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Wikipedia's scope includes all human knowledge, so we have articles about topics as diverse as science, local history, and popular culture. Volunteers write Wikipedia articles as summaries of the best information on a topic, by summarizing the information found in reliable publications .
Wikipedia, like other encyclopedias, is intended to provide an overview of topics and indicate sources of more extensive and academic information. Many of the general rules of thumb for conducting research apply to Wikipedia, including:
Hello, students! This page is a quick guide to working on Wikipedia for people here as part of school and university projects.. Hopefully, if you're here with an organized project, you'll know what you're intended to do - whether that be creating a new article on a personal topic, or editing a specific one.
Teaching students and patrons how to use Wikipedia as a "starting point" for research, showing how to use information, footnotes and external links to guide searches in library resources. Showing students and patrons how to use article histories and discussion pages to evaluate the articles current status within the Wikipedia community.
Wikipedia Content Expert – If a member of the Wiki Education Foundation's staff has been assigned to your course, you can find them on your course page, and contact them through their talk page to discuss problems and ask questions about Wikipedia (US/Canada only).
Wikipedia is better than standard homework. High school students will never stop using Wikipedia. They will not stop editing it either. Instead of banning or bashing it, perhaps Wikipedia should be applied in the classroom to improve student's research and writing skills.
For students, especially at a tertiary level of education, Wikipedia should only be seen as an entry into a new field of learning. The references supplied will open out into the vast resources of the internet that we are now fortunate to have at our fingertips.
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