On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 10:42, Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)fairpoint.net> wrote: Thanks for the link. I actually felt a surge of pride when I read it: "A student writing an essay for their teacher may be tempted to plagiarize or leave facts unchecked. A new study shows that if you ask that same student to write something that will be posted on Wikipedia, he or she suddenly becomes determined to make the work as accurate as possible, and may actually do better research. ... "[Brenna Gray] says despite its faults, [Wikipedia] does promote solid values for its writers, including precise citations, accurate research, editing and revision." Sarah

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)fairpoint.net> wrote: This is so true! My highschool sweetheart is a science prof, and recently pointed me to this essay that one of her students published to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Perception_and_production_of_musi… You can see the elements that come from a class essay ('The following will cover', no internal links) and the elements that come from Wikipedia style (aggressive footnoting, sectioning). Those who toil away in the depths of style guide subpages and cite templates should be reminded from time to time of the tremendous impact their work has on the rest of the world... SJ