Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Using Wikipedia

Wikipedia is a collectively written web encyclopedia that is in several languages. It is available in various languages, but of course the different languages are different in terms of both coverage and reliability. The encyclopedia is supposed to be very reliable because anyone can correct mistakes.

It is a good reference source to use to double check facts. For example, Steak Tartare is from the Tatars, a Mongolian people who migrated to the west. There is also a rather large article about hamburgers. It includes information about Japan. There is also a short article about Salisbury Steak which also includes information about Japan.

I learned quite a bit from reading these articles. I recommend Wikipedia to you.

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