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February 07, 2008
wanderings
I came across the Richter Scales video among my wanderings this morning. I know the feeling.
I also wanted to blog about a comment one of my professor recently made about Wikipedia. Most professors seem to not think it is a valid source since it's created by open contributions. Wikipedia, itself, states its shortcomings. However, if teachers think that it is a worse resource than anything else on the web is a mistake. All websites are changeable and its sources are far from guaranteed. However, last time I asked a reference librarian for an encyclopedia, he asked me why I didn't look it up online. With a sigh, I had to explain that my professor would not like that all my sources were online especially when it came to basic knowledge.
Advantages of Wikipedia is that it is managed by a community. Wrong information generally gets removed quickly or updated. From my experiences in print media, that is not always true.
Transient sources is something we have to live with now. However, I wouldn't trade it for the world. I love having this kind of knowledge at my fingertips.
Posted by azileretsis at February 7, 2008 01:46 PM
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