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Recently, I had to provide a background report to my organization regarding certain software metrics like the McCabe index. I first searched on Wikipedia and had a complete guide on the subject, with detailed explanation and even an algorithm, which has helped me to counter certain arguments made by an external review team and solidify our position with my customer. }} |
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{{cquote|Wikipedia is amazing. It is everyone's first go to tool. When I was completing my degree in biological anthropology at Boston University, I was consistently surprised that citing wikipedia wasn't an acceptable means of demonstrating research, but it was still the place to start any academic or intellectual inquiry for everyone from the 85 year old professors, to the grad students, and obviously to the undergrads |
{{cquote|Wikipedia is amazing. It is everyone's first go to tool. When I was completing my degree in biological anthropology at Boston University, I was consistently surprised that citing wikipedia wasn't an acceptable means of demonstrating research, but it was still the place to start any academic or intellectual inquiry for everyone from the 85 year old professors, to the grad students, and obviously to the undergrads |
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Revision as of 03:14, 18 February 2011
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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.
- From our 2010-2011 Fundraiser
- From our 2009-2010 fundraiser
A story from Romania:
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You can find the article that Adama started in the French Wikipedia: Agnam-Goly.
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