Re: KISS4691, a potentially top-ranked RNG.

[Brian Salter-Duke <b_duke@bigpond.com.au>]

On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:53:53 +0200, Georg Bauhaus <rm.dash-bauhaus@futureapps.de> wrote:
> On 28.06.11 13:59, robin wrote:
>> "Georg Bauhaus" <rm.dash-bauhaus@futureapps.de> wrote in message 
>> news:4e099b90$0$6556$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net...
>> | On 28.06.11 09:19, robin wrote:
>> | > "Georg Bauhaus" <rm.dash-bauhaus@futureapps.de> wrote in message
>> | > news:4dda09ca$0$6629$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net...
>> | > |
>> | > | According to Wikipedia, counting all CPUs sold, even the share
>> | > | of 8bit µcontrollers is more than a half. (They give sources for
>> | > | the numbers.)
>> | >
>> | > Wikipedia is not a reliable source.
>> |
>> | They list their references, you didn't.
>> 
>> I've lost count of the number of times I've corrected incorrect
>> information in Wikipedia. 
>
> Are you saying that sources (about analysis of number of
> processors sold) referenced on the current page are incorrect
> and should not be referred to?

That is the key point that nobody else has mentioned. Material on
wikipedia must be sourced. You should not edit just because you "know"
it is wrong. You must have a source. If you can show from another source
that the original source is incorrect, that is fine. Not using sources is
called "original research" on wikipedia and it is not allowed under the
guidelines. It is why wikipedia is actually so much better than you
might expect it to be.


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