nline encyclopedia makes research easier but less accurate
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nline encyclopedia makes research easier but less accurate
Kennebec Journal
Today’s students need go no further than their laptop to have access to most of what they need. The world is at their fingertips. Wikipedia an online encyclopedia has replaced the books that lined the shelves of libraries and many homes. I guess that’s progress — but we have lost something in the process. My parents bought a set of the World Book Encyclopedia when my brother and I were in grade school. There was one volume for almost every letter of the alphabet. I think and P were combined and X Y and Z.
Patrick Swayze Dead? Not So Fast
Twirlit
Passing from tweet to tweet hundreds and thousands of twitter users across the world hurried to proclaim the death of the 56-year-old. The news however was quickly denied by Swayze’s representatives who said the actor was doing just fine. And that seems to be that.
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Hammering out Wikipedia’s future
WA today
com News Corp Microsoft andGoogle. Except for No 7: Wikipedia. And there lies a delicatesituation. With 2 million articles in English alone the internet encyclopedia”anyone can edit” stormed the web’s top ranks through the work ofunpaid volunteers and the assistance of donors. But that givesWikipedia far less financial clout than its web peers and doingalmost anything to improve that situation invites scrutiny from thesame community that proudly generates the content. And so much as how its base of editors and bureaucratsendlessly debate touchy articles and other changes to the siteWikipedia’s community churns with questions over how the nonprofitWikimedia Foundation which oversees the project should get andspend its money.
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