[LGM] Fwd: Avoiding Wikipedia

Dave Crossland dave at lab6.com
Tue Apr 21 07:48:15 PDT 2015


Hi

I dunno, I figure wp is a good source in 2015. How often did the shengen
areas change? Not that often that wp will be out of date for long
On 21 Apr 2015 9:18 am, "Louis Desjardins" <louis.desjardins at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello ginger and all,
>
> Please read below the email I just received and let me know what action
> should be made.
>
> I think Isra is right at pointing this out. However it is obviously not
> for 2015 but we should consider using the direct link for 2016.
>
> Louis
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Isra Flanagan <israflanagan at gmail.com>
> Date: 2015-04-21 8:04 GMT-04:00
> Subject: Avoiding Wikipedia
> To: louis.desjardins at gmail.com
>
>
> To whom it may concern,
>
> my name is Isra and the reason I am sending this email is to suggest you
> not to use Wikipedia as a source.
>
> I was visiting http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2014/travel/index.html and
> I saw that you have used http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area as a
> source. I would suggest you to remove it or replace it with
> http://www.schengenvisainfo.com/schengen-visa-countries-list/
>
> The reason I am suggesting to replace the Wikipedia link is that users may
> be reading information that is outdated or that has been posted by someone
> who is not an expert in the field or by someone who wishes to provide
> misinformation. It states on its own disclaimer that information on
> Wikipedia is contributed by anyone.
>
> I hope you will get this as an advice and replace it.
>
> Regards,
> Isra Flanagan
>
>
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