ahh... my bad...

[andylawcc]

ooops...

 

[Ika]

Wiki... pedia? Or all Wikis in general?

 

[ViviTheMage]

why wicki...its a pretty nice thing to have available.

 

[Imported]

Wow? That seems absurd.

 

[preslove]

Originally posted by: Imported
Wow? That seems absurd.

 

[yobarman]

They probably don't want wiki being referenced on student papers

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: Aflac
Wiki... pedia? Or all Wikis in general?

 

[DaiShan]

So the institution of higher learning that you attend blocked access to the free exchange of information, intentionally crippling the marketplace of ideas? Good school. I hope you aren't paying 40k a year for an education there...

 

[Hacp]

My campus blocked my vent. I can't raid anymore(thats why i'm posting here)

 

[mugs]

Kind of strange... if they don't want you to use it as a source for papers (which you shouldn't), just don't allow it as a source.

 

[aswedc]

That's idiotic. Wikipedia might not be a scholarly source, but more often than not it's more accurate than the mainstream media about any sort of complicated subject...

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: mugs
Kind of strange... if they don't want you to use it as a source for papers (which you shouldn't), just don't allow it as a source.

Agreed.

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: KoolDrew

Originally posted by: Aflac
Wiki... pedia? Or all Wikis in general?

wikipedia is blocked for sure. Wiktionary is not. but I don't there are any other Wikis...

Originally posted by: mugs
Kind of strange... if they don't want you to use it as a source for papers (which you shouldn't), just don't allow it as a source.

Cuz most of the students in my school are retards and would actually use Wiki as a source AND acknowledge it in the Works Cited page. I am not all too surprised that our school would ban it altogether to reduce the hassle from the professor.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: andylawcc
Cuz most of the students in my school are retards and would actually use Wiki as a source AND acknowledge it in the Works Cited page. I am not all too surprised that our school would ban it altogether to reduce the hassle from the professor.

Well, isn't that the Prof's job? To knock points off for crap sources? ....or at least it should be a TA's job.

The irony here is that wikipedia often links to valid sources for citing. I'd wonder what else your school blocks.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: andylawcc

Originally posted by: KoolDrew

Originally posted by: Aflac
Wiki... pedia? Or all Wikis in general?

wikipedia is blocked for sure. Wiktionary is not. but I don't there are any other Wikis...

Originally posted by: mugs
Kind of strange... if they don't want you to use it as a source for papers (which you shouldn't), just don't allow it as a source.

Cuz most of the students in my school are retards and would actually use Wiki as a source AND acknowledge it in the Works Cited page. I am not all too surprised that our school would ban it altogether to reduce the hassle from the professor.

Read essay, give score, go to bibliography, halve score if wikipedia found in reference section.
Simple enough.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Learn to use Google's cached pages?

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Read essay, give score, go to bibliography, halve score if wikipedia found in reference section.
Simple enough.

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
Well, isn't that the Prof's job? To knock points off for crap sources? ....or at least it should be a TA's job.
The irony here is that wikipedia often links to valid sources for citing. I'd wonder what else your school blocks.

sigh... that's our school alright. (well, MAYBE maybe wiki is down, I am not sure, I will check again)

 

[Kadarin]

That reminds me of a class I took once (was some kind of writing course) where the instructor explicitly stated that we could make up sources, so long as we cited them correctly. The reason being that the research itself wasn't the point in that class.

 

[Juno]

not mine. i love RIT.

 

[Raiden256]

What school?

 

[acemcmac]

WHY? The whole point of the internet is communication!!!

 

[Kinslayer777]

That's ridiculous, is this college or freaking elementary school!!

Stay away from that uni

 

[andylawcc]

oops! Wiki wasn't blocked after all, it could have been down for a while... but now's its up and running.

now please excuse me as I write my paper which is to be completed in seconds.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Was down for me for a few minutes, too.

 

[waggy]

hahahahah