Wikipedia Now a Teaching Tool –Wow

Deborah Jones writes, “Once shunned by academics, Wikipedia now a teaching tool“.
I’m not sure what Ms. Jones refers to when she mentions that Wikipedia was shunned by academia. I remember my philosophy prof Wesley Cooper at the U of A giving his ok on it.

Regardless of consistent quality, I’ve always used Wikipedia as a starting point, meaning that I mainly looked it up to find source material. In this way, I used it just like any other encyclopaedia. I honestly can’t see how an university paper could be written any other way, other than going to the sources. A good university student writing an essay can’t be content with only citing one encyclopaedia, even Britannica at that. If this were the case, this would show a lack of research, specifically depth, and interest on the part of the student.

As for Britannica, it has had its own problems. I recall one embarrassing article that contained hearsay. This article lasted many years before it was fixed.

Klara Knapek Passes Away

I’ve never done this before, but I wanted to write a little something on a late high school girl with which I went to school. My friend Cec Latorre notified me that Klara passed away. We both went to school with her at O’Leary high school in Edmonton, Alberta. I don’t clearly remember Klara Knapek, but I feel it necessary to bring attention to her untimely death.

Klara died falling off a cliff that ended in 30 metre drop onto a boulder field in a sleeping bag. Snowmobilers were unable to revive her. We can hope that she didn’t suffer. She was 33 years old.

My Composer Article Gets Picked Up

Well, I got published by a third party. My article on Composer (that I originally wrote for this blog) got picked up by FSM (Free Software Magazine), and –after editing– is part of issue #22. Read it at FSM.

Maurice Cepeda

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