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[Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~ Stephen's Web] Unattributed - Wikipedia Founder Discourages... : And it calls to mind my own academic background, where (somewhere in grade 8, I think) I was told not to quote the encyclopedia, but to use it to find primary sources. Of course, my teachers were referring to World Book, one of my favorite reads at the time.
[Dvorak Uncensored] Wikipedia Founder to college students: Don’t u... : WikiPedia I think in many ways is far better than a traditional encyclopedia because it will have more editorial coverage, even if that coverage is from amatuers. This is especially true since the people editing any given article are more likely to be well-versed in the subject they are editing, whereas a traditional encyclopedia most likely only has a relatively small amount of editors whose collective knowledge is much smaller than that of the many, many WikiPedia editors.
[prod & ponder] thank you jimmy: I got an F on my paper because I cited Wikipedia’” and the information turned out to be wrong, he says. But he said he has no sympathy for their plight, noting that he thinks to himself: “For God sake, you’re in college;
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[Chronicle.com] The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog: Wikipedia Founder Discourages ...: Wales said that leaders of Wikipedia have considered putting together a fact sheet that professors could give out to students explaining what Wikipedia is and that it is not always a definitive source. “It is pretty good, but you have to be careful with it,”
[Ee.iusb.edu] Schurz Library News: Speaking at a conference at the University of Pennsylvania, Wales notes that while Wikipedia is great for quick overviews on subjects passing one's fancy--Wales uses the example of someone reading a novel about the Battle of the Bulge who just wants a little background, it should certainly NOT be used a source for academic papers.
[Kairosnews.org] Founder of Wikipedia Advises Against Academic Use of Wiki | Kairosnews: The Chronical of Education posted a note today describing how Wikipedia's founder, Jimmy Wales, says that he wants to get the message out to college students letting them know that they shouldn’t use Wiki either for class projects or for serious research. Speaking at a conference held at the University of Pennsylvania on Friday called “The Hyperlinked Society,” Mr.
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