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merlinsorca @merlinsorca (1118) • United States 3 Jul 10

I am getting fed up with all the people who say that Wikipedia is terrible because of it's open-editing. If everyone can edit it, shouldn't all articles have wrong information and be vandalized all the time? But they aren't. If...

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merlinsorca There are people who do not trust Wikipedia; on myLot there are discussions that say you shouldn't trust Wikipedia and on other websites people write articles about why Wikipedia is so unreliable. Of course, there are also people who trust Wikipedia but it...

10 Aug 10

merlinsorca @merlinsorca (1118) • United States 3 Jul 10

I am getting fed up with all the people who say that Wikipedia is terrible because of it's open-editing. If everyone can edit it, shouldn't all articles have wrong information and be vandalized all the time? But they aren't. If...

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merlinsorca Technically, if there was ever a bad article on Wikipedia then anybody viewing it should know it. So I never understood people who say "There are always mistakes." And, besides, whenever it is said that the information is not correct, it always asks the user...

6 Jul 10

merlinsorca @merlinsorca (1118) • United States 3 Jul 10

I am getting fed up with all the people who say that Wikipedia is terrible because of it's open-editing. If everyone can edit it, shouldn't all articles have wrong information and be vandalized all the time? But they aren't. If...

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merlinsorca Sometimes I use Wikipedia for official things even when I'm asked not to lol, I do trust it that much. It's supposed to be neutral and offer many different opinions, so it can sometimes be better than most other resources.

4 Jul 10

merlinsorca @merlinsorca (1118) • United States 3 Jul 10

I am getting fed up with all the people who say that Wikipedia is terrible because of it's open-editing. If everyone can edit it, shouldn't all articles have wrong information and be vandalized all the time? But they aren't. If...

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merlinsorca Yes, most vandalism is done by people who don't even use an account. Many of the editors wouldn't want to make an account and make bad edits on purpose, and those that do vandalize with an account can be blocked easily.

4 Jul 10

merlinsorca @merlinsorca (1118) • United States 3 Jul 10

I am getting fed up with all the people who say that Wikipedia is terrible because of it's open-editing. If everyone can edit it, shouldn't all articles have wrong information and be vandalized all the time? But they aren't. If...

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merlinsorca It is very helpful to have all the information in one place, and articles should have the sources at the bottom as references. So basically Wikipedia brings all the information so you don't have to search for it later

4 Jul 10

merlinsorca @merlinsorca (1118) • United States 3 Jul 10

I am getting fed up with all the people who say that Wikipedia is terrible because of it's open-editing. If everyone can edit it, shouldn't all articles have wrong information and be vandalized all the time? But they aren't. If...

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merlinsorca Ah yes, I have heard of some companies that try to edit their own article on Wikipedia. That is true, but there is actually a way to deal with this. Wikipedia makes sure that all it's articles have a Neutral point of view. If anybody edits their own company...

4 Jul 10

merlinsorca @merlinsorca (1118) • United States 3 Jul 10

I am getting fed up with all the people who say that Wikipedia is terrible because of it's open-editing. If everyone can edit it, shouldn't all articles have wrong information and be vandalized all the time? But they aren't. If...

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merlinsorca Yeah, in other encyclopedias the readers can't just fix a mistake if they see one. You can't improve it if you want to. But in Wikipedia, anyone can start learning how to help. The more people that work on it, the better it gets.

4 Jul 10

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coffeegurl @coffeegurl (1467) • United States 25 Apr 10

LONDON (AFP) – Aliens may exist but mankind should avoid contact with them as the consequences could be devastating, British scientist Stephen Hawking warned Sunday. "If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when...

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merlinsorca Well cbjones, what if they watched some re-runs of the first two Star Trek series? Those are some peaceful shows of humans and aliens.

1 May 10

merlinsorca @merlinsorca (1118) • United States 2 Sep 09

Have you ever wondered what your chances are of surviving a zombie apocalypse? You can take this quiz and find out the percent change you have of getting through it. When you're done, please post the score you got. I've done this...

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merlinsorca Well, don't worry, it's not accurate because it has only 15 questions, probably not enough to give anything accurate lol. And in the real life zombie apocalypse, you will definitely have more options than they give you in the quiz. And it's always good to plan...

20 Apr 10

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merlinsorca @merlinsorca (1118) • United States 11 Feb 10

I mean, besides leveling and doing quests or anything normal. What do you do when you're bored? For example, I saw someone (an assassin or bandit) in Right Around Lith Harbor, making bets with the newbies there. She said that...

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merlinsorca Yeah, there are a bunch of things to do on Maplestory, now more than ever with all the new things that they're adding. I have never gotten strong enough to try any of those big bosses but I'm sure it must be fun, lol.

16 Apr 10

merlinsorca @merlinsorca (1118) • United States 11 Feb 10

I mean, besides leveling and doing quests or anything normal. What do you do when you're bored? For example, I saw someone (an assassin or bandit) in Right Around Lith Harbor, making bets with the newbies there. She said that...

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merlinsorca I can understand that, sometimes I just log in to talk with my friends when I don't feel like playing. But I usually end up quitting the game for a while so I won't see them again lol.

13 Apr 10

merlinsorca @merlinsorca (1118) • United States 11 Feb 10

I mean, besides leveling and doing quests or anything normal. What do you do when you're bored? For example, I saw someone (an assassin or bandit) in Right Around Lith Harbor, making bets with the newbies there. She said that...

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merlinsorca Hacking? I don't think I'll ever do that, lol. You're right, everyone is out playing the new PQs that people rarely train, you will find many of the formerly popular hunting grounds are empty. So I suppose you can hack all you want, if no one is...

6 Apr 10

merlinsorca @merlinsorca (1118) • United States 3 Sep 09

I played Sims 2 for a while and while playing I've discovered that it is fun to kill your sims on purpose. I created a large family only to find different ways of killing them. I would build a fence around one and make it die by...

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merlinsorca And they would die by drowning, so cruel but it sounds so fun. I think it's a bit funny here because the Sims act so silly and even though they are supposed to simulate to real people they are funny when they die. Killing them is a great way to...

20 Mar 10

merlinsorca @merlinsorca (1118) • United States 11 Feb 10

I mean, besides leveling and doing quests or anything normal. What do you do when you're bored? For example, I saw someone (an assassin or bandit) in Right Around Lith Harbor, making bets with the newbies there. She said that...

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merlinsorca Lol yeah, talking with people can be interesting sometimes. When I'm training oh-so-boringly then I'll just talk to my guild, and they always have silly things to say. Leveling up is only fun when you actually LEVEL up, lol. When you get all the...

9 Mar 10

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