Re: [WikiEN-l] Inside Higher Ed: Does Wikipedia Suck?

2010-03-28 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 03:24 PM 3/28/2010, Fred Bauder wrote: >That is why I despise the war on external links and further reading some >editors seem to think is appropriate. I don't think that some editors realize the extent to which the blacklist, originally intended to control spam, is used to control content.

Re: [WikiEN-l] Inside Higher Ed: Does Wikipedia Suck?

2010-03-28 Thread Fred Bauder
> And > further reading sections can point the way for future expansions of > the article, or for the reader to go and find out more about the > topic. > > Carcharoth That is why I despise the war on external links and further reading some editors seem to think is appropriate. Fred Bauder

Re: [WikiEN-l] Inside Higher Ed: Does Wikipedia Suck?

2010-03-28 Thread Carcharoth
On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 10:47 AM, David Gerard wrote: > This is about a very useful study that brought home to college > students that wp is what it is, not what it isn't. > > http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/instant_mentor/weir22 Thanks, David. A very good article. It resonates with what I'

[WikiEN-l] Inside Higher Ed: Does Wikipedia Suck?

2010-03-28 Thread David Gerard
This is about a very useful study that brought home to college students that wp is what it is, not what it isn't. http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/instant_mentor/weir22 - d. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe fro