Sunday, April 15, 2007
Wikipedia
The cool thing about Wikipedia is that each entry has links throughout it to take you to a specific topic or definition from an overall general article or topic. For example, if you go to wikipedia and enter "A Midsummer's Night Dream" you will see links through the page that take you to specific ideas and definitions.
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Yeah, I agree. Wikipedia helps when finding sources. I use it all the time. Maybe I rely on it too much at times. Sometimes I use wikipedia as a source and site it, but I don't know if I should be doing that...
Wikipedia is kind of bootleg. Look up something you allready know about and test how off it can be
What exactly do you mean by "bootleg"?
bootleg: not on point.
because wikipedia is not created by qualified people. some info on the wiki are not exact.
I agree to a certain extent; however, they do qualify themselves by stating certain things are not qualified. As with anything else posted on the web -take it with a grain of salt. I use it for ideas and to point me in the right direction for research.
I believe some of the informations in Wikipedia might help a lot.
Wikipedia affords a wonderful service. Articles are easily available and generally as accurate as those of expensive encyclopedias. It's a great place to start research. Unfortunately, most academics do NOT respect Wikipedia as a source for citation, even though some independent sources have compared its accuracy favorably with Brittanica, the de facto standard.
There may be some prejudice involved in the academic disapproval. Wikipedia is something that operates outside of normal academic channels of expertise, so professional jealousy may be involved. However, for present, it's best to not cite it in papers. Most of your professors will reject it outright.
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