I like Wikipedia. It is a great way to get a little information on stuff that comes to me while I am supposed to be working.
I know some of you will raise your hands and say “Ooh, ooh teacher, teacher!! Ooh, Ooh!! Wikipedia is inaccurate because anyone can post whatever they want.”
That is exactly what ticks me off. This is a type of site snobbery. “I am going to demonstrate my superior web prowess, by denigrating your obvious lack of intellectual curiosity, which causes you to resort to electronic laziness” You know what? I could not care less (If I hear another “could care less” I might stab someone in the throat.) what you think of my web surfing habits.
The other one is “I don’t use Wikipedia because it suffers from if you say it enough it becomes true.” Well, guess what? The winners write history. Same with facts. Deal with it.
The other form of site snobbery is the “I’ve been using Wikipedia since it had less than X articles.” Well, good for you. I personally don’t have the time or the desire to keep track of such important information. But, if you feel a boost in your fragile self-esteem by finding something on the WORLD WIDE web, hey, that’s great.
Of course, there are the others who will feel self important by pointing out that they don’t use that site anymore, because it is commercialized. Yeah, it’s all about the money now. It used to be about the music. You’ve sold out, man.
I usually just shrug and say “Ok”, that really seems to make them mad.
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