I came across the Cartoon below which succinctly highlights one of the main key critique of Wikipedia.
Visual Image Source: http://virtualeconomics.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5b7853ef00e553fdeb818834-800wi
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Wikipedia Cartoon
This week my blog posting was about Wikipedia and its future potential to become an accepted scholarly resource. The overall consensus from my fellow IDE 611 classmates is that Wikipedia is a good informational resource when one is aiming for quick and easy convenience in finding answers in an informal fashion; however, in terms of using it for academic or important research assignments, there was hesitancy due to the editability feature and need for information verification associated with Wikipedia.
I came across the Cartoon below which succinctly highlights one of the main key critique of Wikipedia.
Visual Image Source: http://virtualeconomics.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5b7853ef00e553fdeb818834-800wi
I came across the Cartoon below which succinctly highlights one of the main key critique of Wikipedia.
Visual Image Source: http://virtualeconomics.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5b7853ef00e553fdeb818834-800wi
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I totally see the debate of Wikipedia being a good website for credibility or not. We would have many discussions in our classes in college about if it was or not. However, I don't think it is and would not be a good source to use because of the editing capabilities it has.
ReplyDeleteGreat cartoon! In regard to the debate about Wikipedia being a credible source or not, my thoughts align with the consensus information you mention above. It's great for quick, informal information - and I usually can really understand the concepts per the Wikipedia definitions and various links to related information - but I would not tend to use it in scholarly or academic research assignments because the information comes a variety of sources and can constantly be edited with additional accurate or inaccurate information.
ReplyDeleteHi Leah:
ReplyDeleteThank you for your return feedback. I agree with your statement about Wikipedia's questionable credibility in using it as an academic resource. I was told point blank by a Bird librarian that it was NOT a credible source to use for my offical paper assignments.
Hi Sue:
ReplyDeleteThank you for your return commentary. I totally agree with you. Wikipedia is absolutely wonderful for doing fast informal research; however, it has not reached the level yet to be accepted as a scholarly resource in higher education.
Aja... I like this cartoon! I, personally, would avoid citing Wiki in an academic resource. I would use it only for a quick information. However, there are references cited by Wiki and those resources are very useful for more credible informaion.
ReplyDeleteHi Thinnakorn:
ReplyDeleteThat is an excellent point that you make about the Wikipedia citations. Indeed, many of those sources are quite reliable and credible. Thank you for sharing that important insight.