Professor Machado: This is an interesting allegation, I would be quite interested to see some examples of this taking place.
-m. 2011/5/31 Virgilio A. P. Machado <v...@fct.unl.pt>: > 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 > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l