Anyone paying attention will already know about problems with using Wikipedia as a source of information, but this video gives a useful take on it. Also a comparison with version 0.1 of Grokipedia, which can be found here.
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Wikipedia is good for finding out which films Marlon Brando made or who were the players for Springboks in 1995. For politics or science, not so much.
Anon - I agree, only okay for neutral matters of fact.
dearieme - it doesn't ask me to log in, I just type something into the query space and the Grokipedia page pops up, or it offers a list options if the query could relate to more than one page.
It is interesting to view the Grokipedia entry on Wikipedia compared to the Wikipedia entry on Grokipedia.
Wikipedia did seem to be getting drawn into the views of those who shared a global consensus. Will Grokipedia fare better? It is perhaps too early to draw any firm conclusions.
DJ - yes, I had a gander at the Grokipedia entry on Wikipedia this morning. Very balanced I thought, but as you say, perhaps too early to draw firm conclusions. Interesting though.
5 comments:
Wikipedia is good for finding out which films Marlon Brando made or who were the players for Springboks in 1995. For politics or science, not so much.
It seems to want me to log in. I am always reluctant to do that.
Anon - I agree, only okay for neutral matters of fact.
dearieme - it doesn't ask me to log in, I just type something into the query space and the Grokipedia page pops up, or it offers a list options if the query could relate to more than one page.
It is interesting to view the Grokipedia entry on Wikipedia compared to the Wikipedia entry on Grokipedia.
Wikipedia did seem to be getting drawn into the views of those who shared a global consensus. Will Grokipedia fare better? It is perhaps too early to draw any firm conclusions.
DJ - yes, I had a gander at the Grokipedia entry on Wikipedia this morning. Very balanced I thought, but as you say, perhaps too early to draw firm conclusions. Interesting though.
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