I didn't realize it until just now, but we (En-WP) have articles about this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_in_judicial_opinions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_as_a_court_source These clearly need to be updated, but might be of interest. Also of note, albeit also outdated: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1272437 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/technology/29wikipedia.html And the best post I've found on the current case: http://www.volokh.com/2012/08/16/citing-wikipedia-in-court-opinions/ Regards, Newyorkbrad On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Mark <delir...@hackish.org> wrote: > Making the blog-rounds, there was a Utah court case that includes > surprisingly lengthy (and generally positive) discussion on whether and > when to cite Wikipedia in court decisions: > > * > http://www.utcourts.gov/**opinions/appopin/fire_**insurance081612.pdf<http://www.utcourts.gov/opinions/appopin/fire_insurance081612.pdf> > > See footnote 1 (page 5) in the majority opinion, and a separate concurring > opinion filed by another judge solely on the Wikipedia-citation question > (starts on the bottom of page 7). My favorite part is where they cite the > Wikipedia article "Reliability of Wikipedia" as part of the analysis. > > Embarrassingly, the article of ours they cite, [[Jet Ski]], is actually in > a sort of sorry state. But they seem to do so only for the relatively > mundane usage note in the opening paragraph, which explains that "Jet Ski" > is a trademark, but is often used imprecisely, in colloquial usage, to > refer to other similar devices not manufactured by Kawasaki. I guess the > OED doesn't have a note on that yet? Or maybe they don't have OED > subscriptions over at the court? Alternately, maybe they just liked the way > we worded the explanation and wanted to quote it rather than re-explaining > the same thing in their own words. > > -Mark > > > ______________________________**_________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikien-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l> > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
