Wikipedia pro-tip: Researching something made in another country? Switch Wikipedia to that country’s language and translate back to English.
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Replying to @mwichary
You might learn more, learn different things, or find different citations. E.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZERTY https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZERTY
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Replying to @mwichary
(Also, Wikipedia’s Languages sidebar option can be a better way to translate a concept than a dictionary, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_typing …)
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Replying to @mwichary
(But also, don’t trust Wikipedia all that much. In researching for my book I’m only realizing how incredibly many mistakes there are on it.)
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And don't think you can "fix" it. I mean, volunteer by all means, but Wikipedia position is that it's better to be wrong and well-sourced.
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So inevitably if you find yourself in an obscure corner of knowledge, and can prove some fact wrong, it doesn't matter...
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