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 Posted: Thu, 25th May 2006 11:43 Post subject: The Evil Wikipedia |
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Everytime I try to do some school-projects using the information I find at Wikipedia, I always end up browsing other articles :/ I hate it. I just keep on reading down the main article, find a link and click it, then click the next random word etc etc until I end up reading something that hasn't got anything to do with my original goal.
Wikipedia is a curse. But god I love it...
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| Posted: Thu, 25th May 2006 11:50 Post subject: |
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If you reference wiki at the end of a project at my university they take off a massive amount of marks. Because anyone can put information up there and it isn't necessarily 100% accurate.
It's good for reading up on a subject, but when it comes to specifics I don't find it that useful.
"Techniclly speaking, Beta-Manboi didnt inject Burberry_Massi with Benz, he injected him with liquid that had air bubbles in it, which caused benz." - House M.D
"Faith without logic is the same as knowledge without understanding; meaningless"
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spankie
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| Posted: Thu, 25th May 2006 12:05 Post subject: |
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yeah yeah, you guys are lucky.
We had to make papers without wikipedia :'(
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| Posted: Thu, 25th May 2006 12:30 Post subject: |
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Wiki is like heaven for forum pundits
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| Posted: Thu, 25th May 2006 13:45 Post subject: |
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| TheSaint wrote: | wikipedia for the win  i think it rocks |
I'l stick with this one  |
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| Posted: Thu, 25th May 2006 14:34 Post subject: |
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| Grees wrote: | | Wiki is like heaven for forum pundits |
QFT
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| Posted: Thu, 25th May 2006 21:18 Post subject: |
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| AnimalMother wrote: | If you reference wiki at the end of a project at my university they take off a massive amount of marks. Because anyone can put information up there and it isn't necessarily 100% accurate.
It's good for reading up on a subject, but when it comes to specifics I don't find it that useful. |
Seems like you are studying some artsy-fartsy crap then. At my university - RIOT, they encourage the use, especially in the natural science department. Professors often reference wikipedia themselves as reading material. |
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| PoorLeno wrote: | | AnimalMother wrote: | If you reference wiki at the end of a project at my university they take off a massive amount of marks. Because anyone can put information up there and it isn't necessarily 100% accurate.
It's good for reading up on a subject, but when it comes to specifics I don't find it that useful. |
Seems like you are studying some artsy-fartsy crap then. At my university - RIOT, they encourage the use, especially in the natural science department. Professors often reference wikipedia themselves as reading material. |
could be use as a reference. one in the many bibliography requiered. if you use only wiki, at my uni, your fucked up.
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I think everyone is on the same page -- you need to use primary sources when in university.
This was my holy grail while in school, and I imagine it would be the same for anyone studying life sciences ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed
Say what you want to say about the USA's foreign policy ... but when it comes to providing research resources, they are unmatched in the world.
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| Posted: Fri, 26th May 2006 12:44 Post subject: |
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| nouseforaname wrote: | I think everyone is on the same page -- you need to use primary sources when in university.
This was my holy grail while in school, and I imagine it would be the same for anyone studying life sciences ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed
Say what you want to say about the USA's foreign policy ... but when it comes to providing research resources, they are unmatched in the world. |
Thankyou, at least some people realise how it actually works at university. I frequently use PubMed aswell.
PoorLeno, you're talking shit. I've just finished my second year of molecular biology so I know what i'm talking about. In my university they actually encourage you to find your own primary sources, not just reference some publically editable encyclopedia. They're preparing you for a real publication/work environment, I don't know what they're doing at your uni.
"Techniclly speaking, Beta-Manboi didnt inject Burberry_Massi with Benz, he injected him with liquid that had air bubbles in it, which caused benz." - House M.D
"Faith without logic is the same as knowledge without understanding; meaningless"
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