Nothing to do with the topic, but . . .
Back when I was a little more cautious of my reputation, I had a book in my library on “Greek Homosexuality” which I read for historical purposes–but because we frequently had high school kids over and I didn’t want them to get the wrong idea about my reading predilections, I turned the book around so that only the edges of the pages were showing. It all worked out fine until one day as a prank some of the kids decided to turn all the books around backwards.
But I’ve come out of the closet since then, I don’t care who knows what books I read.
So, back to the original question–someone can post something on Wiki as a prank, everyone can have a laugh, and then it gets fixed.
Wikipedia is a great starting point for going from zero to some knowledge on a topic. Sometimes it has a good bibliography. You just have to have a sense of perspective, and maybe a sense of humor.
Look again: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates
By: David Ker on August 20, 2008
at 10:40 am
only proves how easy it is to change it whenever you wish.
By: Jim on August 20, 2008
at 10:46 am
Nothing to do with the topic, but . . .
Back when I was a little more cautious of my reputation, I had a book in my library on “Greek Homosexuality” which I read for historical purposes–but because we frequently had high school kids over and I didn’t want them to get the wrong idea about my reading predilections, I turned the book around so that only the edges of the pages were showing. It all worked out fine until one day as a prank some of the kids decided to turn all the books around backwards.
But I’ve come out of the closet since then, I don’t care who knows what books I read.
So, back to the original question–someone can post something on Wiki as a prank, everyone can have a laugh, and then it gets fixed.
Wikipedia is a great starting point for going from zero to some knowledge on a topic. Sometimes it has a good bibliography. You just have to have a sense of perspective, and maybe a sense of humor.
By: Mark on August 20, 2008
at 2:45 pm