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 ==== Using a wiki ==== ==== Using a wiki ====
  
-Wikipedia is the obvious choice for unbiased, evidence-based information. The community is so large that bias is usually edited out; and if there’s no evidence base for claims, it often says so clearly. So in the entries for ‘Psychic’ or ‘Dowsing’, for example, in the first paragraph it says that although there are many practitioners, there is no scientific evidence for their claims.+Wikipedia is the obvious choice for unbiased, evidence-based information. The community is so large that bias is usually edited out; and if there’s no evidence base for claims, it often says so clearly. So in the Wikipedia entries for ‘[[wp>Psychic]]’ or ‘[[wp>Dowsing]]’, for example, in the first paragraph it says that although there are many practitioners, there is no scientific evidence for their claims.
  
 However, although easy to use, the information on Wikipedia, for many technical topics, is not necessarily for beginners. There will be links to other related topics – and from those pages there will be other links, and so soon you can lose track of the original topic. There is a ‘[Simple English Wikipedia](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)’, that is more accessible for beginners in complex subjects. However, although easy to use, the information on Wikipedia, for many technical topics, is not necessarily for beginners. There will be links to other related topics – and from those pages there will be other links, and so soon you can lose track of the original topic. There is a ‘[Simple English Wikipedia](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)’, that is more accessible for beginners in complex subjects.
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 ===== Specialist curators of this topic ===== ===== Specialist curators of this topic =====
  
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