Thursday, February 28, 2008

Wiki

Several months ago, I spent two days at a middle school telling the students how to find reliable sources online. "Library database: good." "Wikipedia: bad." A site where anyone can change information without proving their expertise is not a relevant source for a research paper. I admit, I sometimes browse Wikipedia just for fun, or to get a preliminary idea of my subject. But you have to take what you see with a grain of salt. If you like Star Wars, check out Wookieepedia.

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