[Foundation-l] Fwd: for an academic endorsement of wikipedia articles?

[Andrew Whitworth]

Encyclopedia articles from any encyclopedia are not intended to be
primary resources ever. Encyclopedias are meant to be short
introductions to a topic, not a comprehensive coverage of it, and
certainly not an authoritative source that is worth being referenced.
However, the value of Wikipedia is that each article typically
contains many references of it's own, and those sources can be used as
a starting point for research and investigation.

In short, there is no sense in trying to make Wikipedia more citable,
because people shouldn't be citing it in the first place.

If you are looking for stable and "approved" versions of "good"
articles, you may be looking for something like Veropedia instead.

--Andrew Whitworth

On Dec 17, 2007 11:01 AM, Nathan Awrich <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> I can't see that ever happening, unless we freeze articles that reach
> a certain level of quality (judged by FA or something) for a period of
> time or make a version permanently available as a link from the top of
> an article. The issue with academic referencing isn't quality - its
> stability.
>
>
> On Dec 17, 2007 10:57 AM, Michael Bimmler <mbimmler at gmail.com> wrote:
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Pascal Belouin <pbelouin at hotmail.com>
> > Date: Dec 17, 2007 4:54 PM
> > Subject: for an academic endorsement of wikipedia articles?
> > To: foundation-l-owner at lists.wikimedia.org
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I was thinking about the fact that wikipedia was
> > still a tricky subject regarding its use for referencing in the academic world.
> > I was wondering if it would not be possible to obtain from official academic
> > bodies a sort of endorsement that would qualify a wikipedia article for
> > "official" academic referencing?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >  Pascal Belouin
> >
> > www.belouin.com
> >
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