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{{cquote|Free and open communication and information are the absolute cornerstones of creating a brighter world for all mankind. If you consider intelligence not as the information available within an organism, but the knowledge available TO an organism, then we are the smartest people ever to live, in part because Wikipedia has made a world's wealth of ideas accessible to us. |
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The Wiki model of collaboration demonstrates the amazing things we can accomplish together, when the minds of everyone meets the minds of everyone. Who knows what else we can transform. |
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One day, a first class education will available to anyone with an eager mind and an internet connection. |
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As long as Wikipedia can fend off the manipulations of those with an agenda and a desire to control the discourse, it provides Us, the People of the World, with our best hope for something better. |
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Thank you so much Wiki. }} |
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{{cquote|When I was a little child I wanted to know everything there is to know about the world. I used to read whole encyclopaedias just for fun. I felt my brain needed to absorb everything just like exercising your muscles to stay fit. Then the world wide web came into my life. My first CD-ROM-encyclopaedia was Encarta. With the internet I discovered Wikipedia and my view on finding information changed. As a teacher i am confronted with pupils who do not really want to learn anything. Using Wikipedia in classroom changed their point of view drastically. Once we talked about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, they did not know, what it was. One of my students took out his cellphone (which is actually not allowed in class, but I thought, I'd let him use it for the sake of it) and read, what information Wikipedia had on this matter. All students thought, there is no such thing as a garbage patch far far away from Europe actually caused by us. This changed the view on the world for at least my class forever. For the first time they got an idea of what actually happens outside the boundaries of their home country and that everything we do can cause turmoil on the other side of the globe. Thank you, Wikipedia, for providing this piece of information including all the great pictures and diagrams. Carry on like this.}} |
{{cquote|When I was a little child I wanted to know everything there is to know about the world. I used to read whole encyclopaedias just for fun. I felt my brain needed to absorb everything just like exercising your muscles to stay fit. Then the world wide web came into my life. My first CD-ROM-encyclopaedia was Encarta. With the internet I discovered Wikipedia and my view on finding information changed. As a teacher i am confronted with pupils who do not really want to learn anything. Using Wikipedia in classroom changed their point of view drastically. Once we talked about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, they did not know, what it was. One of my students took out his cellphone (which is actually not allowed in class, but I thought, I'd let him use it for the sake of it) and read, what information Wikipedia had on this matter. All students thought, there is no such thing as a garbage patch far far away from Europe actually caused by us. This changed the view on the world for at least my class forever. For the first time they got an idea of what actually happens outside the boundaries of their home country and that everything we do can cause turmoil on the other side of the globe. Thank you, Wikipedia, for providing this piece of information including all the great pictures and diagrams. Carry on like this.}} |
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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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