[Foundation-l] Charity Navigator rates WMF

[Marc Riddell]

> 2009/10/10 Michael Peel <email at mikepeel.net>:
>> I'm sorry; I can understand those sentences separately, but not when
>> they are combined. Wikipedia is a way to take knowledge (and the
>> spread of knowledge) seriously. That's why I'm here.
>> 
>> I would hope that being anti-wikipedia (or anti-knowledge) is not a
>> requirement for high-school teachers.
>> 
>> Mike

on 10/10/09 11:32 AM, geni at geniice at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Depends on the school. By being anti-wikipedia you make a statement
> that you insist on a certain quality in your sources. You could view
> it as a form of snobbery "Wikipedia may seem okey to the peons but we
> know better".
> 
A goal of a good teacher is to introduce their students to scholarship. And
a one-stop visit to Wikipedia does not accomplish that.

Marc