{ I HAVE CHOSEN ALEXANDER THE GREAT. IT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY MY INSTRUCTOR. }

{ I can also email you the EB information since you most likely won’t be able to view it }

{ DUE 8 AM JUNE 13 }

In this assignment, we will be examining just how authoritative (and stable) Wikipedia (aka wiki) is. First, you will examine a specific entry from Wikipedia and check for changes that have occurred over a period of six months, and then you will compare the information from the Wikipedia entry with the information from an established reference source such as the Encyclopedia Britannica (EB).

Since you may have never really looked carefully at a Wikipedia entry, I want you first to look at my Explanation of Using Wikipedia before you start this paper assignment.

1. Your Wikipedia term must fit the chronology of your course (before 1500 CE for HIS 101 and HIS 111; after 1500 CE for HIS 102 and HIS 112)
2. Your analysis paper should be no more than two pages. double-spaced, one-inch margins, font size 10 or 12. Your paper should assess the overall stability and authoritative nature of the Wikipedia entry for your research term. Your paper should compare the specific information contained in both the Wikipedia and EB entries. Consider such questions:
   • How much have the Wikipedia and EB entries changed (or not changed) over a period of at least six months?
   • Do we have any idea of the credentials of the authors who created the Wikipedia and EB entries?
   • Do the entries footnote sources of information and provide suggested reading and websites?
   • Why did the entries change?
   • For your topic, how does the Wikipedia information compare with the information in EB? This is the most important part of your analysis, and you should provide some specific examples.
3. Since you are writing a comparison, you need to be fair. For example, if you examine how many times Wikipedia changed, then you should examine how many times EB changed.
4. Here are some examples of very well done papers: (Sophia Lutz).




Is Wikipedia good or bad? That is partly what you are answering in this assignment, but I would also like to point out that a “Wikipedia” article can often be an excellent starting point for research on a topic or a quick source of general information. For example, I often check Wikipedia if I am looking for the birth or death dates of a historical figure. I would also point out that a Wikipedia entry is especially valuable when it includes footnotes, citations of sources and suggested sources for further information (often in the form of external links). Finally, Wikipedia can be extremely useful on topics of relatively newer historical events.

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