[Magdalen] Wikipedia

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

That is the way I use it too.

On Aug 26, 2016 5:50 PM, "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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