For my final exercise I chose to look into Alexander the Great, this was chosen and discussed briefly in class when Cristina gave the presentation. The reason I had chosen Alexander was because I just had a feeling that he would be highly contentious in the talk/history portion of hims biography. Due to being such a world renowned conqueror who was the King of Macedonia and the Empire who conquered vast portions of the world, I had a feeling that his birth place would be very contested.
The reason for this thinking is due to the Kingdom not existing anymore, albeit there is a country called Macedonia now but many argue that he is technically Greek, Persian, and even Albanian has appeared in the talk history. Proving to be Incredibly interesting topics of discussion.
HISTORY OF EDITS, INCREDIBLY RECENT
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I find this fascinating as I did not know this section of Wikipedia existed, I always knew that you can edit it or that was also a detractor of Wikipedia as a source due to it being able to be edited by anyone, but this was fascinating to see. The fact an ancient historical figure like Alexander the Great is still discussed as recently as weeks ago is incredible.
As discussed in class even historians will first do a wikipedia search, it is great to get preliminary knowledge and information on what it is you wish to research, also if a page is good it will have countless references and citations in the bottom which is helpful. This is very useful for general knowledge not actual academic research, but it gives you very good information that is even harder to access in books or journals due to this being curated to be to the point. I would obviously not use it for an actual essay but It is fantastic for just overall knowledge on a topic, as long as it is an event or person that is well researched where you assume that information is generally safe and agreed upon.
I find it amusing and almost nice that if you go to the part in the page where it says to cite this page, it tells you that “IMPORTANT NOTE: Most educators and professionals do not consider it appropriate to use tertiary sources such as encyclopedias as a sole source for any information—citing an encyclopedia as an important reference in footnotes or bibliographies may result in censure or a failing grade. Wikipedia articles should be used for background information, as a reference for correct terminology and search terms, and as a starting point for further research.” which is very honest.
Citation (could not get it to look pretty sorry)
Wikipedia contributors. "Alexander the Great." Wikipedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Last modified April 2, 2026. Accessed April 10, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great.