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 <fredb...@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 _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l