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jsilvers wrote:And an urban legend. See http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/carpark.asp.

(note to self, sell ALL stock in Park-O-Meter) :(

jsilvers wrote:And an urban legend. See http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/carpark.asp.

Snopes.com is the WORST source for info. Most of their false claims are true and vice versa.

Honda Enoch wrote:Snopes.com is the WORST source for info. Most of their false claims are true and vice versa.

And that is based on...?

I have found that their points on research that they do on a legend to be pretty complete.

and they do welcome any input if you have conflicting information and/or proof.

GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:And that is based on...?

I have found that their points on research that they do on a legend to be pretty complete.

and they do welcome any input if you have conflicting information and/or proof.

Based on FACTS.

They welcome information ONLY if it helps prove their side. I personally have sent conflicting information and proof on some of their claims only to have them ignored/rejected.

Snopes is worse then Wikipedia for facts and information.

Give me a site on the internets that is right all the time and i'll have a bridge to sell you.

Honda Enoch wrote:Based on FACTS.

They welcome information ONLY if it helps prove their side. I personally have sent conflicting information and proof on some of their claims only to have them ignored/rejected.

Snopes is worse then Wikipedia for facts and information.

hmm, I have submitted information that disproved something and they accepted it. They were kind enough to tell me that many other people had submitted the same information.

I did cite facts and not opinions on the subject matter, which is their criteria for investigating and evaluating the true/not true/possible catagories that they have.

If you based your opinion at snopes on all of the information that they have gathered, on them rejecting your submission, then that seems more like an emotional decision rather one based on the facts they have accumelated on various stories and legends.

I find their collection on Disney to be very interesting, and in the past, several CMs that post here have verified them as ture (unoffical of course)

CujoSR wrote:Give me a site on the internets that is right all the time and i'll have a bridge to sell you.

that is also a very good point.

when using snopes, I will also run the story and/or urban legend through several other urban legend web sites. I do read a lot of the sources cited on snopes and other sites.

I have not yet found a conflict between snopes and those other sites on a story. (some sites are not as complete as snopes and do not carry the same urban legends) Other sites have more about viruses and less about the legends circulating.

CujoSR wrote:Give me a site on the internets that is right all the time and i'll have a bridge to sell you.

I am not asking them to be right ALL the time. but if they are going to be a resource site then they need to correct mistakes when they are pointed out.

GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:I have not yet found a conflict between snopes and those other sites on a story. (some sites are not as complete as snopes and do not carry the same urban legends) Other sites have more about viruses and less about the legends circulating.

That's because a lot of the 'other' sites get their info from Snopes.

Honda Enoch wrote:I am not asking them to be right ALL the time. but if they are going to be a resource site then they need to correct mistakes when they are pointed out.




That's because a lot of the 'other' sites get their info from Snopes.

...So you are saying that snopes, and all other sites, are in error because they don't agree with your input?