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For example, the important aspect that personally motivated Walensa was not so much any intellectual disagreement with communism - in fact he virtually ignored the student protests of 1968, which he felt was "... A problem for the intellectuals." (Walsh, Best, and Rai 133) However this attitude was to change when"...on December 12, 1970, the Communist regime decreed steep increases in the prices of basic foodstuffs. The suddenness of this action in the immediate pre-Christmas season shocked Polish workers, and many went into the streets in spontaneous protest. "(Walsh, Best, and Rai 133)
Not enough attention is given to the reasons that lay beneath the Soviet reaction to Walensa. This refers to the"... change in Soviet leadership with the death of Leonid Brezhnev and the subsequent short terms in office as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko.." (Walsh, Best, and Rai 136) The important aspect of the coming to power of Mikhail Gorbachev in March 1985 and the effect of this on the rise of Solidarity could be added in more detail.
The above are only a few of the areas that are not dealt with effectively in the Wikipedia article. In the final analysis the Wikipedia site only functions as an adequate starting point to the subject. The site does provide some links to further research and some multimedia content - but this could me much more extensive. While the site is not overtly misleading and does not show any extreme biases, the lack of resource links and optional viewpoints can make the site misleading, especially for a new student in the subject area. While one realizes that this is concise article written according to Internet precepts and style, yet, at best it functions only as a starting point and an area for discussion, rather then as a solid point of reference in the study of this subject.
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The nature of Wikipedia is more like an online discussion area where views and article are written and posted by dedicated individuals and are open to amendments and discussion. In this sense the Wikipedia site works well, but as a final academic resource, for which it is not intended, it is seriously lacking.
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