On 16/08/06, Richard Holton richholton@gmail.com wrote:
Scanning through the "talkback" from that article, I was somewhat amazed at the several, seemingly genuine notes of thanks to the author from high school students who hadn't realized the "limitations" of Wikipedia. As much as I was irritated by Colbert's stunt, perhaps it had some beneficial results if it has the effect of helping high school students understand why using a single source, especially WIkipedia, is not appropriate for serious research.
Yeah. Hell, we're unreliable. But so is EVERYTHING ELSE.
Eegh. Wikipedia is being expected to teach people to think who everything else hasn't.
- d.