3rd

Today, I would like to talk about my complete love of Wikipedia. The mass amounts of information that is stored in the single entity that is Wikipedia makes learning anything or finding something out incredibly easy. I cannot count the times that I have gone to Wikipedia out of curiosity, only to learn countless more things than I had set out to. People may consider it a "unreliable source" or whatever, but I disagree. Sure, there may be moments when there is incorrect information, or if the object is ridiculously specific there may be some faults, but with the number of people checking and posting the information is basically all valid. Not to mention that there are always sources sited at the bottom of the page, and when information does not have a source, it says so. Those same people may not like the use of Wikipedia for research, but it is so much easier, and you can always just click on the sources at the bottom.

Not only is Wikipedia great for getting information, it is also a great way to pass time. Whenever I get extremely bored I go to Wikipedia and start reading an article, and then clicking on an interesting link in that article. I keep on repeating this process until I find something to do. This then brings me to the Wikipedia racing game.

I am not sure if you guys have heard of it, but it is when you and a group of people start at a certain page and then race to find another page only by clicking on the links. Me and a couple of friends would spend unimaginable time playing this during school, and the entertainment level never decreased as long as you know what topics are good to search for. People and places are never good target goals, since they are too easy to find. The best topics are obviously, the ridiculously specific articles that you would never expect to find on the website. My favorite one so far has been turtle soup, since it cannot be reached through turtle or soup. I wouldn't want to ruin how to get there, but it is a very round about way.