[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia's provable anti-expertise bias
Delirium
delirium at hackish.org
Sat Nov 19 23:02:00 UTC 2005
Jack Lynch wrote:
>Regrding anti-expert bias, does anyone think verifiable experts should
>be allowed to cite themselves when editing wiki articles relating to
>their skills? I'm not sure what I think, but it seems an important
>question. I can definitely see it being a major step towards a
>citable, peer-reviewed journal level of quality.
>
>
I don't see how that would help at all; quite the opposite. I'm not in
favor of a blanket prohibition against citing yourself, but it should be
viewed with caution and vetted by others.
This isn't unique to Wikipedia, anyway. In "real" academic
publications, the same caveat applies: People are much more likely to
cite themselves in situations where it is not really appropriate to do
so. This is why, when citation indices are compiled, self-citations
aren't included in the counts.
-Mark
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