Re: About the WikiMedia Foundation (WAS: Re: Where'd wow come from (WAS:Re: Off Topic Topics (WAS: Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!))))
On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 21:37 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 09:25:46PM -0500, Owen Heisler wrote:
> > On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 17:56 -0700, Hex Star wrote:
> > >
> > > Where did the word wow come from? Who invented it?
> >
> > http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wow
> >
> > See the Wikimedia Foundation for all the information you'll ever need.
> > Especially useful are the Wikipedia and Wiktionary.
> > See more information about it here:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia
> >
> > Heh, heh... The subject is getting rather long! :)
> >
>
> I hate to throw fuel on the fire, but I just have to chime in on this
> one. Wikipedia is only a good source of info for what I like to call
> "geek fare." That is, if you want information on physics, chemistry,
> astronomy, computer science, programming, games, mathematics,
> cryptography, television programs and movies, and so on everything is
> fine. If you are looking for information on politics, international
> issues/relations, religion or religious issues, life sciences,
> basically, anything that is the subject of any significant amount of
> controversy, Wikipedia falls apart quite badly. That is not to say that
> all of it is garbage, just that even the self-declared NPOV stance is
> not sufficient.
Yes, I suppose you're right. I'm generally only interested in the "geek
fare", though, so I'm happy. :)
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