Re: [Homesteadingfamily] Documentation / was: Cookware for prepping

I look at Wiki too for basic info on animals, plants, but even then~ many
of them are WRONG~
I did use it the other day to find out what the order of books in a series
I've been reading was...LOL

Research and documentation is huge for me. and people also have to remember
to keep up with changes in information, because it DOES change!

I will never throw someone off the list for showing me viable documentation!

Angelia in OR ~

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Marita <mcdaniel@blackfoot.net> wrote:

> >> I was in law school, I LIVE for documentation. I was thrown off a list
> >> for
> asking for documentation and when not getting it; proving the list
> moderator
> was not only wrong, but mis-informing people (detrimentally too!!) she
> threw
> me off. <<
>
> Don't you just LOVE it when moderators/owners do that? Happened to me as
> well in the past.
>
> >> I've got a discourse from a well-known higher education professor who
> >> wrote
> about why Wikipedia and sites like those (yahoo answers, etc) should NEVER
> be used by students. How students have C&P whole sections, including
> incorrect info. It's okay to use as a directional guide, but not as info.
> <<
>
> I use Wikipedia only for things like looking up plants or animals, nothing
> really important.
> I used to work for a lawyer, and was REALLY surprised when he had me print
> off something form Wikipedia. I tried to explain to him that anybody can go
> in there and change/add sentences. He and his wife are not very computer
> literate at all, he never even used the computer when he was in the office.
>
> >> That's why I question those who post wiki sites w/o any other research.
> >> It
> shows they are a lemming; following the herd not doing their own research.
> This leads to bad info and potentially deadly info. I've corrected stuff
> on
> Wikipedia! <<
>
> And I'm sure other, not-so-smart people make *corrections* there as well. I
> would never use that as a reliable source of info...
>
> Marita in western Montana
>
>

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