I've been watching and contributing to some Wikipedia articles for some time and find it somewhat frustrating at times. The content is often pretty good, but if you work on a controversial topic (like the Moonlanding hoax hoax, for example), the effort to maintain a "neutral point of view" often goes overboard at the expense of real facts. But its not a bad place to start to look for the answers to some questions and usually the pages have links to other sources and a good general discussion. And as Allen says, if you see a mistake or have some expertise, there are lots of pages that need improvement or even basic writing or creation. It's definitely worthwhile to add your bit of knowledge to a subject and I bet Satellite observation and the general topic of Satellites could definitely use the input of many of the outstanding expert individuals on this list. Jim. On Fri, 26 Aug 2005, Allen Thomson wrote: > I've started watching Wikipedia with some interest, am not still sure what to > think about it. The obvious problem is that it could suffer The Death Of > Usenet, where various loons and fanatics debase it so much that reasonable > people abandon it. > > But for the moment, that I can see, that problem is being held at bay by > means I don't understand. > > Anyway, I'd suggest that FPSpacers check it out, contribute new articles or > edit existing ones according to their expertise and knowledge. Couldn't > hurt, might be useful. Jim Scotti Lunar & Planetary Laboratory University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 USA http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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