What time zone is Jackpot Nevada in?
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July 3rd, 2014 at 7:38:38 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
A bit off topic, but at my kid's school they are specifically forbidden from using Wikipedia as a source, because it is considered to be unreliable and full of errors. I'll take your advice and not change it a third time. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
July 3rd, 2014 at 7:52:38 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
I've heard that baloney. Want to know what's full of errors? The Encyclopedia Britannica. Wiki is self correcting, The EB is 'written in stone' articles often containing many factual errors. Sure there are errors on Wiki, especially on pages about rap stars and other celebrities, but I'll take it's content over any other encyclopedia out there. Schools don't like Wiki because it's mostly unbiased and doesn't fit the screwed up version of the world that school's are pushing now. An example would be Martin Luther King. The schools paint King as doing no wrong, he was almost a saint. On Wiki, they give us the real King, who was a great man, and also a serial adulterer. He was a womanizer in the extreme. Schools don't want anyone to know that, so Wiki must be outlawed. It's why I detest censorship so much. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
July 3rd, 2014 at 8:47:00 PM permalink | |
boymimbo Member since: Mar 25, 2013 Threads: 5 Posts: 732 | Department of Transportation document for time zone change for West Wendover, NV here. So DOT owns Time Zones. Jackpot, NV observes Mountain time, but it is not regulated. There is no document in the DOT website that recognizes Jackpot, NV in Mountain time. The Elko County website recognizes that Jackpot county offices are in Mountain Time. Therefore, you are right. Jackpot should be in the Pacific Time Zone, but it observes Mountain time. |
July 3rd, 2014 at 8:48:18 PM permalink | |
boymimbo Member since: Mar 25, 2013 Threads: 5 Posts: 732 |
My daughter screws with Wiki all of the time. She was the princess of some country for a few days. I told her not to do it from my house -- I don't want to be blocked from Wiki. |
July 3rd, 2014 at 9:13:04 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
It looks like you made a change without signing up to Wikipedia. Wikipedia defaults to your IP address 70.173.240.244. As a matter of course some editors reverse any change made using an IP address. User Famartin is not me. If I make a change to Wikipedia I use Pacomartin. For those of you unfamiliar with the town it is 1 mile from the Idaho border on what is probably the only paved road connecting Idaho and Nevada. Mountain time is used in Nevada, and it is 67 miles from Jackpot to nearest town in Nevada, Wells. Nearly all the visitors are from Idaho, and in fact the town was created in the 1950's to cater to them. |
July 4th, 2014 at 4:09:19 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18212 |
I have an idea exactly what is wrong with you. I suspect it is the same thing I have and I wager almost half the regulars here have. It is why we can solve most problems but can also beat the most minute detail of an issue to death.
I have heard this some time ago, casual reading ot Wilipedia shows over the last few years that the writing is far better and the footnotes far more. Schools don't like it because just anyone can go in and write something, and though it may be correct it might not be backed up. For example, if the topic was "Oil and Gas Landman" I can make the following statement: "When searching the oil and gas rights of a piece of property, the lamndman will search to 1859. This is because that is the year oil was first discovered and henece the first leases signed, therefore there will be no mineral rights conveyed before this because nobody thought to convey them." While correct, an academic will ask what my qualification is to make the statement. With no advanced degree, or any degree, in the subject, they will say it is unfit for academic work. IMHO this is where academics is going to soon fall apart. Too much emphasis on the degree, not enough on practical knowlege. The President is a fink. |
July 4th, 2014 at 9:09:52 AM permalink | |
TheCesspit Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 1929 | An academic should ask what reference you have for that statement. Much of wikipedia is about the cross referencing to other, primary source material where possible. As is much academic research. 75% of my thesis work was cross referencing the prior work I had built on, to show that I wasn't just make it up. It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die.... it's called Life |
July 4th, 2014 at 1:21:21 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Stuff like that is usually caught and corrected on pages that have editors. Like anything else, you have to verify what you read, that's what cross referencing is for. I have a successful FB page that has over 4000 subscribers and I never post anything that I can't verify, so I end up only posting 25% of what I actually hear. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
July 4th, 2014 at 4:39:44 PM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Wikipedia's motto is no original research. As a reference material it is perfunctory and unimaginative. I go there for precisely that reason, as I only want some simple facts. If it is banned as a reference for school papers, it should not be because it is often wrong. In reality the Wikipedia is a good source of references. If you are writing a school paper, you just need to cite the references, instead of citing Wikipedia. |
July 4th, 2014 at 5:56:35 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
I use Wiki mostly for the sources they site. They've done all the real work already. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |