Deuce for quoting wikipedia
The founder of Wikipedia appealed to students not to use the free encyclopedia in term papers and dissertations, as well as for other serious scientific research as a source of academic knowledge.
Wikipedia - an inexhaustible source of information on almost any topic. Written in clear language, it is deservedly popular as one of the most convenient universal sources of information. Therefore, it is not surprising that many students borrow entire Wikipedia articles, literally quoting them as an absolutely reliable source of information on a given topic. The problem is that it is not.
The founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, once again reminded that this network project cannot be considered a universal and absolutely reliable source of knowledge. Due to the fact that students literally cite this source, the reputation of Wikipedia itself is seriously affected, because teachers who check students' work often find this information incomplete and biased. This is quite natural for a project that is in development. Each article is constantly edited by many people. However, teachers do not understand this. They begin to prejudice Wikipedia, considering it as an amateur project, obviously “wrong” and even harmful.
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The teachers' dislike for Wikipedia has grown to the point that some of them now automatically reduce their grades to students as soon as they see the hated word “Wikipedia” in the list of references.
Jimmy Wales spoke about this situation during his speech at the Hyperlinks Society conference at the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. He admitted that every week he received a dozen letters of complaint from students who suffer because of factual errors in Wikipedia: “Please help. I got a deuce because I quoted Wikipedia. ”
Jimmy Wales does not have sympathy for such careless students. He reiterated that he does not recommend using a joint network project as a source of academic knowledge for serious scientific research. Therefore, the students themselves are to blame. “For God's sake, you are in colleges, do not quote Wikipedia!” Jimmy Wales told them.
Not all people understand the nature of Wikipedia. Especially for them there is a disclaimer on the site, which clearly states: “Wikipedia cannot guarantee in any way the accuracy of the data provided in it. During the reading, they could have just been changed, corrupted, or written by someone whose opinion differs from the generally accepted knowledge that interests you ... You use Wikipedia at your own risk! ”.
Wikipedia - an inexhaustible source of information on almost any topic. Written in clear language, it is deservedly popular as one of the most convenient universal sources of information. Therefore, it is not surprising that many students borrow entire Wikipedia articles, literally quoting them as an absolutely reliable source of information on a given topic. The problem is that it is not.
The founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, once again reminded that this network project cannot be considered a universal and absolutely reliable source of knowledge. Due to the fact that students literally cite this source, the reputation of Wikipedia itself is seriously affected, because teachers who check students' work often find this information incomplete and biased. This is quite natural for a project that is in development. Each article is constantly edited by many people. However, teachers do not understand this. They begin to prejudice Wikipedia, considering it as an amateur project, obviously “wrong” and even harmful.
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The teachers' dislike for Wikipedia has grown to the point that some of them now automatically reduce their grades to students as soon as they see the hated word “Wikipedia” in the list of references.
Jimmy Wales spoke about this situation during his speech at the Hyperlinks Society conference at the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. He admitted that every week he received a dozen letters of complaint from students who suffer because of factual errors in Wikipedia: “Please help. I got a deuce because I quoted Wikipedia. ”
Jimmy Wales does not have sympathy for such careless students. He reiterated that he does not recommend using a joint network project as a source of academic knowledge for serious scientific research. Therefore, the students themselves are to blame. “For God's sake, you are in colleges, do not quote Wikipedia!” Jimmy Wales told them.
Not all people understand the nature of Wikipedia. Especially for them there is a disclaimer on the site, which clearly states: “Wikipedia cannot guarantee in any way the accuracy of the data provided in it. During the reading, they could have just been changed, corrupted, or written by someone whose opinion differs from the generally accepted knowledge that interests you ... You use Wikipedia at your own risk! ”.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/4086/
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