[Larryandlinda]

We were wicki-ing some topics and people and clicked in TV.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Villages,_Florida

How do they get so much on so many topics?

L & L

[EdV]

Corrected Link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Villages,_Florida

[jblum8156]

I don't know, but your link doesn't work

[downeaster]

Originally Posted by EdVinMass

Corrected Link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Villages,_Florida

This link worked.

I scanned the description briefly. Interesting, but a number of inaccuracies. A resident reading it would pick up on them right away but a prospective buyer might take it as gospel. That's Wikipedia. Sometimes you have to research what they write.

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by Larryandlinda

We were wicki-ing some topics and people and clicked in TV.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Villages,_Florida

How do they get so much on so many topics?

L & L

Hi Larry and Linda,

As I understand it, Wikipedia gets its info from whoever wants to submit it. It is not a recognized reference source for any kind of serious research. But for just looking something up, it can be a start, as long as whoever is reading it knows it for what it is.

I think they have locked down some of the entries so that they cannot be changed by whoever.

When using Wikipedia, if you want to know how legit the info is, you have to trace it back to the sources that the person who submitted it used.

Wikipedia can be better than a lot of stuff out there on the internet, but it is not a "real" reference source that would be acceptable to cite in actual research. I think it's just a bunch of people using some kind of software that allows collaboration.

Anyway, maybe you did not want to hear about all that....But wait! There's more!...Here's a link to the definition of 'wiki.'

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wiki

And now I need to shut up before I am accused of being a librarian or some other form of English major.

(And I look at Wikipedia stuff all the time. I am not a Wikipedia snob. But you just gotta know it for what it is.)

Boomer

[Russ_Boston]

Boomer, despite being an English major, is correct.

[Larryandlinda]

Originally Posted by Boomer

Hi Larry and Linda,

As I understand it, Wikipedia gets its info from whoever wants to submit it. It is not a recognized reference source for any kind of serious research. But for just looking something up, it can be a start, as long as whoever is reading it knows it for what it is.

I think they have locked down some of the entries so that they cannot be changed by whoever.

When using Wikipedia, if you want to know how legit the info is, you have to trace it back to the sources that the person who submitted it used.

Wikipedia can be better than a lot of stuff out there on the internet, but it is not a "real" reference source that would be acceptable to cite in actual research. I think it's just a bunch of people using some kind of software that allows collaboration.

Anyway, maybe you did not want to hear about all that....But wait! There's more!...Here's a link to the definition of 'wiki.'

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wiki

And now I need to shut up before I am accused of being a librarian or some other form of English major.

(And I look at Wikipedia stuff all the time. I am not a Wikipedia snob. But you just gotta know it for what it is.)

Boomer

Thanks
Maybe a savvy TV'er can set them a little straighter?

L&L

[Talk Host]

Wikipedia is an odd thing at best. It seems that anybody can change anything in the material. You can even go to the "edit history" and see who made the change and when.

When Talk of The Villages first appeared on Wikipedia, it kept disappearing and was being replaced by another Villages online business reference service. I would go back in and put TOTV back, and it would disappear again, and I could see who did it. That went on for about six months until finally TOTV seems to have stuck.