Wikipedia
 

Does anyone else spend way too much time on there? I have two windows full of twenty tabs each of just wiki pages. It's addicting.

I used to.

Yes, the appetite for knowledge can definitely be indulged on that site. Usually it's just one thing leading to another forever on and on.

any band im curious about, one of the first things i do is look them up on wiki

Yeah, I love wiki!

i love this article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Norton

i love this article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_hitler

..fuckin troll

Hey calm down tiger. I'm just here to change how you think!!

Besides I'm only 7 rep points behind you slugger!!

WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR DEGREE AT?

probably wikipedia college (giggles)

If people don't like me, it's because I change how they think

next

i cant be mad at you.. you're the forgotten husker!

See, I've already changed the way you think.

from Wikipedia

khchris: (real name Kenji) In 1985, depending on their geographical location, changed the way people thought.

wiki is very good indeed. all hail the pedia.

yeah, It's great

Some of my favorites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_phobias
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Peo...ing_Up_America
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English

hell yeah, it's addictive

it is addictive, i use it all the time.

Wikipedia's pretty good, because it's convenient and usually accurate.

I've never spent time roaming through it though, but I'm sure I will some day thanks to the cross links. I like the fact that each article has a contents lasi at the top, and sometimes I use it not to read an article, but because the external links are usually to places of interest.

yeah i love it, just looking up random shit, if you've got a bet on with your mates over some random crap, just go Wikipedia it and collect your winnings

its cool. i found that picture with the woman vomiting during blowjob on wikipedia


oh yeah!!! 500 post!!!

I never heard about it until this board.

I use it from time to time.

And was in Husker Du.

I always use it. Very good when looking up bands.

Wiki is worth more than just looking up bands. AllMusic is better at it anyway.

I use it, and I sometimes edit entries too. I noted that Jon King plays percussion as well as melodica.

Indispensible. Without it, I'd probably wouldn't pass most of my modules... :P

it's useful sometimes; however, some companies use it to spam & promote their shit products. that suxxxx.

I enjoy it greatly. I use it for many things.

yeah, you use it to get dates :D

HAha, yes I do. Its been the origin for a few of my threads.:)

I use it a good bit.

yeah

It's totally accepted by my school as a valid source of information...

It's good for certain things, but not everything. I personally think it's a horrible website to get info on bands. It's pretty good for musical eras and terms and stuff, but not bands. I use the official websites. It is addicting, though.

I don't think I've read an essay or heard a speech, which required references, at my college that didn't include it as a reference. For this reason I never cite it. Also, by definition of the word "wiki" couldn't it all potentially be wrong? Does anyone moniter it? If so, who, and can we trust them?

Exactly. You could search "No-wave" and come back with a bunch of good bands. Wiki is awesome.

yeah, they do monitor it . . . you could create a node on yourself now but they'd likely take it down within a week because it lacks encyclopedic value. they do other things too . . . ever see those neutrality disclaimers?

at any rate, i use it a ton. i was screwing around looking up local tv affiliates across the country just a bit ago . . . for whatever reason local news in other places intrigues me. i think i associate it with traveling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catnip

ha

interesting