G6 : Romain Francke, Adrien Richard, Remi Letellier.
Wiki, Wikipedia, WikiLeaks.
Wikipedia is one of the most visited search engine regarding cultural, historical etc, facts. A lot of students use it everyday to make their homework. But do you really think you could ever have a good mark by simply using Wikipedia?
Have a look at the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFBDn5PiL00
This man is rather persuasive. Do you also think that it is the best source of information?
You are looking for further information about the appearance on earth of a very strange animal. As you are very curious you go on Wikipedia and read an article of the must talked-about animal. You check out the source and you see it is this man, http://www.brest.maville.com/of-photos/2008/05/03/brXX_1383982_1_20080502_px_501__w_ouestfrance_.jpg, a researcher of the CNRS.
Now, you realize there is exactly the same article but the source is different; http://images.forum-auto.com/mesimages/35666/accident-velo-mec-bourre.jpg, a man in the landscape.
What do you think: 1°) Amazing! This animal is the most wonderful ever!
2°) Is it really true?!
3°) Wiki said it! I can believe in.
Read this article: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/the-dark-side-of-wikipedia
What do you think about it? Does it seem to you absurd or just exaggerated if yes, how could you explain the number of comments? Maybe refer to other sources might be preferable…
Read this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks
According to this article, Wikileaks released controversial information about foreign politic issues like military blunders and has been reward many times. Does those submissions, that we don’t know where they come from, may be dangerous for political institutions and international relationship?
Answer to this quiz:
_You have to deliver your homework for tomorrow. It deals with American civilization. Yet nothing is done! What would you do? *_You directly find it out on Wikipedia.
+_You pounce on the library in order to have the more sources and information you can get.
$_You decide to buy ice-cream.
_If you want to get information, what would you choose? $ _I prefer TV, there is no need to read anything…
*_I’m always on the internet, wiki is at my fingertip
+_Newspaper is the best.
_According to you which one is the most reliable? $_TV
+ _Newspaper
* _Wikipedia
_ There is a ban on using Wikipedia to do your homework: $_ Never mind
*_ Damn it
+_Great, we won’t have the same databases!
_ Will you carry on searching on wiki? *_ Yes
$_ I’ve never searched anyway…
+_ NO
If you have at least 3 * responses, you have complete confidence in wiki.
If you have at least 3 $ responses, this quiz will never affect you.
If you have at least 3 + responses, you are suspicious.
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