o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o Re: http://textop.org/smf/index.php?board=14;topic=138.3#msg1234
Larry & All, I would like to quote in full the following "rubric" that Larry posted in the Forum: Larry Sanger wrote: > > I think we should make a prominent Note to Students: > > Citing any encyclopedia is a very bad idea in serious academic scholarship, > not because encyclopedias are unreliable, but because they are not original > sources. They are derivative. Use the Citizendium to do background research, > but then go to the original sources--books and articles--that we cite, when > you > are looking for supporting sources for papers. > > The only acceptable exception, in responsible scholarship, occurs when you > specifically need to have the "conventional wisdom" about a point, in the > same way that occasionally one quotes a dictionary definition to make some > point. In such instances, your point should be about what the conventional > wisdom, or the conventional definition, is--in other words, not to establish > some fact actually cited, but to establish that, conventionally, a point is > understood a certain way. > > « Last Edit: Today at 01:43:52 PM by Larry Sanger » For me this statement brings up a question that has been much on my mind: What is the difference, if any, between a Compendium and an Encyclopedia, and are all encyclopedias really the same as those books that we left at home when we left for college? I already know the answer to the second half of the question, as I have many "encyclopedias" on my shelves that are solid works of reference, and I know that, historically speaking, not all "encyclopedias" have been intended for children. But what I have not got a clear sense of from reading Larry's position papers on Citizendium is just how he intends the difference, if any. So I think some clarification on that point is due. Jon Awbrry o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o inquiry e-lab: http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/ citizendium development forums: http://smf.citizendium.org http://www.textop.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:Jon_Awbrey wikinfo: http://wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=User:Jon_Awbrey wp review: http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showuser=398 o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o _______________________________________________ Citizendium-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l
