RIP Dictionaries, long live Wikipedia
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Re: RIP Dictionaries, long live Wikipedia
How old are you? Twelve?
Re: RIP Dictionaries, long live Wikipedia
Old enough to ask: Is the entry on democracy in Wikipedia qualitatively better than the entry on democracy in the Oxford dictionary?
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Do you understand the meaning of the symbol that looks like this "?" at the end of the sentence?
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Re: RIP Dictionaries, long live Wikipedia
Do you remember your own OP? There's a better authority to appeal to in 2021 - Wikipedia.
Why are you comparing a 'wikipedia' (a play on the word 'encyclopaedia') with a dictionary? Wouldn't it be more logical to compare a dictionary with 'wiktionary' (or whatever it's called)?
Re: RIP Dictionaries, long live Wikipedia
It would be far more logical to use the thing which better answers the question: "What is Democracy?"vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:59 am Do you remember your own OP? There's a better authority to appeal to in 2021 - Wikipedia.
Why are you comparing a 'wikipedia' (a play on the word 'encyclopaedia') with a dictionary? Wouldn't it be more logical to compare a dictionary with 'wiktionary' (or whatever it's called)?
If a 17 year old asked you the question, would you point them to a dictionary or to wikipedia for a reasonably comprehensive general answer?
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Why do I get the feeling you are waiting for an AHA! moment?
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Re: RIP Dictionaries, long live Wikipedia
WIKI is Hawaiian for “to hurry; fast, quick.”
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Btw, I find mistakes in Wikipedia all the time. Sentences that go nowhere. Bad spelling and grammar. It's only good for very shallow and frivolous searches, not in-depth research.
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I don't know why you get the feelings that you get. You probably know yourself better than I know you.vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 17, 2021 10:26 am Why do I get the feeling you are waiting for an AHA! moment?
What I am waiting for is an answer to my question: Is the entry on democracy in Wikipedia qualitatively better than the entry on democracy in the Oxford dictionary?
Re: RIP Dictionaries, long live Wikipedia
If depth is what you are after would you ever choose a dictionary over wikipedia?vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 17, 2021 10:32 am Btw, I find mistakes in Wikipedia all the time. Sentences that go nowhere. Bad spelling and grammar. It's only good for very shallow and frivolous searches, not in-depth research.
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Re: RIP Dictionaries, long live Wikipedia
The evidence of Wikipedia being better than a dictionary is my evidence for it being better.
In every way that it's better than a dictionary.
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Is it?
Perfect timing, I guess? Since I don't know what you mean by "proof". You were going to tell me, but you forgot.