Wikipedia -- It's In Here!?

Question

Does anyone else absolutely HATE the mile long Wikipedia "cut and pastes" some people put in here to garner points? It's bad enough to post the link (after all, most teachers aren't even accepting it as a source anymore) but to past TONS of material should be disallowed. All it does is waste space.

xx -- you didn't notice my emphasis was on the posting of over-extensive amounts of text rather than just the link? And, since a great many of these postings appear to kids asking for homework help, it's only fair they should know many teachers don't accept it.

Answer 1

I would tend to agree with you about long posts.
I wouldn't dismiss Wiki entirely -- they actually are fairly accurate and objective much of the time.
And most articles do list links to other sources of information, and sources for the information in them.

But I am with you on the long posts that waste space.

Answer 2

Manures And Fertilizers Wikipedia

Answer 3

I agree some what. I don't mind if they copy and paste just the part I Need to Know. But I feel as if they don't even read what they copy and paste. It does waste space when more than 1/2 of it doesn't answer your question. !/2 the time I don't bother to read answers from Wikipedia.

Answer 4

You actually think the level for proof is higher here than in a class room? Wikipedia as a reference still beats straight opinion.
Face it, wikipedia is more reliable than the average random web site, because there is at least some review, as opposed to the average web site which is usually just one author, and if that guy thinks Bob Marley is a Freemason ET, than that is it. If you actually are expecting scholarly citations, most question askers aren't going to go reference the books, they wanted a quick fix (even quicker than wikipedia as they were to lazy to just look there themselves.)

Answer 5

teachers never accepted it as a source. It is not a legitimate source because there's no checkup on the credibility of the sources. Heck most of the sources are from websites and some of them aren't even good web sources.

Anyways, wikipedia's only good use for academic research is to get a background of the event anyways. which oddly enough, works perfectly well here..

in other words... useless for college level history courses...

Answer 6

I think some ppl have been brainwashed into thinking that BS is what really counts in todays world

Answer 7

well i would argree BUT yahoo answers lets us to be able to search the web for people's questions that they have why do you think that when you go to answer someone's questions there is a "search the web" area. Hello!!!

Answer 8

Yes I simply hate it

Manure is organic matter used as fertilizer in agriculture. Manures contribute to the fertility of the soil by adding organic matter and nutrients, such as nitrogen that is trapped by bacteria in the soil. Higher organisms then feed on the fungi and bacteria in a chain of life that comprises the soil food web.

The term "manure" was used for inorganic fertilizers in the past, but this usage is now very rare.[1]

Contents [hide]
1 Etymology
2 Types
3 Uses of manure
4 Precautions
5 Trivia
6 Further reading
7 See also
8 Notes



[edit] Etymology
The word manure came from Middle English "manuren" meaning "to cultivate land," and initially from French "main-oeuvre" = "hand work" alluding to the work which involved manuring land.


[edit] Types
There are two classes of manures in soil management: green manures and animal manures. Compost is distinguished from manure in that it is the decomposed remnants of organic materials (which may, nevertheless, include manure).

Most animal manure is feces — excrement (variously called "droppings" or "crap" etc) of plant-eating mammals (herbivores) and poultry — or plant material (often straw) which has been used as bedding for animals and thus is heavily contaminated with their feces and urine.

Green manures are crops grown for the express purpose of plowing them under. In so doing, fertility is increased through the nutrients and organic matter that are returned to the soil. Leguminous crops, such as clover, also "fix" nitrogen through rhizobia bacteria in specialized nodes in the root structure.

Other types of plant matter used as manure or fertilizer include: the contents of the rumens of slaughtered ruminants; spent hops left over from making beer.


Manure on a wall
[edit] Uses of manure

Dung cakes being prepared for fuel on the Île-de-Bréhat, Brittany, c. 1900Manure has been used for centuries as a fertilizer for farming, as it is rich in nitrogen and other nutrients which facilitate the growth of plants. Liquid manure from pig/hog operations is usually knifed (injected) directly into the soil to reduce the unpleasant odors. Manure from hogs and cattle is spread on fields using a Manure spreader. Due to the relatively lower level of proteins in grasses, which herbivores eat, cattle manure has a milder smell than the dung of carnivores — for example, elephant dung is practically odorless. However, due to the quantity of manure applied to fields, odor can be a problem in some agricultural regions. Poultry droppings are harmful to plants when fresh but after a period of composting are valuable fertilizers.

The dried manure of animals has been used as fuel throughout history. Dried manure (usually known as dung) of cow was, and still is, an important fuel source in countries such as India, while camel dung may be used in treeless regions such as deserts. On the Oregon Trail, pioneering families collected large quantities of "buffalo chips" in lieu of scarce firewood. It has been used for many purposes, in cooking fires and to combat the cold desert nights.

Another use of manure is to make paper, this has been done with dung from elephants where it is a small industry in Africa and Asia, and also horses, llamas, and kangaroos. Other than the llama, these animals are not ruminants and thus tend to pass plant fibres undigested in their dung.


[edit] Precautions
Manure generates heat as it decomposes, and it is not unheard of for manure to ignite spontaneously should it be stored in a massive pile. Once such a large pile of manure is burning, it will foul the air over a very large area and require considerable effort to extinguish. Large feedlots must therefore take care to ensure that piles of fresh manure (feces) do not get excessively large. There is no serious risk of spontaneous combustion in smaller operations.

There is also a risk of insects carrying feces to food and water supplies, making them unsuitable for human consumption.


[edit] Trivia
The McGillicuddy Serious Party of New Zealand campaigned on a policy of free dung.


[edit] Further reading
Anderson, S., and F. Ertug-Yaras. (1998.). "Fuel fodder and faeces: an ethnographic and botanical study of dung fuel use in central Anatolia.". Environmental Archaeology 1: 99-109.
Charles, M. P. (1998.). "Fodder from dung: the recognition and interpretation of dung derived plant material from archaeological sites". Environmental Archaeology 1: 111-122.
Fenton, Alexander (1985). "A fuel of necessity: animal manure". Alexander Fenton The Shape of the Past. Essays in Scottish Ethnology: 96-111, Edinburgh: John Donald.
Miller, N. F. (1984.). "The use of dung as fuel: an ethnographic example and an archaeological application". Paléorient 10: 71-79.
Winterhalder, B., R. Larsen, and R. B. Thomas. (1974.). "Dung as an essential resource in a highland Peruvian community". Human Ecology 2: 89-104.

[edit] See also
Album graecum
Biofuel
Biomass
Cow dung
Ecological sanitation
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Answer 9

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