Wiki...
Where do they come up with these names? Well, what type of web design student would I be, if I didn't google where the word wiki comes from? Wiki wiki means "quick" in the Polynesian language. Well, that makes sense. Wiki is quick.
Last fall, after watching a documentary on Woodstock, I went through a little period where I could not get enough infomation about the festival and what was happening in the world at that time. I was amazed mostly by the amount of people that gathered for the event...400,000. I had no idea. When I searched on-line for more information...wikipedia had just what I was looking for. Mountains of information on the festival, the producers and the performers. With a few simple clicks my curiosity was satisfied.
I do think many wiki's could have false information. So, if there is something serious I would need to research; like history of a war, a country, a race, (hmmm not a music festival), I would want to confirm the information found. As for the sites not being allowed for school. I can see that too. Seems there should be some effort put into the needed "research" for an assignment. Cliff notes cannot replace the experience of reading a book, nor can "google" replace "researching" a topic in it's entirety. At least, it seems it shouldn't be able too, but then again I can be a bit old fashion at times and it just doesn't seem appropiate to be able to complete school work with wikipedia..."but the times, they are a-changin'"...and he wasn't even at the festival :).
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