Wikipedia "not valid source" rant part 2.

[Reptak]

Wikipedia is an amazing source of secondary research. I use it constantly, for everything. But the nature of wikipedia makes it unsuitable for scholarly papers. Just too editable and it takes time for the "nazis" to catch everything.

Once I was at a sushi restaurant with a friend who was behaving badly. They gave him a "complimentary" fried green tea ice cream (tempura green tea ice cream). But they put it on a bed of red onions and wasabi. I knew they were fucking with him, but I convinced him it was just a "traditional" way of serving it (didn't want any more bad behavior). I went home and edited the wikipedia entry for japanese fried ice cream and included information about how, in more traditional restaurants, it is served on a bed of red onions and wasabi. I told him to look it up. I think my entry was on there a good week or two.