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paulj
08-28-2007, 03:17 AM
While completing the tech edit on the 2nd edition of the PHP Anthology the issue of linking came up; specifically, linking to authoritative reference material on the web. It came up because I would often link to a Wikipedia page and half of the editing team were opposed to such preferential treatment of one web [...]
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am0463
09-07-2007, 02:58 AM
Wikipedia has errors in it. I wouldn't exactly trust them if I needed something 100% legit.

bcarl314
09-18-2007, 01:23 PM
I agree that wikipedia can't be trusted 100%, but with a little due diligence, you can track down the article sources from the annotations and get a solid source most times.