Carsten,
I think this is excellent advice, and I will also do all I can to encourage my employees and others to do the same, as will I personally.
Thanks,
Kyle
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On Jun 27, 2020, at 3:33 PM, Carsten Bormann <cabocabo@...> wrote:
?On 2020-06-27, at 21:09, Dennis Tillman W7pF <dennis@...> wrote:
What do comments and opinions about Wikipedia have to do with TekScopes?
Where people are being encouraged to put their knowledge into Wikipedia, a lot.
(Regurgitating outdated prejudices, not so much.)
Gr¨¹?e, Carsten
PS.: I¡¯ve been teaching for a few decades now, and in the middle of the 2000s, I noticed that students in exams weren¡¯t just telling me the usual random garbage, but consistent garbage. After a short while I found out they had their ¡°knowledge" from Wikipedia. So I made a point out of fixing the relevant Wikipedia articles each time before I gave a lecture. 15 years later, the situation has improved, a *lot*. I still give out an assignment to all students at the end of courses to ¡°fix a couple wikipedia pages¡±, so the students learn it is easy to do, doesn¡¯t hurt, and (if it sticks) it might even be something they can show to future employers.
So, if you *know* something, and find mistakes in Wikipedia, please fix them. Right there! The fix might not stick, so a little frustration tolerance is needed, but on average the world gets to be a better place.
A world knowing more about Tek Scopes, as well.
