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10.  Wikipedia claims about 1.5 million articles, but what it does not say is that a large number of those articles have zero educational value.  For example, Wikipedia has 1075 separate articles about "Moby" and "song".<ref>Simply search "Moby" and "song" together on Wikipedia.</ref>  Many hundreds of thousands of Wikipedia articles -- perhaps over half its website -- are about music, Hollywood, and other topics beneath a regular encyclopedia.  This reflects a bias towards popular gossip rather than helpful or enlightening information.
 
10.  Wikipedia claims about 1.5 million articles, but what it does not say is that a large number of those articles have zero educational value.  For example, Wikipedia has 1075 separate articles about "Moby" and "song".<ref>Simply search "Moby" and "song" together on Wikipedia.</ref>  Many hundreds of thousands of Wikipedia articles -- perhaps over half its website -- are about music, Hollywood, and other topics beneath a regular encyclopedia.  This reflects a bias towards popular gossip rather than helpful or enlightening information.
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11.  The Wikipedia entry for John Peter Zenger gives an incorrect date for his important trial:  1734, instead of the correct 1735.  The Wikipedia entry also links to an incorrect Wikipedia definition of "Philadelphia lawyer", which Merriam-Webster defines as a lawyer knowledgeable in "even the most minute aspects of the law."  Wikipedia claims the term comes from the Zenger trial, but Merriam-Webster puts the first use of that term at over 50 years later.  Wikipedia is simply unreliable.  
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11.  The Wikipedia entry for [[John Peter Zenger]] links to an incorrect Wikipedia definition of "Philadelphia lawyer", which Merriam-Webster defines as a lawyer knowledgeable in "even the most minute aspects of the law."  Wikipedia claims the term comes from the Zenger trial, but Merriam-Webster puts the first use of that term at over 50 years later.  Wikipedia is simply unreliable.  
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12.  For its entry "indentured servitude," Wikipedia erroneously claims it occurred in the 16th century, when it was actually the 17th century.  And Wikipedia omits any reference to Bacon's Rebellion, the key event in the history of [[Indentured servitude]].  Often key facts are missing from Wikipedia entries in favor of meaningless detail.  Wikipedia's entry about the [[indentured servant]] is a massive 1,683 words long.  But it omits any reference to [[Bacon's Rebellion]], which was the turning point for the use of indentured servants in the New World!  
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12.  Often key facts are missing from Wikipedia entries in favor of meaningless detail.  Wikipedia's entry about [[Indentured Servitude]] is massive, but it omits any reference to [[Bacon's Rebellion]], which was the turning point for the use of indentured servants in the New World!  
    
13.  Wikipedia has many entries on "[[concession]]", but none explaining its main historical meaning (from imperialism).  Quantity is not quality.
 
13.  Wikipedia has many entries on "[[concession]]", but none explaining its main historical meaning (from imperialism).  Quantity is not quality.
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