[kwlug disc.] Microsoft in trouble for wanting Wikipedia edits

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote:

> On Wednesday 24 January 2007 11:36 pm, Warrick Wilson wrote:
> > My daughters are in Gr 10 and Gr 9 respectively. Their teachers do
> > not allow Wikipedia as a source for any research papers - there is
> > a lot of distrust in the whole construct, at least in the academic
> > world out here in Washington state. I've had to teach them that
> > they can use it as a start - the information there can be used as
> > a start, and often a good start - but they then need to
> > double-check the information against a more "reputable" source on
> > the Internet.

yes, and as we all know, textbooks are the standard against which all
other information should be compared.  or maybe not ...

http://www.textbookleague.org/103feyn.htm

rday

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