[Foundation-l] Fwd: for an academic endorsement ofwikipediaarticles?

[Brian McNeil]

Thomas Dalton wrote:
On 17/12/2007, Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil at wikinewsie.org> wrote:
> Thomas Dalton wrote:
>
> >We're not talking about referencing Wikipedia in an academic paper,
> >we're talking about publishing a Wikipedia article in an academic
> >journal.
>
> You know, to my way of thinking the best way to achieve something like
that
> would be to explain how to fact-check the article and find citeable
sources.
> An academic "how-to" on using Wikipedia.

Aimed at who?

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To my way of thinking, aimed at academics who dismiss Wikipedia or seek to
outright ban it, as well as students who might be tempted to cite Wikipedia
because they don't know better.

Not perhaps most appropriate for an academic journal, but perhaps the "knol"
on Wikipedia could teach people how to use it. :)


Brian McNeil