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{{cquote|Thank you for creating Wikipedia under free and open license and promoting the access to collaborative and comprehensive knowledge for everyone. The success and growth of Wikipedia is evidence to me of the overwhelming benevolent nature of the human race. Many early critics claimed that the open editing and authorship policy of Wikipedia would be too vulnerable to malicious acts of defacement, deliberate dissemination of false information, use of the site to promote controversial and one-sided viewpoints, and suffer from the relatively uninformed with a "dangerous level of knowledge" drowning out the experts and accurate information. I feel that without a doubt Wikipedia has demonstrated this is not true, and the collaborative efforts and pooled knowledge across all produces high quality publication with accuracy, growing depth, and a breadth beyond anything obtained yet in human history. |
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I read at least one Wikipedia article a day, but I have yet to edit or create one. I have however started using Wikimedia's software for the open development of documentation for computational biology software I have published as part of my research at Cornell University. The Wikimedia system is powerful and yet amazingly simple, something software developers such as myself strive to achieve yet it can be quite difficult to do so. |
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Thanks again for all your hard work. I hope to begin contributing to Wikipedia's growing body of knowledge in the areas which I have expertise soon, and continually throughout my career.}} |
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{{cquote|I am a university theatre professor on sabbatical writing an acting book on Playing the Clowns of Shakespeare. I have multiple books that I use as sources but because the Renaissance- Shakespeare's writing period- is built on a myriad of classical and neoclassical dramatists and humanist philosophers and writers I would often need to simply date and clarify individuals and information. Wikipedia has saved me hours of time and set me off on some very interesting tangents that have improved my work. As a teacher I ask my students to go beyond Wikipedia but it is a wonderful place to start to focus their journey. Thanks.}} |
{{cquote|I am a university theatre professor on sabbatical writing an acting book on Playing the Clowns of Shakespeare. I have multiple books that I use as sources but because the Renaissance- Shakespeare's writing period- is built on a myriad of classical and neoclassical dramatists and humanist philosophers and writers I would often need to simply date and clarify individuals and information. Wikipedia has saved me hours of time and set me off on some very interesting tangents that have improved my work. As a teacher I ask my students to go beyond Wikipedia but it is a wonderful place to start to focus their journey. Thanks.}} |
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