[WikiEN-l] The boundaries of OR (contd)

[Jeff Raymond]

Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:59:41 -0500, Jeff Raymond
> <jeff.raymond at internationalhouseofbacon.com> wrote:
> 
>> Not to mention a good academic paper has less stringent "reliable" 
>> standards than a Wikipedia entry.
> 
> No, I don't think it does

At least in my experience it does.  Of course, YMMV, bt I wrote plenty 
of history papers that did quite well with "lower" standards than we allow.

> - or if it does it's not relevant. 

I think it's relevant.  We're putting otrselves ahead of academia and 
eliminating otherwise reliable sourcing as a result.

-Jeff

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