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  • The LION will ROAR
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2009
    • 3231

    Wikipedia - false information

    Sites such as Wikipedia have always been susceptible to vandalism and the spread of false information by individuals or groups with a vested interest.

    false or inaccurate information that is spread deliberately. It is synonymous with and sometimes called Black propaganda. It may include the distribution of forged documents, manuscripts, and photographs, or spreading malicious rumors and fabricated intelligence. Disinformation should not be confused with misinformation, information that is unintentionally false.

    But on controversial topics, Wikipedia articles sometimes descend into a free-for-all, and the information may be biased or inaccurate.

    Wikipedia, its growth has been phenomenal, from a handful of web pages 12 years ago to perhaps 20 billion today. And like the articles in Wikipedia, the information on those pages varies in quality.


    So what it's saying that anyone can put information in wikipedia...?
    This is why Greeks mainly use Wikipedia for proof..lol
    The Macedonians originates it, the Bulgarians imitate it and the Greeks exploit it!
  • julie
    Senior Member
    • May 2009
    • 3869

    #2
    Wiki cannot be used for citations in any Universities in Australia , and I think high schools (my son's does not allow it) for this very reason that it is misinformation and propaganda.
    "The moral revolution - the revolution of the mind, heart and soul of an enslaved people, is our greatest task."__________________Gotse Delchev

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    • DirtyCodingHabitz
      Member
      • Sep 2010
      • 835

      #3
      and I think high schools
      To bad our high school is pro wiki. Not sure if its allowed in every high school.

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      • Soldier of Macedon
        Senior Member
        • Sep 2008
        • 13669

        #4
        DCH, your high school allows Wikipedia to be used as a reference for a project or thesis? Or when you say 'pro' Wikipedia, are you talking about teachers encouraging students to refer to it as a starting point for research? I would be very suprised if it is the first and not the second, because some of the Wikipedia articles look like they've been written in some basement.
        In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.

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        • George S.
          Senior Member
          • Aug 2009
          • 10116

          #5
          like anything on the net you have to take it with a grain of salt.It's true when it comes to the macedonian greece historical issues.Greece will stoop to anything & try & distort facts & figures to suit their propaganda.The greeks have written articles that are derogatory to macedonia (ROM) .When one considers the extent the greeks will go to even writing outright lies in wikipaedia.
          Last edited by George S.; 10-17-2010, 06:02 PM. Reason: edit
          "Ido not want an uprising of people that would leave me at the first failure, I want revolution with citizens able to bear all the temptations to a prolonged struggle, what, because of the fierce political conditions, will be our guide or cattle to the slaughterhouse"
          GOTSE DELCEV

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          • DirtyCodingHabitz
            Member
            • Sep 2010
            • 835

            #6
            Originally posted by Soldier of Macedon View Post
            DCH, your high school allows Wikipedia to be used as a reference for a project or thesis? Or when you say 'pro' Wikipedia, are you talking about teachers encouraging students to refer to it as a starting point for research? I would be very suprised if it is the first and not the second, because some of the Wikipedia articles look like they've been written in some basement.
            All the teachers use to tell us you can find useful info on wikipedia and they always told us to go on wiki when we were researching stuff on the schools comps or laptops.

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            • The LION will ROAR
              Senior Member
              • Jan 2009
              • 3231

              #7
              Originally posted by DirtyCodingHabitz View Post
              All the teachers use to tell us you can find useful info on wikipedia and they always told us to go on wiki when we were researching stuff on the schools comps or laptops.
              That's why they are school teachers and nothing more..
              I think Educational institutes across Australia should ban the use Wikipedia..
              The Macedonians originates it, the Bulgarians imitate it and the Greeks exploit it!

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              • Soldier of Macedon
                Senior Member
                • Sep 2008
                • 13669

                #8
                Originally posted by DirtyCodingHabitz View Post
                All the teachers use to tell us you can find useful info on wikipedia and they always told us to go on wiki when we were researching stuff on the schools comps or laptops.
                You can find some useful information on Wikipedia and utilise it as a stepping stone on to concrete sources, but I doubt your teachers would accept it as a reference or citation for a project.
                In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.

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                • DirtyCodingHabitz
                  Member
                  • Sep 2010
                  • 835

                  #9
                  but I doubt your teachers would accept it as a reference or citation for a project.
                  They never said no to wiki....

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                  • Soldier of Macedon
                    Senior Member
                    • Sep 2008
                    • 13669

                    #10
                    If you submitted an essay for a project at your school, would the following be acceptable:

                    Macedonia was never a Greek city-state (1), but it did conquer almost of all of the city-states (2) during the time of Phillip and Alexander.

                    (1) Peter Green, Alexander of Macedon, page XXX
                    (2) Wikipedia


                    If the answer is yes and this was acceptable, then I would strongly suggest you have your parents request a refund for your schooling fees.
                    In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.

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                    • DirtyCodingHabitz
                      Member
                      • Sep 2010
                      • 835

                      #11
                      If you submitted an essay for a project at your school, would the following be acceptable:

                      Macedonia was never a Greek city-state (1), but it did conquer almost of all of the city-states (2) during the time of Phillip and Alexander.

                      (1) Peter Green, Alexander of Macedon, page XXX
                      (2) Wikipedia


                      If the answer is yes and this was acceptable, then I would strongly suggest you have your parents request a refund for your schooling fees.
                      I can assure you that they accept everything, except the history that doesn't fit their image.

                      My greek history teacher failed me because I disagreed with her "ancient greek" books and all the bullshit was inside. That was the same teacher that didn't put my name in the school year book that had all the students names, except mine.

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                      • julie
                        Senior Member
                        • May 2009
                        • 3869

                        #12
                        DCH, that is a matter for the Education Department, she would be stripped of her teaching priveleges, If that had happened to one of my sons, rest assured this would not happen.
                        My eldest had a bitch of a teacher in primary school, I sorted her out, via the appropriate channels. Discrimination is not to be commended, nor should she have gotten away with it.
                        Bless you for standing your ground, you are the winner.
                        "The moral revolution - the revolution of the mind, heart and soul of an enslaved people, is our greatest task."__________________Gotse Delchev

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                        • DirtyCodingHabitz
                          Member
                          • Sep 2010
                          • 835

                          #13
                          I couldn't really do much. My history teacher was greek, my coordinator was greek, our principal was British but pro greek.

                          greek teacher for history, greek teacher for english, greek teacher for cooking classes. Failed all of them and I did everything right, except history.

                          I know I'm not the only one that has failed because of greek teachers. Even Makedoncheto from YouTube failed history because of his greek teacher.

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                          • julie
                            Senior Member
                            • May 2009
                            • 3869

                            #14
                            DCH, it may as well have been a Greek school, it would have been difficult going to history lessons and listening to the lies. You did well
                            "The moral revolution - the revolution of the mind, heart and soul of an enslaved people, is our greatest task."__________________Gotse Delchev

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                            • Soldier of Macedon
                              Senior Member
                              • Sep 2008
                              • 13669

                              #15
                              Originally posted by DirtyCodingHabitz View Post
                              I can assure you that they accept everything, except the history that doesn't fit their image.
                              I find it hard to believe any school would accept citations on an essay from a website that can be altered or edited by anybody that bothered to log on. To use it as a reference point, sure, but to use it as a citation, I don't think so.
                              In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.

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