Wikipedia

I've been keeping up with the course Wiki throughout the semester, as evidenced by my angry blog entries in which I wished to battle the website because...I was dumb and forgot to log in, hence not having some work acknowledged.

That said, I was working on a couple of entries yesterday when it dawned on me: This really isn't that bad. Or hard. It's neither, actually. The most difficult part about the Wiki, in fact, is remembering to do it. But other than that, it has not destroyed my soul in any manner. I enjoy having the power to correct other's entries and figure out how to provide the most "accurate" definition. Actually using the Wiki has made me more skeptical about the information I search for on Wikipedia. After all, if hacks like me can post on there, who knows what other information people are posting.

I think a particularly interesting assignment would be for Dr. Reid to ask us to define one term -- the same term -- in our personal blogs. The variance, I'm sure, would be great. Such an exercise would show just how difficult it is to have one authoritative source of information. Wikipedia may not have the final say, but with the evolution of history and science, neither do the academics.