Thomas Dalton wrote:
Check this out: http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6032750
It's about social media and education, which is an interesting topic in itself, but most importantly it contains this line:
"Wikis are web pages that can be easily edited, the most famous of which is Wikipedia, the world's largest encyclopedia."
A journalist knows the difference between "wiki" and "Wikipedia" - joy of joys! (The downside is that it suggests schools improve/create an article about their school as an example, which is something of a COI...)
I have had one or two letters published the T.H.E. about wikis, Wikimepia, etc (an example below) and will continue to be "Angry of Mayfair" when the need arises! It is always a pleasure to correct journalists (and academics).
T.E.S. = Times Educational Supplement
T.H.E. = Times Higher Education (was the THES)
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/
Gordon
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The wonder of Wikipedia
27 August 2009
Phil Tresadern (Letters, 20 August) does not appear to favour Wikipedia, even if quoted by Bruce Charlton (Letters, 13 August).
As every school and university student knows, Wikipedia is not a research journal (although it is peer reviewed). It is an online encyclopaedia with online and offline sources, and those sources can be anything that might verify the content of a Wikipedia article.
In the past few years, the drive to cite references and sources has grown, and Wikipedia stands (at 3 million articles in English alone) to be a fascinating and reliable resource, as opposed to much of the material to be found on the internet.
Gordon Joly, London.