Many if not all schools will no long accept Wikipedia as a valid source for information. I read recently of submissions by someone who had listed credentials a mile long only to find he had never gone past high school. (not that it necessarily means his research wasn't correct, but if someone lies about one thing....) I too enjoy the site. I recently found a photo of my parish church and believe it to have been taken my father. That was fun! So just beware. -----Original Message----- From: cook-co-il-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cook-co-il-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of hbusey@att.net Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:59 AM To: cook-co-il@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Wikipedia This reply is a bit off-topic but I will reply to the list as the original comment was made on the Cook-Co list. It's understandable how you might have arrived at this conclusion but it is not exactly accurate. Wikipedia is both moderated and has posting standards which must be met. I believe each contribution may be reviewed by experts before it is posted. And even then corrections can be edited. Every once in a while an editorial note appears something like: "This submission needs to be cleaned up." or "This is a published Stub. Please add material to it." The latter meaning it is in process. I have found it to be entirely accurate and usually delightfully easy to read and understand. It is usually not heavy in academic mathematics and is readily accessible to most casual readers. Hugh Busey -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 08:53:53 EDT > From: Rootsdigger37@aol.com > Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Wikipedia > To: cook-co-il@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <be9.165df6ae.3382f061@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > >From what I understand the "encyclopedia" is a series of articles > >written by > people that may or may not know what they are witting about. I would > tread > softly there. > > Lorraine Panozzo > FINCH WILLIS RODMAN > and All Allied Jay and Vermillion Co IN > > Panozzo,Palmo, and Calderiao > > Tresche Conca ,Verona Italia > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I agree, and recall the articles about the bogus contributor, I don't think he even used his correct name. I use Wikipedia a great deal. I do not think it is the source of all sources, but I admit that I enjoy using it (and of course Google clearly gives it top priority when returning hits). Elaine On Tuesday, May 22, 2007, you wrote > Many if not all schools will no long accept > Wikipedia as a valid source for > information. > I read recently of submissions by someone who > had listed credentials a mile > long only to find he had never gone past high school. > (not that it necessarily means his research > wasn't correct, but if someone > lies about one thing....) > I too enjoy the site. I recently found a photo of my parish church and > believe it to have been taken my father. That was fun! > So just beware.