On 30/10/2007, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
In general, I'd go so far as to say that our first reaction to someone suggesting something like this should be to *discourage* it - it isn't that we don't like the idea of more contributions, but the fact that we have our own routine and our own direction means that the contributions tend not to get dealt with in a very helpful manner as far as the institution's concerned.
So we should help them plan their programs in ways that take this into account.
They may be deleted out of hand, they may be swiftly rewritten, moved to a different name, reverted... any number of things that make it hard to determine if your students actually did the work.
I think it is safe to assume that you are required to submit the work to the Dr as well as wikipedia.