[WikiEN-l] on citing Wikipedia in U.S. court opinions

[Mark]

Making the blog-rounds, there was a Utah court case that includes 
surprisingly lengthy (and generally positive) discussion on whether and 
when to cite Wikipedia in court decisions:

* http://www.utcourts.gov/opinions/appopin/fire_insurance081612.pdf

See footnote 1 (page 5) in the majority opinion, and a separate 
concurring opinion filed by another judge solely on the 
Wikipedia-citation question (starts on the bottom of page 7). My 
favorite part is where they cite the Wikipedia article "Reliability of 
Wikipedia" as part of the analysis.

Embarrassingly, the article of ours they cite, [[Jet Ski]], is actually 
in a sort of sorry state. But they seem to do so only for the relatively 
mundane usage note in the opening paragraph, which explains that "Jet 
Ski" is a trademark, but is often used imprecisely, in colloquial usage, 
to refer to other similar devices not manufactured by Kawasaki. I guess 
the OED doesn't have a note on that yet? Or maybe they don't have OED 
subscriptions over at the court? Alternately, maybe they just liked the 
way we worded the explanation and wanted to quote it rather than 
re-explaining the same thing in their own words.

-Mark