Having said that, I've just looked at the original document:
http://www.ofqual.gov.uk/files/2009-12-24-plagiarism-students.pdf
It actually does a pretty good job at giving advice on how to use Wikipedia. It's just the Telegraph that chose the choice quote and ignored the advice. ;-)
It even mentions the School's Wikipedia.
Mike
On 6 Jan 2010, at 19:32, Michael Peel wrote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/6943325/Schoolchildren-told-to- avoid-Wikipedia.html
Perhaps Ofqual are the first people we should be aiming the schools project at, to teach them how to use Wikipedia properly so they can pass that guidance on?
Mike
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