Wikipedia: Future perspectives Strategic Marketing First assignment 23 · april · 2012 Ariana Mugica Morales Student # s3314547 Wikipedia overview Wikipedia is a nonprofit web-based free content encyclopedia‚ open to any Internet user who wants to contribute or edit it (Wikipedia‚ About‚ 2012). It was founded in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger with the name of “Nupedia” and changed later to Wikipedia with the intention of adding the “wiki” concept refereed to the invitation to any internet
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Is Wikipedia a reliable source of Knowledge? Information? Why or why not? Knowledge is a justified true belief that are passed down from generation to generation. The ones who have passed down these knowledges and information are known as sources. However‚ not all sources are reliable nor are they all true. Wikipedia is a very worldly wide known website that is used to look up for informations on any matter. Even so‚ this website is also famous for its unreliable information that are given. So
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People always say to never trust Wikipedia or that Wikipedia is always a bad site to get information from‚ but in my opinion I think that Wikipedia is actually a good source to get your information off of. I have never seen any wrong information on Wikipedia. The only thing that you really need to do is to have a little bit of knowledge of that particular subject on which you are researching upon because you may need to double check Wikipedia in case it is wrong. There are many things that have impacted
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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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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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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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commonly‚ professors will say‚ “Whatever you do‚ do not use Wikipedia.” Many who research find this website credible‚ others believe its information is completely false. This essay will evaluate the efficiency of Wikipedia as an online resource for researching purposes; it will discuss the freedom to alter material‚ the credibility of the website‚ as well as what good comes from the use of this website for research means. Many people believe Wikipedia is not a good‚ or credible‚ source to be used for research
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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‚ Friend or Foe 521 May 6 2011 Wikipedia‚ Friend or Foe In the debate of whether or not the Internet is the savior modern society or is it the vehicle that will deliver man to his inevitable decline back to stone hammers and mud huts. The question arises regarding how much faith someone can place in a system that is as vulnerable and unstable as the World Wide Web. Personally I believe the infrastructure of the Internet is grossly primitive and will need many more years of development
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AGAINST WIKIPEDIA As Wikipedia has become more and more popular with students‚ some professors have become increasingly concerned about the online‚ reader-produced encyclopedia. While plenty of professors have complained about the lack of accuracy or completeness of entries‚ and some have discouraged or tried to bar students from using it. “As educators‚ we are in the business of reducing the dissemination of misinformation‚” said Don Wyatt‚ chair of the department. “Even though Wikipedia may have
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