Thomas Dalton wrote:
On 17/12/2007, Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil(a)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?
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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.