On 16/08/06, Richard Holton <richholton(a)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.