Thing 15 Evaluating Information
Thing 15 Evaluating Information Before looking at Thing 15 I would have rarely looked at Wikipedia except for a general overview of a topic. I probably had a negative viewpoint about it which was why I rarely visited the site. Now that I know how it works it does highlight my misconceptions. It is good to know that it has improved the encyclopaedias that I grew up with – The Joy of Knowledge was collected in our house. It is good to have the Reading Lists that we can go to and explore a topic in more detail and it is encouraging that a lot of these references are available for free. It is also comforting to know that Wikipedia keep an eye on edits and these can be reverted back within a relatively short space of time. One of the weaknesses described in the interview was diversity within Wikipedia and probably people have the misconceptions, which then stops them getting involved in Editing. I think it is a good initiative to get Librarians involved 1lib1ref. I looked at
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