Internet data source. How much reliable?
By shibham
@shibham (16977)
India
September 4, 2011 1:17am CST
Do you think that all the data sources of internet are reliable? If so, then you are wrong. Yes, i can say that internet data sources are less reliable.
I am just thinking to write a book on Indian freedom and something on my blog, hence i was searching some data form internet but when i viewed this source, it made me speechless. Follow this link...........
http://www.punjabmuseums.gov.in/subcategory.php?mid=9&cat=miscellaneous&subcat=Photograph
Here is a picture added to a name of martyr as Thakur Roshan Singh, where as the martyr on the picture is actually Ram Prasad Bismil ( the writer of famous patriotic song " sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil main hain"... sorry to mylotters from abroad, i dont know how to translate it). Again, there is an another fighter whose name is Kranti Kumar and how can you believe that he was born in 1966 ( he really was born in 1926 ). Do you believe that a freedom fighter of India can born in 1990? Impossible but in this link you just give a look on Pandit Kishori lal.
Really disgusting. Hey writers of these sources, please dont play with our martyrs and fighters.
Share your experience on wrong data sources of Internet please. have a nice time to everyone.
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13 responses
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
4 Sep 11
Hi mamu 
I have a different logic before I respond to your discussion - How are you sure that the pic that you are talking about is wrong? It can also happen that the one you are seeing and believeing is correct is the wrong one... Sounds funny to me... 
But okay, now to the discussion - Well, yes there are no websites that can be said to provide authetic reports and the same way a few are there that provide authentic reports... I never trust anything on the Internet except when I am sure and find that info logical... I also do some searches to find out if that info provided is somewhat correct and can be used.
I have a different logic before I respond to your discussion - How are you sure that the pic that you are talking about is wrong? It can also happen that the one you are seeing and believeing is correct is the wrong one... Sounds funny to me...
But okay, now to the discussion - Well, yes there are no websites that can be said to provide authetic reports and the same way a few are there that provide authentic reports... I never trust anything on the Internet except when I am sure and find that info logical... I also do some searches to find out if that info provided is somewhat correct and can be used.
@venkataraman_vc (5293)
• Chennai, India
5 Sep 11
Hi Sidhu,
I don't have any idea of 'Thakur Roshan Singh', but in that page, (link in the topic starter's post), the name of 'Subhash Chandra Bose' has been spelt 'Subhash Chander Rose'. (The very first picture)
It seems the website creation might have been outsourced and some mindless worker typed it. But, I wonder how come it has been published without verification.
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
4 Sep 11
Ok... I too have some inputs - here is a sample code
01001101001 000010010010 1110001100011
01011101001 100010010110 1110001101010
11001101001 010010011010 1010101010011
01001101001 001010010110 1101011001011
Test this... and tell me "it works!!!"
Now I should start finding out the Patenting information and the Marketing Strategy... Guess, I will be hired as the official Manager of this product
@mtrguanlao (5522)
• Philippines
4 Sep 11
Hi amigo!
Honestly,I also asked myself about it if the articles I am reading in the net are reliable or not. And I've learned not all of them are! I'm writin g articles amigo and I need to research facts about the topic I am writing and as I read many tools and reviews,I am sometimes confused 'cause there are some contradictions on the data given. So I just try to see what the majority(writers) said and I sticked to it. So what I'm pointing at is,we should not just stick into one research,better make more researches about the topic we wish to make or look for.
Honestly,I also asked myself about it if the articles I am reading in the net are reliable or not. And I've learned not all of them are! I'm writin g articles amigo and I need to research facts about the topic I am writing and as I read many tools and reviews,I am sometimes confused 'cause there are some contradictions on the data given. So I just try to see what the majority(writers) said and I sticked to it. So what I'm pointing at is,we should not just stick into one research,better make more researches about the topic we wish to make or look for.@mtrguanlao (5522)
• Philippines
10 Sep 11
Hi amigo!
That would be the best thing for you to do now amigo,research for more sources.
Have a great day amigo!
That would be the best thing for you to do now amigo,research for more sources.
Have a great day amigo!
@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
8 Sep 11
i used to find most of data in my college.
i was not aware that time about many people write lie. now i know that we can't trust a source unless that source is very trusty and reliable.
i am so sorry for what the writers type about your martyrs and fighters. it is time for you to write back and tell the world about the truth
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
7 Sep 11
I have learned that a lot of resources on the internet that people depend on are not dependable at all. There really needs to some research when it comes to gathering information and not just for the info one is hunting. The site should be researched as well if someone is going to believe or reference it.
I haven't had an experiences like that but I was shocked when I learned about Wikipedia a few years ago.
@marguicha (216401)
• Chile
9 Sep 11
Not only internet data is unreliable, but also data in books. Mankind writes errors and the best we all can do is to thibk that part "might" be true.
I have my own, familiar, piece of unreliable data. My husband was a pro soccer player in my coutry and belonged to the team that went to the World Cup in 1966. There is a biography of him omline. Only his nickname belongs to another chilean quarterback. I tried to change it, but I couldn´t. I let it be.
@bluemoonpavilion (4658)
• Singapore
5 Sep 11
shi...
I have not done much research on this but I do believe there are a lot of errors on the internet. Content gets copied around and when one is wrong, the site copying it is also wrong. I find that books are more reliable. When I want to write something, I try to make sure I get my facts right, I think this is internet responsibility. I have seen many writers who were attacked for their biased sharing and it is too bad that people abuse this freedom of writing what they want.
@shibham (16977)
• India
10 Sep 11
Hi moon.
You are right. most often some documents are copy write document, hence errors are polished to errors again and hard to detect which is wrong and which is right. so, now i am trusting on books but it also make me wondered sometimes by providing different data on same issue. Have a nice time.
@GemmaR (8517)
•
4 Sep 11
I think that you have to be very careful when you read things online because the fact of the matter is that you just don't know where the the information has come from or who is has been written by. On a lot of the bigger websites you will find that popular topics are accurate as there are plenty of people who care about the subject who write things, but for not so popular subjects, particularly if only one person has written the article about it, you will find that a lot of the information is incorrect and a lot of it can be opinion rather than just the plain facts.
@shibham (16977)
• India
10 Sep 11
You are right. I am searching some data on Indian revolutionaries regarding Indian freedom Movement and more than 40% data are wrong as i can say by accessing many sources even books. But i wonder, there are also differences on data among some books. So where we can put our trust?
Have a nice day.
@akp100 (13640)
• India
4 Sep 11
Hi shibham..
Its true that not all data provided on Internet is right Even the famous information providing site wikipedia may be wrong on some information as any one can add the information about related topic their.. The accuracy and reliability of the data is depend on the site. That's why referring multiple sites for any info is necessary.
Its true that not all data provided on Internet is right Even the famous information providing site wikipedia may be wrong on some information as any one can add the information about related topic their.. The accuracy and reliability of the data is depend on the site. That's why referring multiple sites for any info is necessary.
@nezavisima (7408)
• Bulgaria
4 Sep 11
to the Internet is indeed a source of data.
I have not come across the wrong information on the net or maybe just what I was looking for a published case.
I hope it will continue to be so.
because many people search the net and it must be true to be able to rely on the net.
nice day!
@pepperpopper (376)
• Philippines
4 Sep 11
When you are searching, you must be careful with the sites you are viewing. Wikipedia in unreliable because it can be edited by anyone. Social sites too because these are just reviews. I'm sorry to say this. Always check the official site. Administrator more likely to reveal the accurate information hence this is their official site.
@toniobacasno (233)
• Philippines
4 Sep 11
Usually, when I do research on the internet on a topic, let's say about Intel Processors, I would go to the Intel website since I would be certain that data there are facts, since they're the ones who manufacture it. But, sometimes, due to some typo errors, you'll still get wrong data. The Internet is such a very vast collection of knowledge, so if you feel something is not true, then try to research more, consolidate the data you're able to gather and check what was common and what was not and come up with your own conclusion. If you think that you're conclusion is true, then try to share it to the world via the same medium (Internet).
@asifbg043 (28)
• India
4 Sep 11
internet is a mighty source of knowledge. the data shared on the internet is generally by users and there is no authority for authentic data .
but internet as the advantage of being source of data from the remotest topic.
if we talk of history specifically it is the books which are most reliable..
