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Kaggle and the Wikimedia Foundation are partnering on open data

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136 points xnx | 1 comments | 16 Apr 25 17:05 UTC | HN request time: 1.522s | source
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sfx77[dead post] ◴[16 Apr 25 18:12 UTC] No.43708596[source]▶
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jvanderbot ◴[16 Apr 25 18:13 UTC] No.43708608[source]▶
Could you be more specific? For almost all things Wikipedia has reasonably up to date information.
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9rx ◴[16 Apr 25 18:58 UTC] No.43709086[source]▶
Except, surprisingly, on the one topic you know very well. Then it is outdated, misleading, or even incorrect. But, hey, at least the rest is in great shape!
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1. mcv ◴[16 Apr 25 19:14 UTC] No.43709247[source]▶
That is true for any source of information. It's true for even the highest quality newspapers. It's certainly true for other encyclopedias. It's even true for scientific papers. There's always something they're wrong about. The big question is whether there's a process to fix mistakes, and whether there are perverse incentives to spread incorrect information.