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{{cquote|Wikipedia changes the world every second of every minute of every day. This site means I can learn what I want, when I want, how I want, without having to sacrifice my cognitive capacity to advertisers. Jesus, some of my graduate-level university texts have advertisements in them! This ultimate, ad-free, collaborative, open and free source of knowledge means I don't have to buy a book or go to the library to access basic information that I need!! This site does not eliminate the library, it instead gives me more incentive to access library resources. It also gives me an opportunity to participate in actively drafting history. Wikipedia also provides creative commons licensing, which sometimes means I can obtain photographs or documents I would otherwise, potentially, have to pay for. Way to go Jimmy Wales, you asked and you received.}} |
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{{cquote|I am a university professor of engineering with interests in music and history. Next week, I am taking my students on a study tour of industrial sites in Germany and the Check Republic. We will visit the Porsche and BMW factories in Leipzig and the Toyota in Prague. We will attend concerts and opera and ballet performances. In organizing the tour, I needed to learn, inter alia, about the creation of the Porsche factory, architect Zaha Hadid who designed the BMW factory, the Toyota production system, Johann Sebastian Bach, about the bombing of Dresden and the Frauenkirche, about the history of the Czech Republic and much more about technology, history, and music. I was able to find out about all I needed thanks to the Wikipedia. Thanks to the Wikipedia could schedule visits and presentations easily. Thanks Wikipedia, keep up the good work.}} |
{{cquote|I am a university professor of engineering with interests in music and history. Next week, I am taking my students on a study tour of industrial sites in Germany and the Check Republic. We will visit the Porsche and BMW factories in Leipzig and the Toyota in Prague. We will attend concerts and opera and ballet performances. In organizing the tour, I needed to learn, inter alia, about the creation of the Porsche factory, architect Zaha Hadid who designed the BMW factory, the Toyota production system, Johann Sebastian Bach, about the bombing of Dresden and the Frauenkirche, about the history of the Czech Republic and much more about technology, history, and music. I was able to find out about all I needed thanks to the Wikipedia. Thanks to the Wikipedia could schedule visits and presentations easily. Thanks Wikipedia, keep up the good work.}} |
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