Posted by laima on January 20, 2007, at 7:59:51
In reply to Re: Is Wellbutrin an amphetamine? » laima, posted by yxibow on January 20, 2007, at 2:59:18
Yes, and I totally agree with you too, that wikipedia is a great resource. I like reading it, too. I've seen some slightly dubious slants in articles in areas (non-science, non-politics) where I have some expertise, so that's why I wonder about the rest. I've been amazed how some mundane topics could be slightly slanted, by their emphasis, what they include or don't include, choice of attribution, choice of wording. Stuff like that. I also often read about medications and other topics in there, and it's a great place to get an overall start on a topic. But it's also good to then try to see what other sources say. One thing I like about babble, I feel like I have some idea of who is saying what, if that makes sense. I wish they offered more info on who authors their articles, maybe a log or something like that.> >
> > Well, I think wikipedia is not immune to errors or opinions, considering how many people are able to edit it.
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> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenethylamine
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> > > Curiously enough, Wellbutrin appears on that chart, but it is not itself an amphetamine as far as I can tell, as it is otherwise described
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> > > (±)-1-(3-chlorophenyl)-2-[(1,1-dimethylethyl)amino]-
> > > 1-propanone
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> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bupropion.png
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> Agreed, I was going to add that.
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> It still is an invaluable resource to the Internet community if you take it with a grain of salt. Most entries on there have a fair degree of accuracy; political disputes are marked as so, pages that have been repeatedly "defaced" by entities are frozen, etc. If you think of the sheer number of entries in there, regardless of errors, its an impressive piece of completely free work.
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> Sure, I wouldn't particularly use it to quote in a journal submission or term paper except as a sidenote, at this point. There are still excellent public universities open to the public in large parts of the US at least with millions of volumes of books and journals that are obviously resources to quote from. Wikipedia would be merely a jump-start point.
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