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{{cquote|I met my husband, a resident of New Jersey, two-and-a-half years ago, coincidentally while I was in Canada studying for the New York Bar. Our "dates" often began after I spent the day in class and at the library, and consisted of long-distance conversations with my then-suitor. He had plenty of comments on my studies of the day gleaned from Wikipedia on criminal law; Wikipedia on Estates; Wikipedia (and his own knowledge) on securities law. I was charmed. We've since (very happily) married, we're in this crazy economy together, and we use wikipedia to do house repairs now.}} |
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{{cquote|I've been using Wikipedia since 2006. I've always loved it, first as a nifty toy/tool, and now, more or less, as an authoritative source. I realize that anyone can provide information on Wikipedia, and at first this truth reduced a small measure of respect for the credibility of information that the site presents. However, as a recent college graduate, I realize that simply because information is published and cited, doesn't keep it from being biased-- or even true-- 100 percent of the time. Filtering information's credibility is the job of the reader. Wikipedia makes this filtering process as easy as any electronically or physically published work. I love the ability wikipedia has to satiate the curiosity that I have, from a fleeting question about a childhood cartoon, to an in-depth interest in scientific theory, or italian renaissance art. Information is available, ignorance is no longer permissible, and our world just may expand exponentially because of this website. To the administrators of Wikipedia: thank you for your ground-breaking work.}} |
{{cquote|I've been using Wikipedia since 2006. I've always loved it, first as a nifty toy/tool, and now, more or less, as an authoritative source. I realize that anyone can provide information on Wikipedia, and at first this truth reduced a small measure of respect for the credibility of information that the site presents. However, as a recent college graduate, I realize that simply because information is published and cited, doesn't keep it from being biased-- or even true-- 100 percent of the time. Filtering information's credibility is the job of the reader. Wikipedia makes this filtering process as easy as any electronically or physically published work. I love the ability wikipedia has to satiate the curiosity that I have, from a fleeting question about a childhood cartoon, to an in-depth interest in scientific theory, or italian renaissance art. Information is available, ignorance is no longer permissible, and our world just may expand exponentially because of this website. To the administrators of Wikipedia: thank you for your ground-breaking work.}} |
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