Why Not Wiki?, Duluth teenager humiliates self Options

[thekohser]

Why Not Wiki?
A truly open society

By: Mitch Bradt, East High School

Why is it that every time we have to do projects, papers, research, or whatever, we’re told that we can’t use Wikipedia as a source?

[KamrynMatika]

Why Not Wiki?
A truly open society

By: Mitch Bradt, East High School

Why is it that every time we have to do projects, papers, research, or whatever, we’re told that we can’t use Wikipedia as a source?

He does at a point with this:

No one cares if we use a site that is, say, set up by a 3rd grade history class, as long as it’s not Wikipedia.

I finished school not so long ago, and it's definitely true that whilst you can't cite Wikipedia, your teacher won't blink an eyelid if you cite, say, a random geocities webpage or some random Joe's personal website. Anything you find on Google is fair game, it just seems to be that teachers have a particular bone to pick with Wikipedia. Not that I think Wikipedia should be citeable. But I can see how from a kid's point of view it would seem unfair to not be able to cite it when you can cite just about anything else.