Wikipedia

Throughout history, human beings have more benefited from the Wikipedia than any other encyclopedias because of the conveniently accessing and easily searching of Wikipedia. Since Wikipedia is free for anyone to look for some quick and basic information, it is widely used by students and academics for introductory concepts. When people try to familiarize or need background information about a topic, they can search on Wikipedia to gain some particularly useful materials even though it is not a reliable

youth: don’t believe everything you hear. Today, many adolescents use websites like Google and Wikipedia to help them research for any projects. They see it as a quick way to answer any question because all they have to do is type in the question and write down what the screen tell them. Little do they know, they could be writing down false evidence simply because they trusted the internet. Wikipedia is not appropriate for academic research because it can be edited and posted by anyone and false

encyclopedia website, Wikipedia, provides general information varying from movies, television shows, theories, concepts and much more information to users comprising of individuals twenty years old or younger, known as “digital natives” (Prensky, 2001). Authorship, meaning to be the originator or writer of an idea (Oxford Dictionaries, 2014) is valued by “literate man”(McCluhan,1969) compared to that of a “digital native”. Controversy is created concerning the use of Wikipedia since “literate man”

Knowledge Tools Though Pepperl+Fuchs do have a Wikipedia page; they are not fully taking advantage of Wikipedia and what it can provide. Their Wikipedia page has all the normality’s that other Wikipedia pages have such as their company history/background, the technologies that they provide, where they have market presence, and even the different automation divisions that they provide. They are using Wikipedia to optimize their search engine existence. Wikipedia is usually the second hit in Google search

able to learn many things by adopting and editing a Wikipedia page. Most composition classes would never use Wikipedia, but in this class we were able to utilize it to learn. This semester the class was told to pick an article, and it would be theirs to edit for the rest of the semester. My article was over the musical cult-western film called The Terror of Tiny Town, which was the only film to feature an all dwarf cast. By adopting this Wikipedia page, I was presented with challenges that other students

4 RE S ULTS We implemented the methods proposed in sec- tion 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 and made it available for a free use on our Regen Server. It can be accessed using the link: http://regen.informatics.iupui. edu:8080/WebForBVI/index.jsp. The user in- terface looks as shown in Figure 9. Web Filtering: We developed a generalized Figure 9. User Interface tool where you can enter any kind of web site’s URL and click on filter button as shown in Figure 10, then you will get

situation to the world for a full twenty-four hours. Why would Wikipedia, an online giant, shut down their website? The consequences are huge, a loss of much-solicited donations to the company and advertising money. The answer is simple. What Wikipedia is trying to do is raise awareness about two bills: the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act, or SOPA and PIPA (Wikipedia, “Stop Online Piracy Act, Protect IP Act”). Soon after Wikipedia, other websites joined in the

integration of the internet as a reference guide into everyday life has been Wikipedia. About Wikipedia: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia , is a free to use, freely modifiable Online Encyclopedia which is run by the not-for-profit Wikimedia Foundation. It was founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in 2001. It is the most popular and most extensive reference guide on the Internet. Any Wikipedia user has the power to create new Wikipedia articles or modify existing ones to the best of his knowledge. Though

such as Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia created by Jimmy Wales. It uses a Wiki software, which allows anyone to create, edit, share and copy articles. Wikipedia is run by thousands and thousands of contributors from all around the world who write articles in many languages and post them live on the Internet. Thus, the use of the Internet in Media Democracy allows the society to have a broad and quick access to the information through learning websites. However, the use of Wikipedia in Media

Editing and the Crisis of Open Source The Free Software movement that began in 1985 and the newer "open source" movement, represented a serious threat to traditional methods of production and distribution. The idea of a non-proprietary method of cultural exchange was and is a radical departure from traditional models that have come to restrict creativity and free exchange. In the ensuing years, there was a gradual drift away from ideas of non-proprietary toward ideas of access to software’s code