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Scott Dorsey Scott Dorsey is offline
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In article >, Derek > wrote:
>On Sat, 20 May 2006 08:32:02 GMT, Barky Bark wrote:
>> begin one's research, but beyond that it gets mighty sketchy.

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>Not necessarily (regarding "mighty sketchy"). A study by the journal
>"Nature" found that, on average, Wikipedia was as reliable as the
>Encyclopedia Britannica. Of course, Britannica disputes the findings.


Sheesh. I know the Britannica isn't so hot, but it's not THAT bad.
--scott
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