[WikiEN-l] The dangers of not citing Wikipedia

[WJhonson at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/11/2008 4:23:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time,  
thomas.dalton at gmail.com writes:

That's a  particularly unusual case of academic work being done on a
boat. In such  circumstances, it may well be reasonable to just trust
Wikipedia to have  things right, but you still need to cite it.>>


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I find that hard to believe.
I don't think the story makes it clear that the work was actually performed  
*on* the boat.
Wouldn't that be nearly impossible?  And if so, why would they point  out 
that the library had 8000 volumes?  The boat isn't likely to have an  8000 volume 
library.
 
Will Johnson



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