The umlaut gazes also

[avram]

Ah, Wikipedia! Sure, the stuffy old guard may doubt your accuracy (though the Encyclopædia Britannica might not be any better), but how many encyclopedias have not just an entry on the umlaut, but a separate entry on the use of the umlaut in heavy metal rock band names? (“At one Mötley Crüe performance in Germany, the entire audience started chanting, ‘Moertley Crueh!’”)

Tip: Wikipedia’s search function is kinda slow. I just do a Google search, adding in “wikipedia” as a search term.

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[akirlu.livejournal.com]

In a strange bit of synchronicity, or perhaps not, Mike Godwin has been addressing some criticisms of Wikipedia (http://www.godwinslaw.org/weblog/archive/2005/01/21/picky-about-wikipedia) in his weblog.