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To: SamAdams76
Far too many people consider Snopes and Wikipedia as valid sources for citation. Never mind the bias inherent in the reports.
6 posted on 06/11/2006 8:22:50 PM PDT by weegee ("Hitler dead in bunker by own hand, war rages on")
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To: weegee

I agree.

Earlier this year, I was asked to be a judge for a History fair at a middle school in Minneapolis.

A lot of kids used the Internet ONLY for their research. I asked these kids if they used other sources (books, magazines, etc) and more often that not they said "No, I used Wikipedia only". I usually knocked them down a few points if they didn't have a diversity of sources.

Wikipedia can be a decent source - depending on the subject. But too many kids were taking what I believed was the easy way out.


19 posted on 06/11/2006 8:45:08 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: weegee

YES SIR.


20 posted on 06/11/2006 8:47:59 PM PDT by MrCruncher
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To: weegee

Wikipedia is great for science. It's terrible for anything that allows opinion. It may serve as a starting point, but that's about it.


33 posted on 06/11/2006 9:33:57 PM PDT by CheyennePress
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To: weegee
Far too many people consider Snopes and Wikipedia as valid sources for citation. Never mind the bias inherent in the reports.

Back when I was in school the New York Times was considered a valid source for citation. Never mind the bias inherent in the articles.

37 posted on 06/11/2006 9:50:50 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Never ask a Kennedy if he'll have another drink. It's nobody's business how much he's had already.)
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