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{{cquote|As an academic I encourage my students to use Wikipedia as a starting point. I use it that way too. I also value being able to use links on my blog - democracy street - direct and as a portal for further sources. I have also submitted about 5 articles- on my step-father Jack Hargreaves and on my mentor Denys Raynor and on my favourite urban green spaces, Handsworth Park and Black Patch Park. I enjoy and value the iterative approach to knowledge that is the essence of Wikipedia. I also value the tough but mostly fair regulatory process that allows Wikipedia to maintain articles involving polarised and contested narratives. There's no such thing as neutral history but this must be one of the ways to head in the direction of that enigmatic thing we call 'truth'. }} |
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{{cquote|The modern internet has been shaped by Wikipedia in ways no-one could have expected. Ten years ago, if someone wanted to learn, even topically, about a new subject, it may have taken them several hours to find the information, and it would be disorganized and unsorted. Now, Wikipedia is searched millions of times a day for casual interest, conversational dialogue, historical and political coverage, and is, in short, the best and largest single-source repository of moderated information on the internet. The world has changed, and Wikipedia is an undeniable and unshakable pillar of the information age.}} |
{{cquote|The modern internet has been shaped by Wikipedia in ways no-one could have expected. Ten years ago, if someone wanted to learn, even topically, about a new subject, it may have taken them several hours to find the information, and it would be disorganized and unsorted. Now, Wikipedia is searched millions of times a day for casual interest, conversational dialogue, historical and political coverage, and is, in short, the best and largest single-source repository of moderated information on the internet. The world has changed, and Wikipedia is an undeniable and unshakable pillar of the information age.}} |
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Wikipedia is Changing Lives
Here are just a few of the amazing stories that our users shared with us. We thank them for their willingness to tell their story about Wikipedia.
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A story from Romania:
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