Comments on: Help End Wikipedia Ignorance

By: Cara Tucker

Cara Tucker — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:05:09 +0000

I recently wrote a short research paper on a film and all of the questions asked I found answers to immediately on Wikipedia. I double-checked any numerical data that could be outdated and of course used multiple sources besides Wikipedia. When the paper was returned to me the professor expressed the wish that I had “dug deeper” for the information instead of using Wikipedia. Why make things harder when the information is absolutely 100 percent correct? I wish more people could trust Wikipedia and that definitely includes professors and other academics.

By: David King

David King — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 02:45:12 +0000

Corporate and government censorship and spin already occurs on Wikipedia routinely. It's also exposed and dealt with on a regular basis. Check out slide 7 here for a list of organizations exposed publicly. More education on how to engage Wikipedia ethically would probably reduce the number of bad actors.

By: Ariel St.Etienne

Ariel St.Etienne — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:08:40 +0000

Wikipedia has always been a controversial subject with my professors. Some allow students to use the website as a source while other completely ban it. I have always found Wikipedia to be reliable and accurate and use it when looking up information on just about anything. Information found on Wikipedia can definitely boost or harm PR for a company, so it is good to know that there are rules for neutrality.

Ariel St.Etienne
Tulane University student

By: Alex Aguilar

Alex Aguilar — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:07:15 +0000

Wikipedia is quickly becoming the great white whale of public relations – everyone’s scrambling to keep up with it.

Type absolutely anything into Google and, more often than not, the first result will be a link to the Wikipedia entry.

I shudder to think of the effect governments and powerful corporate interests will have on Wikipedia – it’s probably already happening behind the scenes and without any of us knowing about it.

By: Jack Hadley

Jack Hadley — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:59:48 +0000

Thanks much, Adam!