Thanks a lot for you Richrad, Your reply given me a refreshment. Hope I will give your answers if anyone tell something wrong about wikipedia.
On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Richard Nevell < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello Shriheeran, > > I think if academics say Wikipedia can't be used as a source, we should > say that's absolutely correct. The English Wikipedia has a policy > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Wikipedia_and_sources_that_mirror_or_use_it> > which says that Wikipedia isn't considered a reliable source. Instead of > citing Wikipedia, people can use it as a starting point for research. > > Wikipedia is very open about where its information comes from, and even > includes warning when articles might not be high quality. I can't think of > another website which would include a warning to readers that one of its > pages might contain a point of view, or might need more fact checking. > > When you talk to academics about Wikipedia, is there anything in > particular you're asking them to do? > > Regards, > Richard Nevell > > On 16 February 2017 at 00:23, Wikimedia Among Scouts :Executive Director < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Just I had a meeting with an it acadamic professionalist, the things got >> from Wikipedia are not accepted as valid. Because they say that enyone can >> edit wikipedia. That's the reason.But I said to that references are given >> to each points there and temples such as citation needed are put in >> WIKIPEDIA. What do you think about this? I am from srilanka. >> >> On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 1:15 AM, Kleefeld, John <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Colleagues, here is my fifth blog post, the first of a two-part set. >>> >>> >>> >>> *WikiProjects, Article Importance, and Article Quality: An Intimate >>> Relationship (1/2)* http://bit.ly/2lH9hjJ >>> >>> >>> >>> And here are the links to the previous four, in reverse chronological >>> order: >>> >>> >>> >>> *Wikipedia’s Gender Bias – and What Your Students Can Do About It * >>> http://bit.ly/2kOkSMC >>> >>> *What Does It Mean to Say That “Anyone Can Edit” Wikipedia? * >>> http://bit.ly/2jqMV5y >>> >>> *How Students Are Learning Medicine and Collaborative Skills, And >>> Transforming Wikipedia *http://bit.ly/2jt5fH7 >>> >>> *The Wikipedia Manifesto *http://bit.ly/2jGlAc1 >>> >>> >>> >>> Yours truly, >>> >>> >>> >>> John Kleefeld >>> >>> Associate Professor, College of Law >>> >>> 2017 Teaching Fellow, Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness >>> >>> University of Saskatchewan >>> >>> 15 Campus Drive >>> >>> Saskatoon SK S7N 5A6 >>> >>> >>> >>> tel: (+1) 306.966.1039 <(306)%20966-1039> >>> >>> email: [email protected] >>> >>> skype: johnkleefeld >>> >>> twitter: @johnkleefeld >>> >>> web: http://law.usask.ca/find-people/faculty/kleefeld-john.php >>> >>> mission: http://www.usask.ca/leadershipteam/documents/president/Missi >>> onVisionValues.pdf >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Education mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Best. >> Shriheeran Logeswaran. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Education mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education >> >> > > > -- > Richard Nevell > Project Coordinator > Wikimedia UK - sign up to our newsletter <http://eepurl.com/cnYOw5> > +44 (0) 20 7065 0921 <+44%2020%207065%200921> > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > > *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control > over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > -- Best. Shriheeran Logeswaran.
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