| Finished a lot of homework because of it. Of course I approve. |
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| Its pretty useful when looking for small bits of info, Plots to movies, releases, and actors in it... |
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| I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for Wikipedia. |
~ça vax~ |
| Anything political will be biased, dry specialized topics are usually good. |
| I'm not sure if I can trust it.. information can be edited by anyone on there so I have no idea what's true or false. |
| It's pretty useful but it's not like I'm using it all the time. |
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| Well it's one I use as a references in my assignments so Wikipedia has my respect, without that i'll fail some of my subs. And you can almost find anything there. Well the only thing I don't get is that why some of my professors especially my chem professors doesn't want to use wiki as a reference. |
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| I don't really use it that much, but it helped me get passsing grades without doing anything during middle school and for that I am very grateful. |
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| Why would anybody hate Wikipe-tan? WHY? Its not like you are FORCED to open wiki everytime you search something. You are free to visit other sources/websites. It doesn't even advertise itself on other websites. Like those freaking porn ads that pops up on hentai sites. Argh, they are annoying. WHY THE FUCK WOULD SOMEONE DISLIKE WIKI? WHY THE...NOW I AM PISSED OFF!!! |
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| Anyone who dislikes a website which provides Free information must not realize the insane work it takes to create such a library of knowledge. If Wikipedia didn't exist then searching for info on Anything on the Internet would be way more tiresome. |
| I've been here way too long... |
| Wikipedia has been doing my homework since since junior high, of course do I approve of it |
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| Who doesn't like free knowledge? I don't have to pay for all of the knowledge in wikipedia, unlike a traditional paper-back encyclopedia. Those have now become obsolete. |
| Its good for timelines, and a general Idea of a topic, not as many people as you would think edit it just to be a jerk, there are so many people that are monitoring those articles because they care about the topic they could just restore it to a previous version if some kid came through and messed it up. I think its good, but I don't use it for history as much as I do for more recent things. |
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| I've actually seen people source Wikipedia in undergrad research papers. This is a big no-no, don't be that guy. |
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Feyfray said: That's the conventional wisdom, but I disagree. I have no problem with people sourcing Wikipedia in low-ish level papers. It's a useful source, and if you use it as a source you should cite it.I've actually seen people source Wikipedia in undergrad research papers. This is a big no-no, don't be that guy. AskMen.com on the other hand... Worst/funniest source I've ever seen. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
Heredity said: Feyfray said: I've actually seen people source Wikipedia in undergrad research papers. This is a big no-no, don't be that guy. Feyfray said: source the sources that wikipedia sources instead!I've actually seen people source Wikipedia in undergrad research papers. This is a big no-no, don't be that guy. You can do this - it really depends on what subject you are writing your paper on. Generally online academic journal collections like JSTOR are a better collection of sources than Wikipedia articles. Wikipedia is good for general information, but you are unlikely to find any really good sources in most of the articles unless you just want background information. |
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| How about searching the Wikipedia for criticism of Wikipedia? :D In my opinion, Wikipedia is good for a quick and interesting look on the surface, however it's like with any information from anywhere: you can't really prove most of the stuff that has been, is and will be happening in the world by yourself. So take any (partially) open source encyclopaedia with a grain of salt as well as any information included by printed ones (closed source). |
| wikipedia is the shit bro, ain't nuffin' can touch it That said, it isn't a valid source in uni and we have to get physical all academic. |
| our school doesn't allowed us to get sources and articles from wikipedia. |
[right]  B Y ☆ H A N R E - I C H I H A R A ☆ |
| I strongly dislike weakipedia. |
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| I personally approve of Wikipedia as a reliable source of information. I mean not everyone can edit it, even if you can, moderators re-edit back false or misleading information in a matter of seconds or a few minutes. The fact that it is widely used throughout the world itself conveys that it is reliable. It wouldn't be so widely used in the world of today if it weren't reliable to begin with. One can also refer to the references/footnotes utilised by the articles itself. Its also available in various languages, not just English, making it more international. Also I disregard any major or evident sense of bias, favouritism, or scepticism in Wikipedia. Would however check other sites too for precision and accuracy. There are some disadvantages that would lead some into disapproving it though. Some I can currently think of are the controversial opinions of its organisation. Its pretty anarchic and disorganised some would say but I personally think as most articles/pages have a contents tab, its pretty organised being split into distinct sections of information. |
| @LeFlower-kun : It is still unconversant by university professor/academics. |
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| I like it and use it all the time. I rarely look up anything controversial, so I think that for my purposes it is pretty reliable. |
| Wikipedia is very useful, though if you are a student you should really be using the sources that Wikipedia cites instead of just the page |
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