Wikipedia SubjectAuthorQuoteThe Russian Revolution, 1917Orlando Figes, professor of history at Birkbeck College, University of London"...reads like the work of a second-rate undergraduate student. It raises an issue because Wikipedia is used by a lot of people as a basic source of information, but this is bland, simplistic and misleading."Kate Moss, modelMarcel D'Argy Smith, former editor of Cosmopolitan magazine "Factually, this is dead accurate, though it is cloaked in po-faced language."Ann Widdecombe, politician and writerAnn Widdecombe"I think overall that the entry is much better than Dod's parliamentary guide...The entry is pretty good though, I would give them 9.5 out of 10." " Tony Blair, Prime MinisterJohn Rentoul, biographer of Tony Blair " It is opinionated and written from an anti-war point of view ... I treat Wikipedia with circumspection, and would check it against a more reliable source ."In vitro fertilisationRobert Winston, fertility expert and television presenter"I was surprised by the excellent section 'In vitro fertilisation'. It gives a precise, accurate overview of the state of this technology and most of the newer developments in the field..And finally I immodestly visited an entry on myself and was disconcerted how it is mostly accurate and very up-to-date."  Philip Larkin, poetAndrew Motion, Poet Laureate"A good and fair account...it is overall a dispassionate account, as one would expect from a dictionary...Though I can see there is an opportunity to whitewash with Wikipedia, the few times I have used it, I have been impressed with it." BBC Radio 1Simon Garfield, author of The Nation's Favourite: The True Adventures of Radio 1"Accurate, but with an odd conglomeration of facts without a clear idea of what purpose Radio 1 serves or who listens to it...it reads a little like a 15-year-old's media essay." PuntingSandy Nairne, director of the National Portrait Gallery"[A] lot has been put into this piece and it has been thought out. I am impressed  ."
Wikipedia SubjectAuthorQuoteAnn Widdecombe, politician and writerAnn Widdecombe"I think overall that the entry is much better than Dod's parliamentary guide...The entry is pretty good though, I would give them 9.5 out of 10." " BBC Radio 1Simon Garfield, author of The Nation's Favourite: The True Adventures of Radio 1 " Accurate, but with an odd conglomeration of facts without a clear idea of what purpose Radio 1 serves or who listens to it ... it reads a little like a 15-year-old's media essay ."In vitro fertilisationRobert Winston, fertility expert and television presenter"I was surprised by the excellent section 'In vitro fertilisation'. It gives a precise, accurate overview of the state of this technology and most of the newer developments in the field..And finally I immodestly visited an entry on myself and was disconcerted how it is mostly accurate and very up-to-date." Kate Moss, modelMarcel D'Argy Smith, former editor of Cosmopolitan magazine "Factually, this is dead accurate, though it is cloaked in po-faced language." Philip Larkin, poetAndrew Motion, Poet Laureate"A good and fair account...it is overall a dispassionate account, as one would expect from a dictionary...Though I can see there is an opportunity to whitewash with Wikipedia, the few times I have used it, I have been impressed with it." PuntingSandy Nairne, director of the National Portrait Gallery"[A] lot has been put into this piece and it has been thought out. I am impressed . "The Russian Revolution, 1917Orlando Figes, professor of history at Birkbeck College, University of London"...reads like the work of a second-rate undergraduate student. It raises an issue because Wikipedia is used by a lot of people as a basic source of information, but this is bland, simplistic and misleading."Tony Blair, Prime MinisterJohn Rentoul, biographer of Tony Blair"It is opinionated and written from an anti-war point of view...I treat Wikipedia with circumspection, and would check it against a more reliable source ."
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SubjectAuthorQuoteThe Russian Revolution, 1917Orlando Figes, professor of history at Birkbeck College, University of London"...reads like the work of a second-rate undergraduate student. It raises an issue because Wikipedia is used by a lot of people as a basic source of information, but this is bland, simplistic and misleading."Kate Moss, modelMarcel D'Argy Smith, former editor of Cosmopolitan magazine "Factually, this is dead accurate, though it is cloaked in po-faced language."Ann
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It is opinionated and written from an anti-war point of view
Accurate, but with an odd conglomeration of facts without a clear idea of what purpose Radio 1 serves or who listens to it
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I treat Wikipedia with circumspection, and would check it against a more reliable source
it reads a little like a 15-year-old's media essay
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Kate Moss, modelMarcel D'Argy Smith, former editor of Cosmopolitan magazine "Factually, this is dead accurate, though it is cloaked in po-faced language."
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BBC Radio 1Simon Garfield, author of The Nation's Favourite: The True Adventures of Radio 1"Accurate, but with an odd conglomeration of facts without a clear idea of what purpose Radio 1 serves or who listens to it...it reads a little like a 15-year-old's media essay."
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. "The Russian Revolution, 1917Orlando Figes, professor of history at Birkbeck College, University of London"...reads like the work of a second-rate undergraduate student. It raises an issue because Wikipedia is used by a lot of people as a basic source of information, but this is bland, simplistic and misleading."Tony Blair, Prime MinisterJohn Rentoul, biographer of Tony Blair"It is opinionated and written from an anti-war point of view...I treat Wikipedia with circumspection, and would check it against a more reliable source