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Master's Thesis - using wikipedia contents in application
I'm writing a mobile application which will be part of my master's thesis. In my application I'm using contents from the wikipedia (small fragments of articles and pictures) to present my solution on ...
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Examples of research resources for which Wikipedia is known as being amongst top referrers?
Wikimedia sites – and Wikipedias in particular – direct a lot of traffic to many web resources, including research-related ones.
Click stream data is not recorded on the Wikimedia end, ...
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Why are some professors critical of even casual use of Wikipedia?
Many of the professors and lecturers I come across are very critical of Wikipedia, but they never give proper support for their claims of "Wikipedia is bullshit!". And they threaten "Do not use ...
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Should I treat specialized wikis with the same scrutiny as Wikipedia itself?
Suppose I am making a paper on the impact of popular TV shows on the spread of correct knowledge and facts about current and past events. Shows like South Park, The Simpsons and likely others often ...
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