User:Cmae mp lb13

HI THERE Y'ALL
CMAE here and i just wanted to let you know thisis my new page. It is your guide to searching wikipedia (wiki wiki whatt) so yeah. My teacher(whose name will not be mentioned although it sounds like ms.hook) seems to think wikipedia.com is not a good source of information. Its not 'reliable' she says...but obviously her other students and i do not value her opinion greatly. So here it is..i hope you enjoy!!

Getting Started
so you want to know about wikipedia...first thing to do is decide what exactly you are looking for. See my HELPFUL HINTS for information on key words. A broad topic or too specific of one is not a good keyword. For example, if you were told to write a paper on famous genocides in European democratic countries, genocide is too specific of a keyword and Famous Genocides of European democratic countries is too specific. Try European genocides and when you find some areas, type the areas and/or the time periods in the search box to discover which are democratic.

Next
So you found a page on your topic but its not specific enough or doesnt have the right information. Try searching different words that are synonyms to what you are trying to find. For exaple, you are typing Intellect in the search box, but it keeps coming up as intelligence. Try typing intellectual, a longer form of the word, to get the basic idea of intellect.

ATTENTION!all eyes and ears to the front of the room
The main thing to remember about wikipedia is that it IS HELPFUL. If you cant find what you are looking for, try wording your search a different way, or modifying it. Also, use the resources it gives you. For example, if there is something about your topic that you are unclear about, use the links in your text, it can help clear up the problem. For example, it you are searching Witch Trials, and you are'nt sure who the Protestants were so you don't understand why they persecuted the witches, click on the protestant underlined blue word. This is a link to the protestant wikipedia page and it will assist you in your research. Also, at the end of each article, wikipedia gives you links to helpful sources and it gives you a list of the resources, if any, that they used. This is very helpful and it sserves as a great place to base your bibliography.

HELPFUL HINTS
1. When searching for the history of something, type HISTORY OF ________ in the search box. 2. DO NOT USE BROAD WORDING/DO NOT BE TOO SPECIFIC. 3. DO NOT give up after searching one word, wikipedia has EVERYTHING so keep trying. 4. Try not to use pages on actual historical topics if they do not have any resources. 5. DO NOT copy word-for-word off wikipedia, teachers can catch that easily. 6. DO use wikipedia for projects, it makes you look knowledgable on your topic.

FINALLY
PLEASE BE CARFEUL WHEN USING WIKIPEDIA IT IS A VERY GOOD SOURCE BUT THERE CAN BE STUFF ON IT THAT IS NOT SAFE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. ALWAYS ASK PARENTS PERMISSION BEFORE USING ANY SIGHTS..thank you.

TRUE STORY
A kid in one of my classes, Matt, is very smart. Sometijmes he tries to show off and prove to eveyone he is smarter than them. He is also a wise-ass and one day clicked on the edit article link for Neo-Confucianism and added a quote, without citing a source, from another one of our peers, Joey. This was funny, however we later found out that two upperclassmen had used Joey's name in presentations and had gotten zeroes for there work because the teacher knew Joey and thought the older people had been making the project up. so everyone PLEASE BE CAREFUL!!!TEACHERS KNOW MORE THAN THEY GET CREDIT FOR!!!!!

--Case 15:27, 22 February 2006 (UTC)SIGNING OFF, CMAE