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<blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 4218739" data-attributes="member: 2093">I think I kinda have to disagree with some of y'all about the level of detail being too geeky for wikipedia. I'm a reference librarian. I use wikipedia ALL the TIME as an informal tool for &quot;mood&quot; info about authors, series, literary genres, etc....No, I don't often need the entire history of a given module in great detail, but when a patron comes to me and says &quot;I need to know WHY this author's work is categorized as Science Fiction and not Fiction&quot;, I can pull up Wikipedia, browse through an article about the author, and give a reasonable answer in 5 minutes. Then we go search databases for Lit Crit, if that's what's needed. I'm also constantly amazed, and pleased that I can find out the complete works list, swaths of biography, awards, etc... about even quite obscure authors.&nbsp; So don't knock Wikipedia for being overly geeky.Remember, one reason some encyclopedias are limited in coverage has nothing to do with geekiness and everything to do with print cost and linear feet of shelf space.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gilladian, post: 4218739, member: 2093"] I think I kinda have to disagree with some of y'all about the level of detail being too geeky for wikipedia. I'm a reference librarian. I use wikipedia ALL the TIME as an informal tool for "mood" info about authors, series, literary genres, etc.... No, I don't often need the entire history of a given module in great detail, but when a patron comes to me and says "I need to know WHY this author's work is categorized as Science Fiction and not Fiction", I can pull up Wikipedia, browse through an article about the author, and give a reasonable answer in 5 minutes. Then we go search databases for Lit Crit, if that's what's needed. I'm also constantly amazed, and pleased that I can find out the complete works list, swaths of biography, awards, etc... about even quite obscure authors. So don't knock Wikipedia for being overly geeky. Remember, one reason some encyclopedias are limited in coverage has nothing to do with geekiness and everything to do with print cost and linear feet of shelf space. [/QUOTE]

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