Is it just me, or is it really annoying when people copy and paste stuff from places like Wikipedia?

Question

Just curious, because it aggravates me like crazy. I mean they should briefly summarize it and reference it, instead of taking up two pages to paste the stupid article that you can look up yourself. Is anyone else like that?

Answer 1

Can't say it annoys me so much as shows they (probably) didn't actually even read what they're citing. For all they know it has nothing to do with the question.

I tend to skim the WikiPedia article, or at least the pertinent part, and then do as you suggest: I summarize it. Of course I also provide the link in case my summarization wasn't adequate or the person wants to read the article to get all the information.

Answer 2

It also bugs me when people come here and ask a question that they easily could have looked up on Wikipedia themselves! Maybe if so many people didn't do that in the first place, then fewer people would feel the need to cut and paste the Wikipedia articles. Other than that, I agree with you.

Answer 3

It is. I think that may be what Yahoo meant, however, when they say it's okay to research and cite sources. I actually enjoy thoughtful answers that are a synthesis of facts and ideas. I find any direct and lengthy quotation to be condescending. After all, anybody can go to Wikipedia. That said, however, some of the questions that get asked are unbelievable. It seems unlikely that the person has even googled the subject.

Answer 4

I do agree with you, cutting and pasting entire articles is extremely annoying.
Sometimes, though, it is very difficult to give a short summary.
Particularly with questions such as:
What happened in the camps during the Holocaust?
What happened in World War II?

Some subjects just can't be glossed over with a short pithy answer, they're just too important.
Unfortunately, that's what many askers are after.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Yes, which means:

In English, "yes" is also used to answer a negative question or statement, an example of "yes" used to disagree with a question or statement is:
The questions "You don’t want it, do you?" and "Don’t you want it?" can be answered by "yes" if the respondent does want the item, and "no" if he or she does not. However, other words are used when the answer needs to be clearly delineated, as in "Of course I want it," or "No, not at all." It can be confusing when someone asks a question that only contains a negative statement. For example, "You don't want it?" can be answered "yes" or "no" and could be confused as meaning either yes or no. Many languages use a different word for this purpose. For example, German has "doch" for this purpose (rather than "ja"), French uses "si" (rather than "oui") and the mainland Scandinavian languages (Danish, Swedish and Norwegian) use "jo" ("jau" in Nynorsk).

sorry, but I couldn't resist

Answer 7

I agree, and when I am picking best answers I ignore them and vote for the person who has written something themselves.

Answer 8

Yep, it is NOT clever!
Especially when Wikipedia has been shown to have inaccuracies in ALL of its topics!

Answer 9

i really hate it too! i don't get why they can't just put the article in their own words

Answer 10

WIKIPEDIA IS MY FRIEND