[Foundation-l] The Wikipedia-Ready Essay

[Virgilio A. P. Machado]

Now that my attention has been drawn to that section, I wonder if 
that explains why the academic projects were not welcome and their 
contributions are being vandalized, almost systematically, at the 
Brazilian Wikipedia.

Sincerely,

Virgilio A. P. Machado


At 09:43 31-05-2011, you wrote:
>On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 10:42, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net> wrote:
> > An interesting technique:
> >
> > http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/30/c8623.html
> >
> > Fred
>
>Thanks for the link. I actually felt a surge of pride when I read it:
>
>"A student writing an essay for their teacher may be tempted to
>plagiarize or leave facts unchecked. A new study shows that if you ask
>that same student to write something that will be posted on Wikipedia,
>he or she suddenly becomes determined to make the work as accurate as
>possible, and may actually do better research. ...
>
>"[Brenna Gray] says despite its faults, [Wikipedia] does promote solid
>values for its writers, including precise citations, accurate
>research, editing and revision."
>
>Sarah