Copy, write

Wikipedia rocks. It will be hugely influential in removing the information limitation for learning and communication. It already fuels many a blog, although seldom acknowledged for it. How much are we expressing ourselves and how much are we using our boundless talents to cut and paste? But I'll let wiki argue this one for me.

"A weblog, web log or simply a blog, is a web application which contains periodic posts on a common webpage. These posts are often but not necessarily in reverse chronological order. Such a website would typically be accessible to any Internet user. The term "blog" came into common use as a way of avoiding confusion with the term server log."

"Wikipedia is a Web-based free content encyclopedia that is openly edited and freely readable. Entries on traditional encyclopedic topics exist alongside those on almanac, gazetteer and current events topics. Its goal is to create "a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge."^[1] "Wikipedia is one of the most popular reference sites on the Web, receiving around 80 million hits per day.[2]"

"Plagiarism refers to the use of another's ideas, information, language, or writing, when done without proper acknowledgment of the original source. The widespread use of the Internet has increased the incidence of plagiarism. Students are able to use search engines to locate information on a wide range of topics. Once located, this information can be cut-and-pasted into their own documents with minimal effort."