to be a credible source for gathering information‚ Wikipedia is used by everyone in the academic community for obtaining information. The site was established in early 2001 and its purpose is an open source concept using information entered by registered users. The website provides information or description on anyone from the president of the United States to information about a Boeing 747. Higher learning institutions do not consider Wikipedia as a credible or valid source for gathering information
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Is Wikipedia a Reliable Source? In the editorial‚ “Wikipedia” (2001)‚ Wikipedia explains that Wikipedia is freely edit‚ multilingual‚ and free internet cyclopedia that it is supported by nonprofit Wikipedia foundation. Wikipedia supports its assertion by explaining how Wikipedia is an effort to create‚ and volunteers worldwide freely write their articles and using their own language. The websites purpose is to explain how Wikipedia can be used as reference data in order to anyone who can access
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approach and data collection and processing‚ Wikipedia has become a popular method for many to seek out answers. When it comes to the topic of Wikipedia‚ most of us will readily agree that it’s a great source for information. Where this agreement usually ends‚ however‚ is on the question of its validity. Whereas some are convinced that it’s a means of presenting facts‚ others maintain that its accuracy should be highly scrutinized. Although Wikipedia can provide expeditious access to vast amounts
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with some of the example topics that corresponded with our categories‚ and voted on the top three. We then decided to do basic research on our top three topics and chose the one that was most appealing to our interests. We chose Sophie Scholl: A Stand Against Hitler. We decided to choose this topic because it was during the time of WWII‚ and was telling of how people risked their lives to fight for their
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assignment. One resource that I’ll suggest is Wikipedia‚ and I’m not the only person who will; “It’s an online information source that is increasingly used as the first‚ and sometimes only‚ stop for online encyclopedic information.”(Kapila‚ D.‚ & Royal‚ C. 2009) There was a time in my University career when using Wikipedia as a scholarly resource was deemed unacceptable‚ and at first thought‚ I would completely agree. The content found on Wikipedia is generated entirely from its users‚ with little
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A Stand Against Assisted Suicide Assisted suicide is a highly controversial topic. Assisted suicide is when‚ upon request‚ a doctor prescribes a lethal dose of medication to a terminally ill patient so that the patient can kill him or herself. In other words‚ a doctor provides the means for a patient to commit suicide. A form of assisted suicide is euthanasia. Euthanasia is when the doctor intentionally kills the patient with the intentions of ending the patient’s suffering; mercy killing. Although
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Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that provides a large number of information. Students only need to enter the key word in the search bar‚ and then‚ they can usually find information they need. However‚ since Wikipedia allows users to edit the content‚ it is controversial if the information on it is credential. Although there is system to supervise the editing
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Writing an Argument based on LT Wikipedia Debate MGT/521 November 26‚ 2012 Week 2: Writing an Argument based on LT Wikipedia Debate The topic of discussion in week two learning team A was a debate of if Wikipedia was a creditable and valid source of information. The debate consisted of the team member’s previous experience using Wikipedia for research purposes and the general overview of its information. My take on the matter and still is that Wikipedia is not considered a creditable
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Wikipedia From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia |Wikipedia | |[pic] | |[pic] | |The logo of Wikipedia‚ a globe featuring glyphs from several writing systems | |[pic] | |Screenshot of Wikipedia ’s multilingual
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In Taking a Stand Against Ageism at All Ages Margaret Gullette (2011) dives into ageism and the effects it is having on society. Her stance is that U.S. society is pushing out older individuals claiming they are “useless”. She also mentions that middle aged people are starting to experience ageism at work as well due to U.S. society being obsessed with youth (Gullette‚ 2011). Gullette (2011) states in references to older people‚ “people are likely to be a “burden”‚ unworthy of resources.” This
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