{"id":1217,"date":"2012-11-08T02:40:26","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T08:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachelgreenlief.com\/?p=1217"},"modified":"2012-11-08T02:40:26","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T08:40:26","slug":"do-you-trust-wikipedia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/worpal.com\/rachelgreensleeves\/2012\/11\/08\/do-you-trust-wikipedia\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Trust Wikipedia?"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my first sources of information on the internet is Wikipedia and I love that site! I probably use Wikipedia 3 or 4 times a week – on average. Sometimes I will look things up and see related subjects or information that does deeper and I use it repeatedly throughout the whole research project. To me, it is just like the Encyclopedia Brittanica that I used in the school library when I was a kid. Except using it online gets me there faster and easier.<\/p>\n

So my cousin, Gail<\/a>, is a senior in high school and was asking me about some information and I told her that I would look it up online using Wikipedia and I was shocked when she said that her teachers says they are not allowed to use Wikipedia. I could not understand why a teacher would say that. My cousin says that true educators do not consider Wikipedia to be an authority site, because individual people can go on the site and change things.<\/p>\n

Well, that was kind of the whole point of the Wikipedia project – that people contributed to it. I have not come across any information that I would be suspicious of or doubt its accuracy. Have you ever found anything on the site that was false information? I would really like to know if that is a problem or just a bullshit cop out from teachers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of my first sources of information on the internet is Wikipedia and I love that site! I probably use Wikipedia 3 or 4 times a week – on average. Sometimes I will look things up and see related subjects or information that does deeper and I use it repeatedly throughout the whole research project. … <\/p>\n

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