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Wiki Dependency of the Day: Katie Notopoulos is using her Twitter account to catalog the complaints emanating from Millennials worried about how the Great Wikipedia Blackout of 2012 is going to affect their school projects.
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A couple things:
1. People really need to learn how to use other forms of research to help with assignments. I mean, if you don’t want to make the trek to the library, there a bunch of online resources including google that has PDFs of a bunch of different readings and documents.
2. This reminds me of a class that all global studies majors had to take about how to do research. Back when I was in the class, I thought it was a waste of time really, but now I think people need it.
3. People say Wikipedia is not a credible source anyway, but I think I’ll disagree with that. Most of the articles and information are true and for articles that do get edited with lies, they get fixed pretty quickly.
4. Also, Wikipedia is a big help if you know how to use it. If you want basic info, then read the articles and use that as a point to do research elsewhere. Buuut, Wikipedia articles are also great for sources for different books and websites about whatever subject you need, since it requires sources for a lot of the facts people post. I used to go to the Wiki page, check the sources used, and use that to do research. I’d never cite Wikipedia in my bibliography, but I’d put down the source that the info came from.
5. That’s it. I actually want to catalog all the Wikipedia pages that I’ve looked at this year, though that might seem excessive. I’ll check my browser history and see if it’s too much.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxycd8NbPi1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
Wiki Dependency of the Day: Katie Notopoulos is using her Twitter account to catalog the complaints emanating from Millennials worried about how the Great Wikipedia Blackout of 2012 is going to affect their school projects.
A couple things:
1. People really need to learn how to use other forms of research to help with assignments. I mean, if you don’t want to make the trek to the library, there a bunch of online resources including google that has PDFs of a bunch of different readings and documents.
2. This reminds me of a class that all global studies majors had to take about how to do research. Back when I was in the class, I thought it was a waste of time really, but now I think people need it.
3. People say Wikipedia is not a credible source anyway, but I think I’ll disagree with that. Most of the articles and information are true and for articles that do get edited with lies, they get fixed pretty quickly.
4. Also, Wikipedia is a big help if you know how to use it. If you want basic info, then read the articles and use that as a point to do research elsewhere. Buuut, Wikipedia articles are also great for sources for different books and websites about whatever subject you need, since it requires sources for a lot of the facts people post. I used to go to the Wiki page, check the sources used, and use that to do research. I’d never cite Wikipedia in my bibliography, but I’d put down the source that the info came from.
5. That’s it. I actually want to catalog all the Wikipedia pages that I’ve looked at this year, though that might seem excessive. I’ll check my browser history and see if it’s too much.
