Thank you robert. On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 7:37 PM, Robert Connolly <[email protected]> wrote:
> To be clear, the link Richard references does not say that Wikipedia is > not reliable. Here is the exact quote from the link Richard provided: > > "Content from a Wikipedia article is not considered reliable unless it is > backed up by citing reliable sources > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources>. > Confirm that these sources support the content, then use them directly." > > This consideration is true of any resource, whether Wikipedia, a website, > a printed book, a journal article or whatever. The issue is not Wikipedia > but how folks do research. Personally, I find Wikipedia's reliability has > only increased with time. Here is my argument on how Wikipedia is > appropriately used as a scholarly research tool: > > http://wp.me/pJf2X-Aq > > and here: > > http://wp.me/pJf2X-OV > > I conclude that the problem is not whether one uses wikipedia in their > research or not, but how they are actually conducting their research. I > agree that the Wikipedia pages are an excellent starting point for > research. > > Robert Connolly > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 4:38 AM, 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. 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