For my Wikipepdia assignment I created a username and monitored this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte. There was a lot of information on Charlotte already, so where ever I saw any discrepancies that I knew weren't factual I edited it. Since I am from Charlotte I only edited topics that I was familiar with. But I did not have to edit a lot because much of the information was true.
For the most part I would say that I enjoyed the assignment. I myself use Wikipedia a lot just to find quick fun facts. Although all of the information can not be trusted, some of it is true. I think it should be up to the desecration of the reader to judge for themselves what is false.
Wikipedia for me is important to the internet. The fact that it can be edited by anyone adds to its importance because in some instances you are getting complete unfiltered information. For example, me being a resident of Charlotte can add information on Wikipedia that no one else would know about, unless they are from the city. Yes of course that information can be false or true, but you can choose to believe it for yourself. I think that Wikipedia helps us to research things for ourselves. Just because a book says it doesn't mean it is true. We should find truth for ourselves.
History of Wikipedia:
In the future I probably would not edit anything from Wikipedia again. But I would definitely continue to use it for my on needs. I enjoy going on it to look up cities and anything else I am interested in.
As far as the classroom goes I believe you could use Wikipedia in an assignment to teach students how conduct proper research and not be dependent on just one source.
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