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Originally Posted by DBlack
Gorilla made an excellent argument on this issue, so I can't really add much.
I will say that in my experience teachers are consistently on the wrong side of technology, particularly the web, and it's use. why would a teacher encourage their students to use Wiki, it would make them less of a reliable source?
While teachers blast the open source methodology of Wiki, they fail to suggest a better alternative. Print media and proprietary college databases of information are by no means a viable alternative to the sheer information power of Wiki.
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Just to hammer this issue out some more and give out a few headaches ;) , how difficult would it be to deny such easy access to Wiki's data being altered? It seems to me that a viable and dependable database is only as far away as some consistent and dependable editing of info. Wouldn't that actually make the database smaller by
ruthless adhearence to historical or proven truth?
If Senator So&So tries to place what would amount to an ad designed to increase his favor, just kick that crap out of the system. Pure facts is all I really require in referencing, with this a general idea of the subject's popularity/integrity/schizms will come forth.
donchathink?
