Today, I learned a lot about the controversial topic of Wikipedia. Based on what my teachers always told me, Wikipedia was a "hands-off" source we could never use for our research papers. However, Wikipedia is a website that has many pros and cons and can be used for many different purposes. Although many people can edit Wikipedia pages, there is actually a team censoring the changes; thus, the site is trustworthy for its information. I was very interested to learn that the website was started for the purpose of forming a Utopia for the Hippies on the internet. They believed in sharing knowledge, and that knowledge is in the shaping and is constantly evolving. Anybody who wants to contribute their knowledge can do so in a democratic way.
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