[Magdalen] Wikipedia

[Christopher Hart]

I have even made a small editorial contribution to a Wikipedia article.

On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 7:16 PM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Another vote for Wiki from me. Great place to start digging! and often no
> need to dig elsewhere
>
> Sally D
>
> On Friday, 26 August 2016, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Although we were cautioned not to use it as a reference for papers,
> > nonetheless it has proven invaluable for the quick overview of something
> I
> > need or want to know on a very broad range of subjects.  Along with
> Google,
> > pretty much the first go-to, other than my wonderful Oxford dictionary
> and
> > Oxford Reference Encyclopedia.
> >
> > Marion, a pilgrim
> >
> >
> > On 8/26/2016 5:38 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon wrote:
> >
> >> I think that  Wikipedia has come a very long way since its inception.<<<
> >>>>>
> >>>> Wikipedia is, in my august opinion, simply marvelous.  Without it as,
> >> as Mr Knitter points out, a quick, relatively reliable first reference
> >> before deeper digging, I would simply not consider myself an educated
> >> person (contemporaneously speaking).  And as I pointed out to a friend
> on
> >> another list some time back, since most of what I look up is related to
> >> older literature, music, and film, it's hard not to get what basically
> >> amounts to the truth each time.
> >>
> >> You're just fine, Alan.  And hellatiously welcome here.  Period.
> >>
> >>
> >
>



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