Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:59:41 -0500, Jeff Raymond jeff.raymond@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