[WikiEN-l] Ars Technica: Prof replaces term papers with Wikipedia contributions, suffering ensues

[geni]

On 30/10/2007, Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> In general, I'd go so far as to say that our first reaction to someone
> suggesting something like this should be to *discourage* it - it isn't
> that we don't like the idea of more contributions, but the fact that
> we have our own routine and our own direction means that the
> contributions tend not to get dealt with in a very helpful manner as
> far as the institution's concerned.

So we should help them plan their programs in ways that take this into account.

>They may be deleted out of hand,
> they may be swiftly rewritten, moved to a different name, reverted...
> any number of things that make it hard to determine if your students
> actually did the work.


I think it is safe to assume that you are required to submit the work
to the Dr as well as wikipedia.

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geni