What would you do if wikipedia shut down ?
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Use libraries, as usual?
btw, don't know about you, but my teachers were smart enough to google/wiki and crosscheck it with essays.
btw, don't know about you, but my teachers were smart enough to google/wiki and crosscheck it with essays.
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Lamz0r wrote...
Use libraries, as usual?btw, don't know about you, but my teachers were smart enough to google/wiki and crosscheck it with essays.
You could still pull facts and embed them in your own writing, though. Wiki isn't vital, sure, but it certainly makes information hunting a lot more convenient.
The only field you can't rely on it for is journalism, as proven on umpteen occasions which I cba to link. Made-up facts work in essays etc. where one teacher often won't be abke to disprove them; not so much the case when millions of people are reading your article. Especially good when the information is obviously a joke and the guy doesn't notice; I remember a Guardian article which utilised Wiki for background info on a London festival, and came up with an original name of 'Wanky Balls'. :p
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good point. i often change things around alot so there almost impossible to tell they are from wikipedia.
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animefreak_usa
Child of Samael
Read a fucking book
Read a encyclopedia
Google shit.
Rape a librarian.
Read a encyclopedia
Google shit.
Rape a librarian.
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doswillrule wrote...
You could still pull facts and embed them in your own writing, though. Wiki isn't vital, sure, but it certainly makes information hunting a lot more convenient. The only field you can't rely on it for is journalism, as proven on umpteen occasions which I cba to link. Made-up facts work in essays etc. where one teacher often won't be abke to disprove them; not so much the case when millions of people are reading your article. Especially good when the information is obviously a joke and the guy doesn't notice; I remember a Guardian article which utilised Wiki for background info on a London festival, and came up with an original name of 'Wanky Balls'. :p
Wiki is (or was, for me) a good way to look up sources, which I would then find in the library... the teachers even accepted some quotes from wiki, but handling a copypasta essay was usually a suicide move.
And you reminded me of one quote from TBBT, actually:
"What were you doing yesterday?"
"Messing up articles on wikipedia."
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Go to youtube and type in what i need.
Go to ask.com and type in what i need.
Go to google and type in what i need.
Go to a smart kid and steal his homework.
Go to ask.com and type in what i need.
Go to google and type in what i need.
Go to a smart kid and steal his homework.
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Lamz0r wrote...
Waar wrote...
what's wikipedia?It's a place where cats in hats dance all day long.
*Checks Wiki*
Waar: 'A Mod who's avi is a cat that dances. It also has a hat.'
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Waar
FAKKU Moderator
Lamz0r wrote...
Waar wrote...
what's wikipedia?It's a place where cats in hats dance all day long.
you lied! i see no cats.
