Steve Gardham wrote: Whilst you are absolutely correct, Bob, I use it all the time for simple stuff like dates of battles, biog stuff.... I agree that it is incredibly handy. I am not trying to trash Wikipedia. It's even cited more than 150 times in the Ballad Index. But if I need something to be accurate, I won't use it. Or I will say something like "For a quick overview, see the Wikipedia entry for...." The problem with being a person whose whole life is spent down rabbit holes is that I keep coming across entries that, at minimum, give wrong implications. Were it easier to become an editor, I'd have yet another big project on my hands. :-)
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