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{{cquote|Wikipedia has been a way for me, as a disabled retiree with limited access to libraries, to discover with great delight the energy and precision that so many of the contributors to Wikipedia provide, without any hope of gain or even recognition. |
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Wikipedia approaches what I imagine a Jungian version of the collective unconscious would be were it made explicit. |
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I particularly respect the contributions by persons from different cultures who can explain from within the meaning of their symbolic languages in a way that I can comprehend. For example, I never properly understood the concept of "avatar" without the contributions of Wikipedia volunteers. }} |
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{{cquote| I am an educator. And my own education is important as well. I spend a lot of time learning about the world - brain science, history, and teaching in my case - from the usual sources. And yet, these usual sources - research articles, books, podcast, etc, - are too one-dimensional. They provide information on just the topics that author chooses to cover, whereas real learning is multi-dimensional, and must take a course unique to each learner. Wikipedia lets me make that own course to increase the dimensions. When I am read about dopamine and I want to find out more about basal ganglia, I turn to Wikipedia. When I am read a history book that lacks maps or pictures of the participants, I search them out on Wikipedia. When I read about Paulo Freire and want to know how he died, I turn to Wikipedia. Wikipedia adds unlimited dimensions to my education. }} |
{{cquote| I am an educator. And my own education is important as well. I spend a lot of time learning about the world - brain science, history, and teaching in my case - from the usual sources. And yet, these usual sources - research articles, books, podcast, etc, - are too one-dimensional. They provide information on just the topics that author chooses to cover, whereas real learning is multi-dimensional, and must take a course unique to each learner. Wikipedia lets me make that own course to increase the dimensions. When I am read about dopamine and I want to find out more about basal ganglia, I turn to Wikipedia. When I am read a history book that lacks maps or pictures of the participants, I search them out on Wikipedia. When I read about Paulo Freire and want to know how he died, I turn to Wikipedia. Wikipedia adds unlimited dimensions to my education. }} |
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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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