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WIKIPEDIA

WIKIPEDIA. Not your granddaddy’s encyclopedia!. “Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based, free-content encyclopedia project” . -- Wikipedia:About. Wiki = collaborative website.

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WIKIPEDIA

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  1. WIKIPEDIA Not your granddaddy’s encyclopedia!

  2. “Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based, free-content encyclopedia project” --Wikipedia:About

  3. Wiki = collaborative website • Encyclopedia = a book containing a series of alphabetized articles providing general information on a wide range of topics What does this really mean???

  4. Wikipedia is a community encyclopedia ANYONEcan add information – real or otherwise!!

  5. Strengths of Wikipedia • Web-based • Large number of active writers and editors provides timely coverage • Topics kept current • Hyperlinking to related topics

  6. Weaknesses of Wikipedia • Any article, at any time, may be in the middle of a major edit or vandalized • Incomplete • May be biased • No verification of information • Some contributors do not cite their sources

  7. RESEARCH on Wikipedia From Wikipedia: Article Quality in Wikipedia “Keep in mind that an encyclopedia is intended to be a starting pointfor serious research, not an endpoint.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Researching_with_Wikipedia

  8. Bottom Line-- • It is YOUR responsibility to find out what the rules are for a website. • It is NOT your teacher’s or your parents’ responsibility. • IGNORANCE is not a defense.

  9. How to avoid PLAGARISM on Wikipedia

  10. Find the FAQ’s page • READ what they have to say about using their information CITING Wikipedia

  11. Once you have found the information, you MUST give credit to the contributor. • A civil war is a high-intensity conflict often involving regular armed forces, sustained, organized and large-scale. • RESULTS: • large numbers of casualties • consumption of large resources “Civil War." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 9 November 2009, 10:55 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 09 Nov. 2009. <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plagiarism&oldid=5139350>.

  12. If using photos or images, you MUST look for the artist’s name. Alfred Joseph Hitchcock Palumbo, Fred. "Alfred Joseph Hitchcock." Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Web. 9 Nov 2009. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alfred_Hitchcock_NYWTSm.jpg>.

  13. WORKS CITED "Alfred Hitchcock." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 21 April 2009. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.,. 22 April 2009 http://en.wikihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_hitchcockpedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About. "The Birds Original Poster." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 21 April 2009. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.,. 25 Nov. 2007 http://en.wikihthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=14412480tp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_hitchcockpedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About. “Research on Wikipeida." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 19 March 2009. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.,. 22 April 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Researching_with_Wikipedia "Wikipedia:About." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 21 April 2009. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.,. 22 April 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About

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