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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />In the Defense of [b]Wikipedia[/b]
The Bell Ringer
To your dismay, Sliced Bread, the time has come to cede your lofty status as the Greatest Thing Ever to Wikipedia. Seriously, I am hopelessly addicted to the self-styled “free encyclopedia.†There is literally nothing that I won't look up on Wikipedia ...
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Typical Augusta State student writing:
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Because Wikipedia relies solely on user contributions for its articles, there is seemingly nothing under the sun that the Website can’t provide you with a pretty solid education on.
QUOTE(thekohser @ Wed 14th September 2011, 6:54pm) 
Typical Augusta State student writing:
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Because Wikipedia relies solely on user contributions for its articles, there is seemingly nothing under the sun that the Website can’t provide you with a pretty solid education on.
And he's their "chief reporter"...
QUOTE(thekohser @ Wed 14th September 2011, 11:54am)
Typical Augusta State student writing:
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Because Wikipedia relies solely on user contributions for its articles, there is seemingly nothing under the sun that the Website can’t provide you with a pretty solid education on.
Effective placement of prepositions?
QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Thu 15th September 2011, 3:29am)
QUOTE(thekohser @ Wed 14th September 2011, 11:54am)
Typical Augusta State student writing:
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Because Wikipedia relies solely on user contributions for its articles, there is seemingly nothing under the sun that the Website can’t provide you with a pretty solid education on.
Effective placement of prepositions?
I could live with that, but "free reign"?
(If in doubt, ask Horsey.) Speaking of common misspellings, if you ever feel nauseated by "ad nauseum", please drop the offender a link to WP:Nauseum.
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Gregory Kohs Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation.
September 14th, 2011 at 6:54 pm
After you graduate from Augusta State, one hopes that you’ll have matured enough to see the problem with even the “closely watched†Wikipedia articles that have many citations. I’m not going to go into detail here what I’m talking about, as you still seem to be in that 2006 glow of “Wikipediot Aweâ€. Go ahead, bask in that glow for another year or two, but just remember your friendly National Wiki Edits Examiner warned that you’d grow out of this phase.
September 14th, 2011 at 6:54 pm
After you graduate from Augusta State, one hopes that you’ll have matured enough to see the problem with even the “closely watched†Wikipedia articles that have many citations. I’m not going to go into detail here what I’m talking about, as you still seem to be in that 2006 glow of “Wikipediot Aweâ€. Go ahead, bask in that glow for another year or two, but just remember your friendly National Wiki Edits Examiner warned that you’d grow out of this phase.
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