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Creators of Wikipedia invent new, immersive form of
Wikipedia called the library
EVAN IVKOVIC
Staff Writer
The future is finally here. The creators of
Wikipedia have done it again, inventing a new,
immersive form of Wikipedia called the library. “It
used to be that you were
at a distance from Wikipedia, staring at it from your
screen monitor. With the
invention of the library, we
have revolutionized how you
can use Wikipedia so that it
is a much more integrative
experience. You can grab
and touch Wikipedia now,
you can smell Wikipedia,
and you can even live in
Wikipedia. The library is
a truly transcendent thing”,
said Jimmy Wales, one
of the two co-founders of
Wikipedia.
depending on how much exposition the author
wishes to do. This is an imperfect analogy,
but it’s nevertheless a useful one. Ultimately,
you have to see and use books to appreciate
their distinctive qualities.” Sanger contin-
Some educators, however, are skeptical about
the educational value of the library, and discourage use of library sources in class work.
High school Anthropology teacher Marissa
Ronald said, “More and more students are
using library sources as research,
but I try to discourage overuse
and overdependence on library
sources, for obvious reasons. For
one, library sources are typically
the product of a single author, or
at the most two to three, but it’s
not unusual for Wikipedia sources
to be edited by hundreds of people,
and clearly more authors is better
than less. Also, library sources
lack hyperlinks.”
High school history teacher Sam
Michaels, in an impassioned
speech, shared his opinion with
the Obiter, noting that “listen, at
the end of the day, it’s all about the
hyperlinks, and library sources
JIMMY WALES, ASKING YOU FOR MONEY WITH HIS EYES. COMING just don’t have it. You can’t teach
Just how does the library
SOON TO A LIBRARY NEAR YOU.
kids without hyperlinks, period.
work, though?
Larry
That’s why I think the library is
Sanger, the other coued: “These books then are placed on shelves, at best a novelty, as in maybe something to do
founder of Wikipedia, explains: “The library is
with the library essentially being a building with the family on the weekend. But for proper
largely composed of another invention of ours,
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