tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19567381.post5406757068265747753..comments2024-02-05T04:09:09.848-05:00Comments on A Gift For Polydektes: Wetterstrom bans WikipediaEd Sniblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17346392312959087285noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19567381.post-5326378584889655622008-10-12T16:40:00.000-04:002008-10-12T16:40:00.000-04:00Hi!If you are looking for a recent article on Poly...Hi!<BR/><BR/>If you are looking for a recent article on Polyxenios, I wrote one in 2007: Jakobsson, J., “Relations between the Indo-Greek kings after Menander part 2”, Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society, 193, 2007. <BR/><BR/>You've really got a great resource for ancient coins, I often frequent it. Feel free to contact me, jens.jakobsson[a..t]spray.seAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19567381.post-20663303713862282592008-01-09T07:37:00.000-05:002008-01-09T07:37:00.000-05:00Some encyclopedias, like Britannica, are secondary...Some encyclopedias, like Britannica, are secondary because they get experts to write some of the articles. Wikipedia doesn't pay, but probably a lot of the articles are updated by graduate students in the subject, who have no other publication outlet for term papers.<BR/><BR/>I prefer a summary, one that includes the controversy, rather than a secondary source written by an expert like Bopearachchi who is so sure of dates he made up himself that he doesn't mention that R.C. Senior disagrees with him.<BR/><BR/>The Wikipedia entry for 'gorgon' used to be terrible, because the author used the TV show 'Xena, Warrior Princess' as a source without realizing the screenwriters made up a lot of stuff. Those mistakes are all gone. I suspect mistakes from the Post would also be removed.<BR/><BR/>Have you looked at the Wikipedia articles for algebra? The article on <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynomial" REL="nofollow">Polynomials</A> presents them better than my school textbook did in the 1980s.Ed Sniblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346392312959087285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19567381.post-44444496578565621842008-01-09T07:06:00.000-05:002008-01-09T07:06:00.000-05:00Wikipedia is a tertiary source, which means it's n...Wikipedia is a <I>tertiary source</I>, which means it's not particularly reliable when it comes to academic subjects.<BR/><BR/>It would be like learning algebra from your cousin who read an article in the Washington Post about the subject.Moultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14800784950094043498noreply@blogger.com