Hi Ms. Penrod,

Thank you for covering the topic about Wikipedia.

I do use it even though all professors at school insist not to use it as sources in academic research.

It helps me a lot especially when I have no clue at all about the topic which I have to write a long essay about.

I can get the sort of idea what it is.

It is true that anyone can post and edit on Wikipedia and information can be wrong and outdated. However, thanks to the fact that anyone can write, I can acquire information from many points of view. This is interesting.

I have never posted on Wikipedia, but sometimes I feel like I should when there is no information about some topics even if I know something about them.

The reason why I have never done it is that I cannot be responsible for what I post.

People who provide information should be very careful if they can take responsibilities for what they write.

As my conclusion, Wikipedia can help students only if they understand its pros and cons, and use it properly as just getting some idea and do not rely on it too much.

Best, Yurika Sakamoto