Wikipedia is a fun thing to read. It's like a huge knowledge ocean;
however, one should have one's own discernment for the info provided
isn't garanteed to be the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the
truth, or been proofread.
As a person who loves to learn new things (info addicted), wikipedia
is an awesome place to explore. Take what I've just done for example,
in the article on the Economist – Proof and beauty
Adrian talked about, the Latin phrase Quod erat demonstrandum
(i.e. which was to be shown) is mentioned. So I went to Wikipedia for
Q.E.D (which I've already known becuz of the comic Q.E.D. but still
would like to learn more about), and the Q.E.D. page brought me to
Chinglish, and then lead me to Engrish (aka. Japanlish). Isn't it fun?
Now I'm reading political correctness page, which has always been
an fascinating topic for me, and on that page I read some interesting
example of the evolution of politically correct phrases, such as invalid
-> disabled -> handicapped -> disabled -> people with disabilities ->
physically challenged. (I was reading Peter Mayer's Encore Provence,
in which a person said that you can no longer call me short but vertically
challenged, ha :p)
Another thing worth noted on PC page –
Any reference to the area that consists of Mainland China,
Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan as “Greater China,” and Taiwan should be referred to as “places,” thus avoid taking a position the political status of Taiwan.