An editorial is an article that is posted in a newspaper or other periodical. It normally expresses the views of the publisher or editor of the periodical. An editorial expresses more opinions than actual facts. Since the editor is the final editor of the editorial this means that the editorial is most likely their opinion. Some find editorials unreliable because of their lack of facts and abundance of opinions.
Teachers usually don't have any positive things to say about Wikipedia. They say that it is edited by people who do not know about the subject and who aren't experts in the topic. They feel that uneducated people change the information that is written on it. My teachers will not allow their students to use Wikipedia. They believe that Wikipedia will give the students false information which would lead to them getting a poor grade on whatever assignment they are trying to complete. I know teachers won't let students use Wikipedia because the content can be edited by anyone.
After reading this article my opinion on Wikipedia changed. I never knew that students with actual background knowledge on the topic write articles on Wikipedia. I always assumed that people with little to no knowledge on the topic edited the articles. This editorial showed me that actual experts and students do work on Wikipedia articles. I think this is an important editorial to read. It eliminates the misconceptions that people have about Wikipedia. It informs its readers that Wikipedia is educational.
Wikipedia Editorial
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