Wikipedia

The use of digital resources such as Wikipedia is becoming a more common practice for university students when researching their studies. Many academics find Wikipedia to be an unacceptable reference source and generally will avoid using it in academic writings. Regardless of how popular it has become, Wikipedia should not be used as a reference source due to scarceness of research compared to an academic journal. Containing no credibility of the contribution to where the information came from,…

As I initially joined my group, it was clear to see what kind of individual we wanted to choose for our Wikipedia project, someone extremely distinguished. We, as a group, settled on one of the first female doctors of our nation, Eleanora Fleury. We settled on who should contribute to whichever aspect, from their early life, accomplishments, personal life among many more. My role mainly consisted of researching her legacy, how she was remembered/what she left behind. However, we generally helped…

Is Wikipedia a mass medium Wikipedia has become a major source of information for many individual. While there are mixed opinions about the credibility of Wikipedia as a source of reliable information, people do see the value in Wikipedia. Wikipedia has become a source of information for many individual at different capacities. In one example, Thelwall and Kayvan (2015) tell us that both academics and students make use of Wikipedia. While Wikipedia is used “extensively” by higher educators and…

A Stand Against Wikipedia by Scott Jaschik draw attention on how students should not use Wikipedia as a resources due to its inaccuracy details and lack completeness entries. In his article he emphasize, “ As Wikipedia has become more and more popular with students, some professors have become increasingly concerned about the online, reader- produced encyclopedia.” Scott have a point where there is plenty of inaccuracy details, but that’s not accurate at all. If the person gathered enough…

In the article “The Best Wikipedia Pages Are the Ones We Fight Over,” originally written by Zaid Jilani in “Greater Good,” April 17, 2019, then later added to the website ReasonstoBeCheerful.world on October 28, 2020, Jilani suggests that Wikipedia and other similar sites provide a polarized, but effective atmosphere that results in positive problem-solving. The author argues that bringing together groups of intellectually diverse people results in more positive work done than done by groups…

The main idea in “How Google, Wikipedia Have Changed Our Live- For Better and Worse” by Jennifer Woodard Maderazo is, people are spending too much time on the internet and relying on it too much. Research use to be pretty simple, going to the library, finding the information that you need, meeting some of your friends there discussing about it. Now, you can just research on the internet using a lot more resources. It’s difficult to communicate with others about a research paper because they’re…

themselves. Basically how to play is there is a storyteller who secretly assigns a role to all of the players involved. There are two groups of people. There is the Mafia and the “innocents” (Wikipedia). The Mafia are the “killers”and the innocents are the ones who are able to be “killed” (Wikipedia). After the groups are picked, the rest of the game is up to the storyteller to navigate. In order for someone to win or lose, the members of the Mafia must be caught, or all of the innocents…

god Shiva (Wikipedia). Hanuman is a monkeylike deity who is one of the most worshipped figures in Hinduism (Wikipedia). He is known for his “bravery, perseverance, strength” as well as his abstinence from sexual activities and his loyalty towards Rama (Heaphy). Because of Hanuman’s loyalty to Rama, he is mentioned in the Ramayana, an old Sanskrit which depicts ideal characters such as “the ideal father, the ideal servant, the ideal brother, the ideal wife, and the ideal king,” (Wikipedia).…

After watch the two short video my considerations are, Wikipedia, an online information center, has in a general sense changed the substance of reference books and shrewd journals over the span of the latest ten years. It is quickly taking books, journals, and money out of the condition for examination. Wikipedia has made another way to deal with amass information, casual association, and do ask about. Notwithstanding the way that Wikipedia has its positive uses it is not for the most part a…

Mexico. Mexico City is the largest popular area in Mexico(Wikipedia). Mexico City is the southern end of the plateau of Anahuac(Wikipedia). Mexico City is located in Mexico, and Mexico is in North America(Wikipedia). Mexico City has a lot of landforms such as Mexican Plateau‎‎, rivers of Mexico City, Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, and the Valley of Mexico(Wikipedia). Mexico City climates are warm, but it get’s cold in the winters(Wikipedia). The Average temperature in summer in Mexico City is…