User:Taeshadow

I am a computer programmer and musician. Formerly, I was a student in

computer science.

I believe in the freedom of information. However, I also believe in

peer review.

I maintain that Wikipedia is the most powerful source of knowledge

ever devised by humankind.

{{quote|Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can

write anything they want about any subject, so you know you are

getting the best possible

information.|Michael Scott

}}

That's a joke, but it's also true. Not that every fact in Wikipedia

is correct; far from it. But the potential is there, which is

something no other publication has ever accomplished, and no

traditionally edited publication can possibly accomplish.

There is a lot of commotion regarding citations and Wikipedia. As I

see it, there are two kinds of citations. One says "I don't really

know how to express this (or I'm too lazy, or I don't want to exceed

the page count, or whatever), but these guys said it better than I

could anyway". The other says "you may not believe this is true, so

here is another paper to back me up". I don't think students

understand the distinction. Citing Wikipedia should be an example of

the former, not the latter.

As much as it pains me when I see vandalism and sloppy editing, I know

it's necessary for it to be allowed. The system does work.

• User:Taeshadow/Page for drafts: articles I'm writing, or thinking of writing. Nothing to see here, move on...
• User:Taeshadow/Objectionable constructions: strange grammar that I don't like

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