Hello All
Wiki's...what can I say. First off, I really find libnet useful and of course we need to have passwords to get to the site. This is great. As for wikipedia...I remember this speech as a student and I have also given it to students: 'Do not use Wikipedia, do not cite it, do not go there for written assignments .' Wiki is great if you're using it just to find links to other sources or even as a starting point for research. I actually felt obliged to say that but in reality I love wiki. I use is quite a bit but I would never, ever cite it.
Last week I overheard two students discussing an assignment they had just got back. One of the gentlemen had failed and could not understand why. He said 'I cut and pasted the quote directly from wiki but I did cite it. I failed because it came from wiki.' He just could not understand why even though his friend explained that anyone can edit wiki entries.
The best thing about wikipedia though is the t-shirts. They have there own range but I found a couple that I really like.
Cheers all
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