Sunday, September 14, 2008

Wikipedia assignment

This was a lot of information to sort through.The fact that anyone can change wikipedia without any qualifications makes it not a reliable source for a serious research project.But it is a good source for just general knowledge but it does contain possible errors.When using wikipedia you should also find other reliable sourcess which state the same things to be sure it hasnt been falsely edited.The wikipedia scanner that Griffith invented tracks ip adresses and identifies who edits wikipedia articles.Wikipedia main use as a reaserch tool should be a starting point for finding more reliable sources.The only time you should believe in wikipedia reliablity is if the sources are stated and you check the sources of the article.

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