Being student , when ever i come across any new word , i first try on wikipedia ... and sometimes i tried that for my term papers and assignments too ... ( ahh , i was not the only one .. ) ... but i found that our professor used to remind us every time that "DON'T SEARCH ON WIKIPEDIA , BETTER USE BOOKS" ... but heyyyyyy , i'm not teacher's pet .. so i always try to find information in wikipedia first and then look in books ( only if can't find it on wikipedia or google ) ...
And i always wonder why people hate wikipedia ?? .... few days back i heard a chunk of information ... according to that , there are millions of people who browse Wikipedia in any given month, but only 2 percent of them (roughly 1,400) are responsible for editing nearly 75 percent of the information on the entire website.In other words, Wikipedia, while editable by anyone, is fueled almost entirely by the knowledge of a small, select group of individuals.
Consider them the Illuminati of Wikipedia; they control the flow of information that often finds its way into our college essays, despite our professors’ best attempts to dissuade us from citing it. The source of this startling revelation? The face of Wikipedia, Jimbo Wales. But, [Wales] insisted, the truth was rather different: Wikipedia was actually written by "a community ... a dedicated group of a few hundred volunteers" where "I know all of them and they all know each other". Really, "it's much like any traditional organization."
And i always wonder why people hate wikipedia ?? .... few days back i heard a chunk of information ... according to that , there are millions of people who browse Wikipedia in any given month, but only 2 percent of them (roughly 1,400) are responsible for editing nearly 75 percent of the information on the entire website.In other words, Wikipedia, while editable by anyone, is fueled almost entirely by the knowledge of a small, select group of individuals.
Consider them the Illuminati of Wikipedia; they control the flow of information that often finds its way into our college essays, despite our professors’ best attempts to dissuade us from citing it. The source of this startling revelation? The face of Wikipedia, Jimbo Wales. But, [Wales] insisted, the truth was rather different: Wikipedia was actually written by "a community ... a dedicated group of a few hundred volunteers" where "I know all of them and they all know each other". Really, "it's much like any traditional organization."
