<div dir="ltr">Thanks a lot for you Richrad, Your reply given me a refreshment. Hope I will give your answers if anyone tell something wrong about wikipedia.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Richard Nevell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richard.nevell@wikimedia.org.uk" target="_blank">richard.nevell@wikimedia.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello Shriheeran,</div><div><br></div><div>I think if academics say Wikipedia can't be used as a source, we should say that's absolutely correct. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Wikipedia_and_sources_that_mirror_or_use_it" target="_blank">English Wikipedia has a policy</a> which says that Wikipedia isn't considered a reliable source. Instead of citing Wikipedia, people can use it as a starting point for research.</div><div><br></div><div>Wikipedia is very open about where its information comes from, and even includes warning when articles might not be high quality. I can't think of another website which would include a warning to readers that one of its pages might contain a point of view, or might need more fact checking.</div><div><br></div>When you talk to academics about Wikipedia, is there anything in particular you're asking them to do?<div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Richard Nevell</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 February 2017 at 00:23, Wikimedia Among Scouts :Executive Director <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shriheeran@gmail.com" target="_blank">shriheeran@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Just I had a meeting with an it acadamic professionalist, the things got from Wikipedia are not accepted as valid. Because they say that enyone can edit wikipedia. That's the reason.But I said to that references are given to each points there and temples such as citation needed are put in WIKIPEDIA. What do you think about this? I am from srilanka.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_8057049896195545083h5">On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 1:15 AM, Kleefeld, John <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.kleefeld@usask.ca" target="_blank">john.kleefeld@usask.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_8057049896195545083h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt">Colleagues, here is my fifth blog post, the first of a two-part set.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">And here are the links to the previous four, in reverse chronological order:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Wikipedia’s Gender Bias – and What Your Students Can Do About It </span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://bit.ly/2kOkSMC" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2kOkSMC</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt">What Does It Mean to Say That “Anyone Can Edit” Wikipedia? </span></i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://bit.ly/2jqMV5y" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2jqMV<wbr>5y</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt">How Students Are Learning Medicine and Collaborative Skills, And Transforming Wikipedia </span></i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://bit.ly/2jt5fH7" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2jt5fH<wbr>7</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Yours truly,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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