On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 22:01:45 PM +0300, Lars Nooden wrote: > A problem, however, is that 99% of low-end students, if they bother > to look up a source at all, make a beeline for Wikipedia when > introduced to a topic...
Partly, that happens because (see my other post) the first results in most online searches are Wikipedia pages, not because of their qualities, but because of all the bloggers, etc... who are too lazy to do their homework and link to original sources, thus increasing the rating of Wikipedia pages even when they don't deserve it. > The problem does not stop there. You might find that some national > technology decisions for a country or two are based on what was in > Wikipedia during the lead up to the decision. Links to specific examples, please? > Like it or hate it Wikipedia is a problem that is not going away > anytime soon. Maybe it should turn into a flat out auction. one way to contribute to its solution, which is easy and affordable for everybody, is to _never_ link to Wikipedia as a source (unless what you're talking about is Wikipedia, of course :-) ) Marco -- Your own civil rights and the quality of your life heavily depend on how software is used *around* you: http://digifreedom.net/node/84 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
