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<p>[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 4551607, member: 93416"]But contra-wise, the ugliness of Wikipedia is that some other fellow can then change it on a whim, and just mess your efforts up. And the discussion format just does not seem to me to allow for proper open debate of controversial matters.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thus - like Doug - I prefer to spread my information without fees in a stand alone context.</p><p><br /></p><p>But nobody seems to be addressing the point I actually made. I find most Wiki sites reasonably accurate and very helpful. I am greatly surprised at how many have been willing to toil away to make it what it is. But something is very specifically wrong for nearly all Wiki entries concerning metrology. Look at a couple of random alternative wiki sites – say the battle of Waterloo and Beethoven. Like most - they look detailed and reasonably accurate to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>The sample metrology site on "coin weights" has one picture – of an Islamic glass “pound” weight.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is not a coin weight!* </p><p><br /></p><p>Do we find the Beethoven site kicking off with a pic of Mozart? Or the Waterloo site kicking off with a picture of Actium? Its unthinkable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Doug said earlier that he was not much interested in weight standards. Fair enough of course. But here I am just pointing out something weird has happened concerning this subject as a whole. In the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica the weight standards entry was huge. By 1975 – there was not any entry on the topic at all. Its as if the population as a whole have been subtly persuaded to ignore it…….</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T</p><p><br /></p><p>* c. 337g as I seem to recall – but the site does not bother to tell us – nor does the museum who owns it. Some might recall that Grierson never illustrated a coin without a caption stating its weight. Modern Archaeologists on the other hand frequently illustrate weights - but almost never caption to tell us what they weight…..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 4551607, member: 93416"]But contra-wise, the ugliness of Wikipedia is that some other fellow can then change it on a whim, and just mess your efforts up. And the discussion format just does not seem to me to allow for proper open debate of controversial matters. Thus - like Doug - I prefer to spread my information without fees in a stand alone context. But nobody seems to be addressing the point I actually made. I find most Wiki sites reasonably accurate and very helpful. I am greatly surprised at how many have been willing to toil away to make it what it is. But something is very specifically wrong for nearly all Wiki entries concerning metrology. Look at a couple of random alternative wiki sites – say the battle of Waterloo and Beethoven. Like most - they look detailed and reasonably accurate to me. The sample metrology site on "coin weights" has one picture – of an Islamic glass “pound” weight. That is not a coin weight!* Do we find the Beethoven site kicking off with a pic of Mozart? Or the Waterloo site kicking off with a picture of Actium? Its unthinkable. Doug said earlier that he was not much interested in weight standards. Fair enough of course. But here I am just pointing out something weird has happened concerning this subject as a whole. In the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica the weight standards entry was huge. By 1975 – there was not any entry on the topic at all. Its as if the population as a whole have been subtly persuaded to ignore it……. Rob T * c. 337g as I seem to recall – but the site does not bother to tell us – nor does the museum who owns it. Some might recall that Grierson never illustrated a coin without a caption stating its weight. Modern Archaeologists on the other hand frequently illustrate weights - but almost never caption to tell us what they weight…..[/QUOTE]
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