Wikipedia SYA- Emily Wootton

Wikipedia SYA By- Emily Wootton


Wikipedia is not a good website to use as a resource on a paper because everything on that website is in danger of being changed by the whole world no amount of people can fix it. Wikipedia in 1991 began, " the website became a self styled pre- eminent source", by David Farhie). The website was built with 1000 volunteers to fix and edit the site. Wiki means (quick) in Hawaiian language and Pedia means for and encyclopedia . If you look at a Wikipedia site you need to look for,

-Does the writing read well
-Are there any citations.
-Was the article recently created or edited.
-Whether or not there's two or more editors.
-Author.

If none of this is encountered in the website it tends to give false information. Wikipedia is known to teachers as an unreliable source in which most of the time is edited by the people who have no idea what there talking about. Most of the time the edits last more than a month. There is 3.5 million articles on Wikipedia in 125 languages which means more than half of those articles must be wrong or edited a day. There's about 2.92 mess ups on each article or journal. Wikipedia had an issue before when peers would post nude pictures on Wikipedia.

There was an article about the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and John F. Kennedy by Steven Seigenthaler . It was deleted by another person. Adam Curry was the one who was accused of deleting that article. It was a very good article , but I find that if they deleted it and it was good article then what do they find bad.

The rate of the difference between Wikipedia and Britannia is 126 to 123 errors in the website. It is commonly known as the website in which it has a lot of errors on it.


As you can see Wikipedia is known as a unreliable source to use for any research paper. Everyone seems to have an opinion on the way the articles are edited on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a source that I would suggest to use.

Bad source wikie

Wikipedia is not a good sours for a research paper shout there is a lot of good info on Wikipedia, but do not relay on any of it. One reason why it is a bad sours for information is because any buddy can go on it and change the information yes there are thousands of of people who moater the web site connately and cheek
To make shire that the information is correct but they miss a lot of it. Another reason why Wikipedia is a bad source is if you post a video on wikiepeda any buddy can go on and watch your video and edit it in any way they want it could be a good edit or a very bad one. So in Conclushen this is why I think that wikiepeda is a bad source for infermation I say stick with the text books

Wikipedia good or bad Jacob

This is why I think Wikipedia is not a reliable source for information. A reason why that it is not is because there is a case of vandalism everyday but it gets fixed by a group that is called Wikipedia community group. What they do is they go to Wikipedia and check a specific word and correct any misleading information but if it corrects the information or updates it they leave it be. Some teachers agree that it is a good resource but it can have misleading information so sometimes it can not be a good source. Experts say that it is not a safe environment for young children. This is a quote from Chris Dempsey " I believe that Wikipedia is a helpful site in the classroom." This is a quote from a man named Earl Benser. " I do not think that Wikipedia is a reliable source because some information can be switched for something goofy and takes forever to correct the wrong information." These quotes tell your good ideas about the topics if they think it is good or a bad resource. This is why I think that Wikipedia is not a good resource for information.

Wikipedia Sara Beatty

Wikipedia is a reliable source when researching something. Thousands of volunteers edit the website to add good information and remove bogus info. Experts share their knowledge on various subjects and will let people add more information. However it would be wise to have some prior knowledge of the subject before you use Wikipedia so that you can tell what is real and what isn't. If you read something on Wikipedia and aren't sure if its true or not you should check in a day or two and see if its been edited. This is why Wikipedia is a reliable source.

Wikipedia- Mikayla

People debate whether or not Wikipedia is a trustworthy site to get information! My opinion is that Wikipedia is a good resource. At times I agree but like everyone else I debate whether or not its good or not to use. Wikipedia has some good information and bad information. The only thing I wouldn't use Wikipedia for is a big huge paper. A paragraph or 2. I would use it because if the information is good the wikipedia people keep the information there. There are also good links that Wikipedia had sometimes to either back up what they are saying, or something else. They also check out website every once in awhile and check to see if anyone has added fake information, if so then they will change it back to the original. Using Wikipedia wouldn't be a good idea to use because people vandalize and for little students who don't know what some of that stuff means, it wouldn't be good idea. Parents wouldn't be happy. It's also is bad because people can go into the website and change whatever they want. That's why it can be a bad idea to use Wikipedia but on the other end it can be a good idea. My point of view is that wikipedia is a good site to use. You can find links to other websites to make sure that your information is true.

Wikipedia as a resource: by Leanne L.

The famous website and resource known as Wikipedia was created in 2001. It has the ability of an encyclopedia. I do not recommend that people use this as their source for homework and essays and such. The "wiki" in Wikipedia means that the information can be changed. If you go to Wikipedia and click on an article, there is the option to edit the information that was put onto it. The purpose for this choice was so that people could correct someone else's information if it happens to be incorrect. Some people have taken advantage of this and instead write even more false information to trick people. Wikipedia now has volunteers searching and reading different articles to make sure that all of the information that people are writing is correct. Because Wikipedia is such a known and used resource for essays, homework, etc. Wikipedia is trying to prevent the false information, this does not always help. There are just so many articles on Wikipedia and they cannot read all of them. Wikipedia doesn't seem to be the best resource because the people trying to fix the information cannot catch everybody who's writing falsely. People change the information into false knowledge, not always on purpose but people are going to believe that that information if correct and use it in whatever they're using Wikipedia for. I do not recommend Wikipedia as a #1 resource.

Coltonwikipedia

Is Wikipedia a good source to write a report or and essay for school? Well to start what is Wikipedia? Wikipedia is like a giant encyclopedia that is viewed by many people and is changed and edited by many which can be a plus or a minus. Personally my opinion on Wikipedia is that you can write a report on the information that is given on their pages. One good thing that comes form this website is that it has the word "wiki" in it which means that it can be viewed and edited by people that want to put in the info they want. But on the other hand it can be bad cause their are many people out their that put bad info on because they wanna joke about it. Due to the many people that volunteer their time and go through all the information and verify if it is good and true and is real. They do this by reading books and watching videos etc. Also a good thing that comes from Wikipedia is that they have two big rules. The first is that info put on must be verified and be sited and be true to have it on their site or page. The next rule is that all info on their must not be biased and leaned to one side or more on something. The information must be presented fairly and equally so that people's opinions are not changed by reading something that is bias. So that means don't put sentences that would start with I think or I feel. But on the other hand their are a few bad things sprinkled into good things. First when people out their that post bad info it doesn't get changed right away it takes time to change it, a few days or so. When your writing your report, it might have bad info but you should be able to tell if its good or bad. Those are both bad things and good things that come from Wikipedia. Their are mostly good things that come from it. Thats why you should use Wikipedia for a resource and not be afraid to.