Wikis have certainly made their mark in today's technological world. Wikipedia, a highly-recognized, and often overused, example of a Wiki, defines it as a "page or collection of web page designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified mark up language." They've introduced a whole new to look at information and their accuracy. People now have the option of applying their own knowledge and exposing it to the world.
But is that a good thing? Or a Bad thing?
Throughout my college years, the professors advised to not use wikis as a credited source of information, advising us to use other "trusted" sources for our assignments. I've never really found any information to be misleading in the wikis that I have used, which has mainly been Wikipedia. However, it is understandable that uses these forms of information as trusted sources for research papers is not ideal for accurate information. Can we really trust the people who are posted their own insight on things as "trusted?" For all we know the person who posted up the information is a high school drop out with no real knowledge on the topic and chose to write out of boredom. Then again, it could be a doctor, who has expert knowledge in that particular field. Wikis = Risks!!!
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personally, I feel like wikis are a gift to us all! To have information that is everchanging available to us is something that many years ago would've been impossible. It's the difference between new and outdated textbooks, except its online and it's available to us at all times. I love wikipedia!
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