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Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Wiki and the U student - JP Leider, Minnesota Daily
Whether it is used for recreational reading, to determine the precise measurements for setting up beer pong or as preliminary research for a paper due the next day, Wikipedia is a necessity to many college students nationwide. The common complaint of the Web-based, collaborative encyclopedia is that of credibility. Wikipedia allows users to edit any unlocked entry in the database, often anonymously. Although a study in late 2005 by the science journal Nature found accuracy in Wikipedia relatively comparable to that of Encyclopedia Britannica, many still question whether it deserves placement among time-tested and accepted reference works.
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