For those of you that don’t know, there’s a great resource for clearly explained information on the web, called Wikipedia. It’s a free internet-based encyclopaedia. The really novel thing about it though, is that entries can be created and modified by anyone.
To quote, “Wikipedia is an encyclopedia written collaboratively by many of its readers. Lots of people are constantly improving Wikipedia, making thousands of changes an hour, all of which are recorded on the page history and the Recent Changes page. Nonsense and vandalism are usually removed quickly.”
If you’re new to a topic or term, go straight to Wikipedia and find out about it, usually in clear English (or another language, if you’d prefer). If you’re an expert, go to Wikipedia and check the entries in your subject area. Can you improve them? Are they accurate?
Use it as a starting point – a jumping off base, from which to get the basic facts and then find out the detail.
Examples:
– cartilage
– arthritis
– gene
