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A Stand Against Wikipedia
A Stand Against Wikipedia
Inside Higher Ed
January 26, 2007
<http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/01/26/wiki>
As Wikipedia has become more and more popular with students, some
professors have become increasingly concerned about the online,
reader-produced encyclopedia.
While plenty of professors have complained about the lack of accuracy or
completeness of entries, and some have discouraged or tried to bar
students from using it, the history department at Middlebury College is
trying to take a stronger, collective stand. It voted this month to bar
students from citing the Web site as a source in papers or other academic
work. All faculty members will be telling students about the policy and
explaining why material on Wikipedia while convenient may not be
trustworthy.
"As educators, we are in the business of reducing the dissemination of
misinformation, said Don Wyatt, chair of the department. Even though
Wikipedia may have some value, particularly from the value of leading
students to citable sources, it is not itself an appropriate source for
citation, he said.
The department made what Wyatt termed a consensus decision on the issue
after discussing problems professors were seeing as students cited
incorrect information from Wikipedia in papers and on tests.
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wikipedia+and+%22net-gold%22&qt_s=Search+Groups>
A shorter URL for the above link:
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Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
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