthy source by most schools, so It seems unlikely to me that college professors would actually spend their time creating these articles. I don't believe most people have the knowledge required to write these and I doubt students have the time. |
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| Various people contribute to each and every page. |
كنت تهدر وقتك عن طريق ترجمة هذه. mattbenz99 said: Christians and Satanists are technically the same thing |
Goryo said: Various people contribute to each and every page. |
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| Anyone that know how to use internet can edit wikipedia. |
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Hidden_Joker said: Goryo said: Various people contribute to each and every page. I know that, but I'm asking what type of people |
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Cupquake said: Hidden_Joker said: Goryo said: Various people contribute to each and every page. I know that, but I'm asking what type of people Anyone who has access to the internet and feels like editing an article. |
كنت تهدر وقتك عن طريق ترجمة هذه. mattbenz99 said: Christians and Satanists are technically the same thing |
| People thinking 'Fuck I wasted all my life gathering useless knowledge in a niche field and now I wanna feel like I actually contribute to something, leave something behind, better the world, allow students to copypaste my words for their presentations.' |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
Goryo said: Cupquake said: Hidden_Joker said: Goryo said: Various people contribute to each and every page. I know that, but I'm asking what type of people Anyone who has access to the internet and feels like editing an article. But as I said, the articles seem to be well written, I doubt think anyone could have written them. |
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| http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Higgs_boson&action=history List of edit history with some registered users ^^^^^ |
MiraniaNov 11, 2013 6:57 PM
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| There are actually a lot of people with PHDs participating in wikipedia. Passion for their subject is the drive and it doesn't have anything to do with the official policies of schools. First of all you never know if an article about a specific topic is really good and secondly school probably wants to teach the kids work ethics instead of googling. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
j0x said: Wow alright. I've been wiki'ing for years, and I never it existed. Thanks!i bet they are experts too and if you like more simple explanation there is simple wikipedia http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page and here is an example http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson As for who writes them. Anyone. You could read a textbook and possibly contribute to mega articles like that. |
| Sigh...Wikipedia is a great place to start looking for info and is credible just check the cited sources and if not look elsewhere to confirm... |
chrysalibun said: Sigh...Wikipedia is a great place to start looking for info and is credible just check the cited sources and if not look elsewhere to confirm... That's not what the topic is about |
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| Whoever they are I'm grateful of them because wiki help me in my homeworks sometimes. |
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| I don't give a shit as long as they keep providing me with information. |
| As long as it can get me an A on an assignment that doesn't require a Work Cited page, those people can keep writing wiki articles. |
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| I'm guessing that someone writes a pretty bad stub, then people gradually make small edits until the article gets the way it is now. Even I sometimes change something written badly or inaccurately. |
j0x said: Awesome this is like the tl;dr version.i bet they are experts too and if you like more simple explanation there is simple wikipedia http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page and here is an example http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson |
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| One person is concerned about one specific thing, has a passion for it, and so they add a lot about that one specific thing. Several hundreds of thousands of people do this, and it all comes together into Wikipedia. |
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| People always says that knowledge is power, and they even pay a lump sum to earn it. But when it comes as free, they quickly says it's bullshit. |
| The most important things in life is the people that you care about |
| Err, Contributors? |
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Cupquake said: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson There's something about Wikipedia that really annoys me, namely the complexity and depth of some of the pages. For example, the Higgs Boson page, it seems like someone actually took the time to write up a detailed and accurate(?) article. If you look at a lot of Wikipedia pages, the physics pages in particular, it seems like the people who wrote them put a lot of work and effort into making them. In addition, there's always a boatload of notes, references, and external links for these pages. Do you ever wonder who the hell takes their time to actually write these up? The amount of references also leads me to believe that most of these articles were seriously written; I don't think the articles are BS. Wikipedia is considered an untrustworthy source by most schools, so It seems unlikely to me that college professors would actually spend their time creating these articles. I don't believe most people have the knowledge required to write these and I doubt students have the time. Well, obviously, you don't know crap about Wikipedia. Believe it or not, there ARE people out there, who very much spend the time to write up these articles -- AND -- know what they're doing. Sure, many of the articles are utter garbage and do not have anything of substance; but the ones that do, they're written rather seriously, with a strong sense of accuracy in mind. Also, students are generally discouraged from using Wikipedia due to risk of plagiarism and the fluidity of the Wiki text (i.e. stuff can change any day of the week). |
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KyuuAL said: Well, obviously, you don't know crap about Wikipedia. Believe it or not, there ARE people out there, who very much spend the time to write up these articles -- AND -- know what they're doing. Sure, many of the articles are utter garbage and do not have anything of substance; but the ones that do, they're written rather seriously, with a strong sense of accuracy in mind. Also, students are generally discouraged from using Wikipedia due to risk of plagiarism and the fluidity of the Wiki text (i.e. stuff can change any day of the week). We were told for the most part that Wikipedia is good for steering us in the right direction. And we can't cite it as a source because of the exact same reason you pointed out in your last sentence. |
| Just need to find out how to quote this every time so I can dodge the stupid 30-character limit. |
Theodoricos said: I couldn't possibly know who exactly are the people that write the pages, but they have my sincerest thanks. Even though a lot of them are bias as hell and post so much invalid information and sometimes (more often than not) things are subject to change? |
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Theodoricos said: FrostedSilver964 said: This is kinda off-topic, but I don't even understand why people bother writing about complex stuff like about Physics, and medicine etc when the only people who're able to understand it all are those who wouldn't need to read it anyway because they already know about it. At least put it in simple terms! Grrr Except not, what is not useful for you might be so for someone else. I used to spend entire days on it a couple of years ago. However, due to lack of time and increased dedication to other interests, I cannot afford to do that anymore. |
| Aliis si licet, tibi non licet. |
| Everything on Wikipedia is false anyway. I thought people knew this. |
Reciprocal said: Everything on Wikipedia is false anyway. I thought people knew this. Ah, the myth is still around I see. |
| Aliis si licet, tibi non licet. |
| I brought this up in my History class, and my history teacher thinks that college professors write a lot of the more complicated articles, because they know their students go to wikipedia for quick and easy information. Not sure I agree with that, but whatever. |
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