I would add 2 points when talking to educators:
1) "You can improve it!" Wikipedia welcomes EVERYONE to improve its
contents. There are policies, guidelines, and even training available,
making it a tool for all of humanity to constantly improve its contents.
2) For educators, making sure their students learn to read correctly the
Wikipedia (understanding quality issues, history of articles, and so on),
is maybe 1/3 of the educational value of the Wikipedia. the next 2/3 are
about learning how to write in it.
Vahid.
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Thanks a lot for you Richrad, Your reply given me a refreshment. Hope I
will give your answers if anyone tell something wrong about wikipedia.
On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Richard Nevell <
richard.nevell(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Hello Shriheeran,
I think if academics say Wikipedia can't be used as a source, we should
say that's absolutely correct. The English Wikipedia has a policy
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#
Wikipedia_and_sources_that_mirror_or_use_it>
which says that Wikipedia isn't considered a
reliable source. Instead of
citing Wikipedia, people can use it as a starting point for research.
Wikipedia is very open about where its information comes from, and even
includes warning when articles might not be high quality. I can't think
of
another website which would include a warning to
readers that one of its
pages might contain a point of view, or might need more fact checking.
When you talk to academics about Wikipedia, is there anything in
particular you're asking them to do?
Regards,
Richard Nevell
On 16 February 2017 at 00:23, Wikimedia Among Scouts :Executive Director
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shriheeran(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Just I had a meeting with an it acadamic professionalist, the things got
> from Wikipedia are not accepted as valid. Because they say that enyone
can
> edit wikipedia. That's the reason.But I
said to that references are
given
to each
points there and temples such as citation needed are put in
WIKIPEDIA. What do you think about this? I am from srilanka.
On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 1:15 AM, Kleefeld, John <john.kleefeld(a)usask.ca
wrote:
Colleagues, here is my fifth blog post, the first
of a two-part set.
*WikiProjects, Article Importance, and Article Quality: An Intimate
Relationship (1/2)*
http://bit.ly/2lH9hjJ
And here are the links to the previous four, in reverse chronological
order:
*Wikipedia’s Gender Bias – and What Your Students Can Do About It *
http://bit.ly/2kOkSMC
*What Does It Mean to Say That “Anyone Can Edit” Wikipedia? *
http://bit.ly/2jqMV5y
*How Students Are Learning Medicine and Collaborative Skills, And
Transforming Wikipedia *http://bit.ly/2jt5fH7
*The Wikipedia Manifesto *http://bit.ly/2jGlAc1
Yours truly,
John Kleefeld
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