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dknguyen said:BUt I have found mistakes in the past.
It doesn't seem to have many critics, no one has voted no yet!Salgat said:Has less errors than Britannica, if that means anything. (wikipedia is excellent, and to all it's critics, if you want to verify the facts, use the references at the bottom of the page).
pommie said:I voted yes but my children are not allowed to use Wikipedia for anything. It appears to be frowned upon by their teachers.
Hank Fletcher said:The best way to write a paper on Renoir is to go and see the actual painting(s) you're writing about, go to the place Renoir was born, walk in his footsteps and trace his career: his life, his tecnique. Become the closest thing to being Renoir. Reference those specific artifacts from his life: his brush, his house, his work, that you've seen for yourself. Those are primary resources. What you want to do is get as close to that reality as possible. Your teachers/profs will no doubt simply consider Wiki just too far removed from reality.
After studying electronics using texts by Floyd (Prentice Hall,) I really must agree. Every edition has a ton of mistakes (especially in their answers to problems.) They fix those in the next edition, and introduce many more. Errors such as these are often very confusing to a new learner.Hero999 said:Wikipedia is better than many other sources of information that you actually pay for. An error in a book or CD ROM won't be fixed until the next release but Wikipedia,it likely to be fixed in less than 24 hours.
I had an art history prof who claimed it was not necessary to view the work to write the history, although I tend to agree with you.The best way to write a paper on Renoir is to go and see the actual painting(s) you're writing about, go to the place Renoir was born, walk in his footsteps and trace his career: his life, his tecnique. Become the closest thing to being Renoir. Reference those specific artifacts from his life: his brush, his house, his work, that you've seen for yourself. Those are primary resources. What you want to do is get as close to that reality as possible. Your teachers/profs will no doubt simply consider Wiki just too far removed from reality.
Many who profess, are also guilty of an overabundance of pride, and have such vested interest; this doesn't just happen on Wickipedia.it shouldn't be the only reference used. Check the citations and refs given, and author credentials if you can. And the more political/personal/controversial the topic, the more likely it is to be edit-bombed by people who feel they have a vested interest in what people think.
Aren't you the person who couldn't understand why we should study literature? What you describe, is Maslow's first rung of the ladder, in his hierarchy of needs - Basic survival.dknguyen said:Perhaps...but I think the cost outweighs the benefit in that case. I have better things to do...like sleep...and have money.
BeeBop said:If you are familiar with the work of Roland Barthes, the author is dead, and with good reason.