On 17/12/2007, Brian McNeil brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org wrote:
Thomas Dalton wrote: On 17/12/2007, Brian McNeil brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org wrote:
Thomas Dalton wrote:
We're not talking about referencing Wikipedia in an academic paper, we're talking about publishing a Wikipedia article in an academic journal.
You know, to my way of thinking the best way to achieve something like
that
would be to explain how to fact-check the article and find citeable
sources.
An academic "how-to" on using Wikipedia.
Aimed at who?
To my way of thinking, aimed at academics who dismiss Wikipedia or seek to outright ban it, as well as students who might be tempted to cite Wikipedia because they don't know better.
Not perhaps most appropriate for an academic journal, but perhaps the "knol" on Wikipedia could teach people how to use it. :)
Ah, I see. I wasn't understanding you. You're suggesting publishing an article *about* Wikipedia, rather than *from* Wikipedia. That's quite a different suggestion. I don't think that's the kind of thing an academic journal would be interested in, but it's worth having on Wikipedia itself somewhere.