M. Fioretti wrote: > 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 :-) )
Been there, done that. However, as mentioned I still see students going to Wikipedia for nearly all of their information, even after it can be show to be wrong or after it's been announced in class that Wikipedia references will not count towards a grade in coursework. Wikipedia is a cool idea, it's just the workflow has to be entirely re-designed to take into account the political warfare by companies and governments. I remember the days when you didn't even need an account to use networked computers. One place even had a Sun workstation in the lobby, logged in all the time. Others had nearly full-privilege guest accounts. For many years, there was no abuse back then, aside from occasional pranks. Those days are gone and Wikipedia has to face the new environment. -Lars --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
