Friday, February 25, 2011

Wikipedia: Advantages and Disadvantages

Wikipedia is a free web encyoclpedia. It can be accessed at www.wikipedia.org. Advantages and Disadvantages are listed below. Please list your experience with Wikipedia.

Advantages of Wikipedia:


- easy to use and navigate through website
- contains millions of articles
- do not need to wait for a publisher to approve of the content
- anyone can add information onto the website
- cited sources at the bottom of the page can lead the user to more related information

Disadvantages of Wikipedia:


- anyone can edit it  
- all the information may not be reliable
- structure of the website is not very organized
- not always accepted as a valid source
- some topics only have general information instead of a detailed description

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