The pros and cons of Wikipedia 8 Articles

by Mdmse. Amelie

"Wiki wiki" in Hawaiian means quick, but most Internet users think of the wiki as a collaborative website whose content can be edited by anyone who has access to it. The About page of the site states: "Visitors do not nee...read more

by Damien Baldino

If you've ever used a search engine like Yahoo or Google to find out about a topic, there's a good chance that one of the first search results you get will be a page from Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia tha...read more

by Mark Ollig

Is Wikipedia' a credible source for research? Wikipedia has been in the news lately. It is the cause of a lawsuit filed by a professional golfer and college students are being directed away from using it. History ...read more

by Catrina Hamilton

Wikipedia is well-known amongst anyone who has ever had to write an essay on just about anything in the last six years. For those of you who don't know, it's an online encyclopedia that offers a vast wealth of information ...read more

by Rainier Wong

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that allows everyone to edit its articles. It has been around for more than six years. Everything has its pros and cons, and Wikipedia is no exception. The one great pro about Wi...read more

by Kelly Grzech

Wikipedia is well-known amongst the online community as a virtually unlimited source of information. Its dynamic content provides for both interaction and elaboration; two key components shared by other Wiki "programs" th...read more

by Krishna Hanumanthu

This month Wikipedia celebrated its sixth birthday. Earlier this month the number of articles in English on Wikipedia crossed 1.5 million (the number stands at 1,587,588 as of this writing). This number grows by almost 200...read more

by Hadleigh Roberts

Occasionally, when I watch interviews on The Colbert Report, I see a book that makes me think "I really want to read that." Of course, I never do, because I having little more than a passing interest about how, for example...read more