WHATTT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

SpikeyThorn · May 16, 2011, 06:29:24 PM

i've got to do an essay on how robert louis stevenson shows secrecy in 'dr jekyll and mr hyde'
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Xoiiku's wiki links sure would help here

Nick3306 · May 16, 2011, 06:53:35 PM

Quote from: SpikeyThorn on May 16, 2011, 06:29:24 PM
i've got to do an essay on how robert louis stevenson shows secrecy in 'dr jekyll and mr hyde'
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Xoiiku's wiki links sure would help here

If i used wiki links in my school essays i would get an E immediately....

SpikeyThorn · May 16, 2011, 08:12:16 PM

welcome to great britain

Xoiiku · May 16, 2011, 09:37:34 PM

There is a huge difference between plagiarism and research. Using wikipedia and other resources for research should be encouraged. Copying and pasting without actually understanding the material or the context is a bad idea. Even though I am sure that's not what you had intended to do, I thought I'd go to the bother of stating it.

My suggestion would be to actually read the book. Writing the essay will then be very simple.

Nick3306 · May 16, 2011, 09:43:16 PM

Quote from: Xoiiku on May 16, 2011, 09:37:34 PM
There is a huge difference between plagiarism and research. Using wikipedia and other resources for research should be encouraged. Copying and pasting without actually understanding the material or the context is a bad idea. Even though I am sure that's not what you had intended to do, I thought I'd go to the bother of stating it.

My suggestion would be to actually read the book. Writing the essay will then be very simple.

Are you really suggesting using Wikipedia for research?

matt88222 · May 16, 2011, 10:17:31 PM

Using Wikipedia to do research is a great idea imo. Most of the things you can find on Wikipedia are cited and all the facts can be checked. But as xoiiku stated, simply copying from the Wiki page itself without fact checking is where using Wikipedia can be bad.

optical · May 16, 2011, 10:27:03 PM

Despite what they tell you, wikipedia is in fact a good resource for information, however you should always reference its citations, and not the page itself.

SpikeyThorn · May 17, 2011, 06:03:51 AM

wow... I was actually joking about wikipedia
Yet it's been taken so seriously :/
Just to make it clear, im not using wikipedia for this.

PsYk0Wo1F · May 17, 2011, 07:48:26 AM

LOLOL wikipedia is never wrong, your teachers were

hahaha

liquidcool24 · May 17, 2011, 09:05:24 AM

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 0_o...
That was the most awful video game in the history of... oh wait, your talking about the book.

SpikeyThorn · May 17, 2011, 04:06:46 PM

Quote from: PsYk0Wo1F on May 17, 2011, 07:48:26 AM
LOLOL wikipedia is never wrong, your teachers were hahaha

XD
That brings up a new homework excuse

'i did do my homework... I just left it on the internet :/'