Friday, 19 September 2008

Wikipedia:

Wikipedia


Wikipedia is a world wide used website; the contents of Wikipedia could be anything in any subject. There is a search engine used to type in the subject you wish to learn about and anybody of any age could use this information, as it is not directed at a certain audience but for people to get information and facts of the website. It is laid out in a complicated way so this could be a disadvantage to those that could find it boring and dull. There is a lot more writing that there are pictures and some people could be overwhelmed by the amount of information that Wikipedia gives, there is at least several paragraphs on the subject which includes hyperlinks to other subjects as well. It does not some up the information but gives a very detailed description of what it is and its history etc. Some people could find this a good way of learning though to help with education. But there is not always a certainty that the facts are true and the complication Wikipedia gives could make people very confused. Wikipedia is open to everybody and is a very popular site even though people can sign on and change some of the facts on Wikipedia. This makes information that you want to know very unreliable and even bizarre. There could also be inappropriate contents with the many pages and subjects involved in the site. Unreliability in an education website could be teaching facts that are actually not true

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