[WikiEN-l] Interview

Tue Mar 10 19:27:54 UTC 2009

The criticism was more for the IB educators. There was no personal 
attack in my comments, and indeed, I attempted to assist and clarify.

Michael Bimmler wrote:
> I'm tempted to ask why, exactly, needed you do this. I'm even more
> tempted to ask the list moderator to place you on moderation for
> unjustified personal attacks to a good faith student, who (expectedly)
> did not come up with quite as professional a project description as a
> PhD candidate would have.
>
> Really, this was uncalled for.
>
> Michael
>
> (By the way and personal comment: After reading tons of actual IB
> guidelines and approved IB course materials, ie. documents written by
> the IB Organization staff or experienced IB teachers, I cannot blame
> any student for not expressing himself "clearly and concisely"
> anymore...you're kind of immersed into the opposite)
>
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 7:52 PM, KillerChihuahua
> <puppy at killerchihuahua.com> wrote:
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>> I'm tempted to ask how you managed to get into the International
>> Baccalaureate program, given your inability to clearly and concisely
>> explain what you are doing, but I will presume you're just having a bad
>> day. FYI, not everyone knows what the IB is, so spelling it out in full
>> is helpful.
>>
>> Unless I am mistaken, this is a high-schooler doing a project.
>>
>> dhruvbhalla wrote:
>>     
>>> I'm sorry for not mentioning it earlier.
>>> I am currently completing the IB ITGS (IT in a global society) course. For
>>> it I had written a portfolio piece regarding the problems that using
>>> Wikipedia in the academic environment entails.
>>> To substantiate the portfolio it is required that i conduct an interview
>>> with someone who is directly effected by these issues ( accuracy and
>>> reliability).
>>> As per confidentiality is concerned, this is not going to be publicly
>>> published and I only need limited contact information so that a moderator
>>> can judge that the information is genuine.
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>> David Goodman wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> It would be interesting to know the general context for your project.
>>>> It would also be good to have some statement about confidentiality of
>>>> the responses.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 2:30 AM, dhruvbhalla <dhruvbhalla at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Hello, I have to conduct some research about the main problems that
>>>>> wikipedia
>>>>> is facing; those being inaccuracy and vandalisim.
>>>>> I have a questionaire which I've attached below. I would appriciate it if
>>>>> anyone who is experienced with these problems were to answer it.
>>>>> You would be of great help.
>>>>>
>>>>> I do realise that there are a fair amount of questions, thefore please
>>>>> fell
>>>>> free to address only those question that to fell are necessary.
>>>>> Furthermore if you do not have the time to do so, a paragraph describing
>>>>> your opinion of the content on Wikipedia and a vaible method to address
>>>>> the
>>>>> issues of realability and vandalism would be great too
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks and regards
>>>>> Dhruv
>>>>>
>>>>> 1)      What is your name, your profession and designation?
>>>>> 2)      How often do you engage in research and for what purpose?
>>>>> 3)      Are you concerned about the authenticity of what you read? If yes
>>>>> why?
>>>>> 4)      What form of research do you prefer using the most (books,
>>>>> magazines,
>>>>> journals, internet etc)?
>>>>> 5)      Have you ever used a free web-based encyclopedia such as
>>>>> Wikipedia
>>>>> before?
>>>>> 6)      If yes
>>>>> a.       could you elaborate on the process with which use it to search
>>>>> for
>>>>> information
>>>>> b.      Do you use articles from Wikipedia as a source for your
>>>>> citations?
>>>>> c.      Please elaborate on your reasons for doing/not-doing so
>>>>> d.      Are you aware Wikipedia is a free- to -edit encyclopedia?
>>>>> e.      Have you ever edited an article on Wikipedia?
>>>>> f.      If yes do you follow the norms suggested by Wikipedia for doing
>>>>> so?
>>>>> g.      Do you double check what you learn at Wikipedia?
>>>>> h.      If yes, then why do you use Wikipedia in the first place?
>>>>> i.      Have you ever come across anomalous/incorrect information on
>>>>> Wikipedia?
>>>>> j.      If yes, have you ever thought about doing any thing about it?
>>>>> 7)      If no
>>>>> a.      Do you have any particular reason for not doing so? Is it linked
>>>>> with the
>>>>> questionable reliability of the articles?
>>>>>
>>>>> 8)      In light of the above questions, I’m sure you have come to be
>>>>> aware of
>>>>> some of the flaws that using websites such as Wikipedia entails.
>>>>> Therefore
>>>>> what changes would you recommend to be made on such websites?
>>>>> 9)      Further elaborating on the above point, how would you recommend
>>>>> the
>>>>> increase in factuality of the articles on Wikipedia?
>>>>> 10)     Would you recommend Wikipedia as a primary source of information
>>>>> to your
>>>>> colleagues? Please specify with a reason?
>>>>>
>>>>> PS Please leave a name an e-mail address if possible ( for citation
>>>>> purposes)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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>>>>> http://www.nabble.com/Interview-tp22401800p22401800.html
>>>>> Sent from the English Wikipedia mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>> David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S.
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG
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