Beyond Wikipedia: 19 References You Can't Do Without

re: Beyond Wikipedia: 19 References You Can't Do Without

loghomes — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:38:40 GMT

This article, no the comments, remind me of the classic story, where 50 people sit in a circle and pass stories around. No one but the originator ever knows who started which story, but the originator. Dr. Mercola must be chuckling at how the allegations against him evolve here. If you scroll back up, to just the article, he doesn't smack wiki, he just offers a broadening of perspective. What's wrong with that?

As for those of you who think that drug companies don't run government health policey, you obviously need that broadening!

I don't think by this posting that Dr. Mercola is trying to become the next whatreallyhappened or rense.

However, if you want the real lowdown on wiki, those would be a good place to start.

Good work as usual Dr. Mercola.

His advice on natural muscle relaxants and antiinflamatories has been a miracola to me.

re: Beyond Wikipedia: 19 References You Can't Do Without

Shadeaux — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:12:29 GMT

I was under the impression that this site was to educate people about health.Is this site now going to become devisive on the subjects of religion and politics? If so, I'll find somewhere else to get my health information. When I come here, it is not to see discussions on liberals, God, MoveOn.org,Washington,political "ravings" or whether a child should be reading Karl Marx to balance out thier exposure to such "ravings".

Dr. Mercola, maybe you should stick to health, and let people decide for themselves which other information and "opinion" sites they visit.Otherwise, you may lose quite a few members, myself included.

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ntchapman — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:03:00 GMT

I really like thesaurus.reference.com

This should be on the list.

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HealingMindN — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:17:57 GMT

You forgot to mention http://www.scirus.com/, for scientific information only. It provides articles in different arenas concerning any particular subject. Especially good for neaurdes with style.

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healthiswealth — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:20:59 GMT

Very interesting list. I wasn't aware there were so many more resources. It is good to know.

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hoopoe — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:50:52 GMT

Thanks for the resources -- but I too have a problem with the religion website referenced. It's only really useful if you want the perspective of certain brands of Christianity, NOT as a general resource on religion. A quick search turned up

www.religioustolerance.org

which is much broader in scope and appears to offer information on the major world religions in a less biased format. We in this country already have so much ignorance of other faiths and cultures that we can't afford to stop short of seeking true understanding of others from their perspective.

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gmcafee1230 — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:43:34 GMT

I find that this article and many others that I read are very interesting. I usually send them to all the members of my family and friends. I also encourage them to subscribe. I feel that our health is our most important possession. G. McAfee

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jambro — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:09:09 GMT

Great reference material! I don't rely on Wiki as the information changes like the weather. Glad to see some reliable data.

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MaxPont — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:06:08 GMT

There is bias on Wikipedia that is pro-establishment, pro-United states, pro mainstream media, pro-inside the beltway Washington, pro Pentagon, and pro medical establishment. Their rules for "reliable sources" and "no self published material" are effectively excluding most activist and web based opinion makers (except for so called "think tanks" funded by big corporate money.)

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Les Young — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:35:13 GMT

religion page totally left out the perspective of those who hold the Bible to be the Word of God.

I would like to see you balance this by adding http://www.blueletterbible.org to your list of excellent search site. This is the most complete easy to use bible study site one could imagine. In addition, there is a dramatic array of related sites providing fantastic resources on the Bible.

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webchat — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:52:27 GMT

How about http://totallyexplained.com which presents the essential information from Wikipedia pages in a new, easy-to-read format?

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shaneperrone — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:48:04 GMT

I always use wikipedia in reverse for anything important, look directly at their sources, and if they seem unreliable or bad, i just go somewhere else. I will have to keep an eye on this list, we have a major research paper coming up and i can share this with the teacher to give out to help in research.

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CSR — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:10:35 GMT

JSTOR is highly-recommended if you are looking for original research articles. I visit it a lot because much of my research is founded upon very old theories and work, and it is sometimes the only place to find the classic literature electronically. (Yes, I admit I'm too lazy to go to the library and photocopy it! ;-) )

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Russ Bianchi — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:30:47 GMT

Wiki remains highly biased advertisements, dominated by the person, or entities, willing to keep policing their posted propaganda, and bouncing, deleting, and complaining about rival information, they don't want posted.

Wiki is about as trustworthy as a drug approval at FDA.