On Nov 15, 10:21*pm, Arthur Figgis
wrote:

On 15/11/2010 21:00, Froot Bat wrote:
[snip]
As long as you don't take it seriously and remember it's _not_ an
encyclopaedia, it's fine, and it's a quick way to check something you
think you know or forgot, since Google can't get enough of it.

It is the best links directory I've found - some foreign airports'
official websites are hard to find with Google, being swamped with junk
hotel/car hire/travel/viagra sites.

It is also good for finding the views of loonies and obsessives on the
occasions I want them, and questions of the "what are Mongolians
supposed to call Bombay" and "is my atlas up to date in showing this
foreign city as being called Stalinville" variety.

I'd back all that - though, whilst I'm only too aware of the odd
priorities exhibited therein (which can as you say can prove
positively helpful at times), I'm still occasionally surprised on
finding a particularly spartan article such as this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_prime_minister