This happened in August, but one of my students just clued me in and sent me this link--
http://www.pcworld.com/article/170826/wikipedia_changes_editing_policy.html
Last Sunday Mr. Johannesen and I were having a "spirited" discussion, a part of which involved Wikipedia's value. I am happy to see these policy changes in how Wikipedia is edited and its information validated and I happily admit my opinion of it was not based on up-to-date information.
This policy change is more proof of how these type of social experiments mature and realize they must adopt the same sorts of practices that we have already instituted.
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Shawne D. Miksa, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Library and Information Sciences
College of Information
University of North Texas
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http://courses.unt.edu/smiksa/index.htm
office 940-565-3560 fax 940-565-3101
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> Lastly, I'm not sure what the "WikiPedia?" reference means.
It a pointer to something that works without committees.
> It's an interesting social collaboration experiment
Ugh. You're kidding again, right? Experiment? Maybe it was in 2001.
These days we call it an online encyclopedia.
> but I don't consider it a reliable source for information. We don't allow our students to cite it in their work.
Ah yes, the belief in the infallibility of books and journals. Good
luck with that.
Alex
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