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Re: RIP Encarta, long live Wikipedia

Herschel Tillman — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 01:47:22 -0000

The reviewer, Noam Cohen, says that Wikipedia may be the closest thing to a metropolis yet seen online.

Re: RIP Encarta, long live Wikipedia

Matrimony Site — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 03:21:26 -0000

Wikipedia is the king of the kings. No one is going to buy encyclopaedia software anymore even if its the best out there. Because one day or another the software will get old and need to be updated. Wikipedia is constantly getting updates, I've personally seen certain events occur and they would be on wikipedia within the same day. Even the an article of something one would never think of in their life would be in wiki.

Re: RIP Encarta, long live Wikipedia

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Yup, this is very true. I pity the other best selling books. But why not go with the flow? They should follow Wikipedia's way too.

Re: RIP Encarta, long live Wikipedia

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Yup, this is very true. I pity the other best selling books. But why not go with the flow? They should follow Wikipedia's way too.

Re: RIP Encarta, long live Wikipedia

create a resume — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:00:45 -0000

some articles of wikipedia is not accurate people is too dependent to wikipedia not knowing encarta is more accurate than wikipedia.

Re: RIP Encarta, long live Wikipedia

Nile Cruises — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:35:01 -0000

Well Wikipedia has taken over other encyclopedias on the internet. Wiki is really quick and easy to use. You can also get additional information and reviews about something on wiki. Wiki network has become huge.

Re: RIP Encarta, long live Wikipedia

How To Lose Weight — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:23:07 -0000

Wikipedia is way ahead of it's peers. Most of their competitors have been forced to shut down. There's totally no competition.

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Re: RIP Encarta, long live Wikipedia

Stock Blog — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:18:51 -0000

It just goes to show you that Microsoft blew it with their shunning of open-source software. Whether it's an operating system, a browser, or a Microsoft Office open source clone, open source routinely beats Microsoft. It was Microsoft that began giving away programs free with their operating systems that bankrupted alot of companies years ago. You would think they would have learned by now how to capitalize and make money off things that are "free" and how open-source connects with this. Wikipedia is awesome.

Re: RIP Encarta, long live Wikipedia

rockbandpromotion — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:19:08 -0000

I remember using Encarta for my projects in grade school. I seriously can't remember using it much since then. Wikipedia really has just taken over.

Re: RIP Encarta, long live Wikipedia

Karen Huff — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:12:32 -0000

I agree with this, I had used Encarta for a long time and it has been very beneficial for me but as time comes Wikipedia had taken Encarta's place being the number one well Wikipedia had been in the top 10 most visited sites all over the world

Re: RIP Encarta, long live Wikipedia

Fendi Sunglasses — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:39:00 -0000

Wikipedia really beats Encarta.. I'm not surprise to know that Encarta will be dissolve.. Wikipedia really updates their list..
nice post..

Re: RIP Encarta, long live Wikipedia

The Health Blog — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:10:28 -0000

Although Wikipedia is powerful. A lot of schools nowadays are banning it as a resource medium.

Re: RIP Encarta, long live Wikipedia

Todd Herring — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:46:44 -0000

Quoting from an encyclopaedia has never been a big hit in higher education, at least when writing a term paper and certainly whenever doing "real" research. If a professor assigns a research paper, they expect students to gather information from scholarly journals, and rightly so perhaps. However, many professors ban the citing of anything from Wikipedia, even for the "common knowledge" tidbits. They reason that since anyone can edit a Wikipedia entry, it isn't trustworthy as a source. What they fail to acknowledge is that *any* source can contain false or misleading information (remember the NY Times incident a few years ago).

At some point, when a younger generation of professors begins to emerge, the academy will see that Wikipedia (or whatever supplants it in popularity) is the ultimate peer-reviewed source of information. A tougher question remains. What do the next 10 years look like for faculty in terms of publishing original research, promotion, and tenure. If faculty research can be reviewed by peers on the Internet using something like Ning or GoogleDocs or some homegrown website, how long will the top scholarly journals have a stranglehold on prestige and influence? Will young, rock star researchers be passed over for promotion because they publish in non-traditional ways? At first, perhaps, but not for long. The times they are a'changin'....

Re: RIP Encarta, long live Wikipedia

terminsurance — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:16:05 -0000

Yup, this is very true. I pity the other best selling books. But why not go with the flow? They should follow Wikipedia's way too.

Re: RIP Encarta, long live Wikipedia

Quotes — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:23:46 -0000

There's nothing that can beat Wikipedia, It has gone good to better with the passage of time! Hence I am not surprised to know that Encarta is going to shut down by October!

Thanks
Chris

Re: RIP Encarta, long live Wikipedia

Daniel Patricio — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:55:07 -0000

I really do think Wikipedia is a positive and shining example of the ability of our generate to collaborate and create knowledge.

However so many people from our society especially from the education sector are ignorant of the underlying concepts of open collaboration.

In the recent article in the Star they say we 'rely too-much on wikipedia' - personally I see it as the incapability of the education system to understand the way we communicate and collaborate.

http://www.thestar.com/News...