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Wikipedia

and Its Acceptance in Schools
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Parents and teachers are always saying,

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"Never believe anything you read on the internet."

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IT is filled with

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beliefs are abundant,

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But the question remains,

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is it really all that

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Like everything,

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The Internet

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Good

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bad

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Over the years,

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Information

has become more easily accessible,
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and is now

more accessible than ever,
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with

  • 2.4 billion internet users
  • 367 million active websites
  • 62 percent of internet users researching
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one of these websites is

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Wikipedia

the free encyclopedia
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WHICH HAS more than

  • 1.5 billion page edits
  • 25 million articles
  • 287 language editions of articles
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despite this,

Wikipedia falls into a gray area
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Reputable,

Some consider Wikipedia to be
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unreliable

while some consider it to be 
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Wikipedia is mainly not trusted because

anyone can edit it,
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however,

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wikipedia should be

allowed as a source for information in school because
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vandalism

is quickly fixed, plus there is an edit history.
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its accuracy

is comparable to that of the Encyclopædia Britannica, 
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It is Sourced,

plus it has an edit history.
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To begin,

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"vandalism"

is when people intentionally put false information on an article.
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Although vandalism occurs, 

it is not that common and does not stay posted for long.
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Not only that,

but when it occurs,
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It is usually fixed very quickly.

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a 2007 study found that,

"42% of damage is repaired almost immediately".
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There have been

many examples of Wikipedia vandalism
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including,

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verify suspicions,

although this may seem to only 
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these are only a few examples,

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and most of them were already

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fixed

when the pictures were taken!
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Beyond that, 

wikipedia contains an
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edit history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Page_history
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this contains

Information on things such as
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edit wars,

which are battles where people edit an article back and forth.
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Additionally,

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wikipedia's accuracy

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is comparable to that of a real encyclopedia.

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In a 2005 study,

Wikipedia and the Encyclopædia Britannica were compared.
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The results

showed that the two were comparable in:
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number of errors,

which was the main test.
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There have been

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many comparisons

of the two, and they all seem to have
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the same conclusion,

saying that they are mostly comparable.
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Finally,

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sources

Wikipedia uses
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in school,

we have to cite our work, and so does Wikipedia
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Wikipedia

is full of citations.
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Look at this example:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat
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it isn't as easy.

Although you can follow citations to their websites,
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Extra work.

It creates
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wikipedia

has enough sources to be used.
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All in all,

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Wikipedia

should be accepted in schools because
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vandalism

is quickly fixed, it is
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comparable

to a trusted encyclopedia, and it has many
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citations.

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ask for a change

in our school.
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let's save ourselves the work

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believe

You can
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internet,

what you see on the
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Just be careful.

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