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Is Wikipedia Reliable? - For Dummies

I figured out the meanings of words based on their context.

I just read articles in Portuguese and made my own inferences and picked up Portuguese.

Well what I am saying is that in that case Wikipedia is a good thing--if you just want to have some brief superficial knowledge of something. But the thing is I have used it for more, too. I learned Portuguese from Wikipedia, and I've spoken it with Brazilian and Portuguese and Mozambiquan...

I'm not saying in terms of what I want to do. I'm just saying that we get so brainwashed into thinking "Wikipedia is Bad" that we become so black and white in our thinking. Wikipedia is not all around always bad. I have heard so many people go on about how Wikipedia is bad, bad, bad, bad, for...

I'm just confused. How does a reliable source like the DSM all the sudden become unreliable when it's quoted on Wiki? Isn't it the exact same information? I mean the person who wrote the article probably opened up a copy of the DSM-IV and typed it up letter for letter onto Wiki. So what...

Wiki quoted the DSM. It comes from the DSM.

If it's the same information, what difference does it make?

Isn't the DSM a reputable source? <confused>

Question: if I quote a quote on Wiki that is from a reliable source, is the Wiki source still considered unreliable? For example if I were to use the above quotes in a thread on PTSD or Schizoaffective Disorder.

Actually Wikipedia itself quotes DSM-IV. Wiki on Schizoaffective Disorder: Schizoaffective disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wiki on PTSD: Posttraumatic stress disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Quoted snippets.

Sorry I messed up his last name in the transcription. His name is Richie Sowa, not Richie Sallow.

Okay you were getting caught up in terminology. I was using the word "shortcuts" so that other posters who aren't familiar with Grade II braille understood what I mean. Contractions, shortcuts, whatever you want to call them. I was referring to the shortened forms of certain words in Grade II...

<laugh> No. But you can find it on the Internet. And also you can ask your therapist, who probably does have a copy.

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This guy made an island out of water bottles. YouTube - Richie Sowa's man made island

To be honest I am just not good at explaining things clearly. The fault is mine. But in the future I will link you to a Wiki on PTSD. If you want a more thorough understanding you can always search in the DSM-IV (It's under 309.81 if I remember correctly) or ask your therapist. <smile> For...

I'm using the contractions which are part of the Grade II braille. I can't use shortcuts because the dot combinations are not translatable (except in a few cases like / for st and # for ble). But I can use the contractions. Plus since it's for my own personal usage or with someone I've made an...

D'oh. And there I was all excited hoping I could pass under the radar. <sullen> I'm just kidding around. I hope you can understand I'm not talking about using shortcuts for anything official or formal. It's just for my personal notetaking. And in that case all that matters is that I...