David B Teague wrote:
> <snipped>
> You suggestion that ALL academics deride Wikipedia is false. When my
> students used Wikipedia, I required them to have other supporting
> sources just as when they use other encyclopedias. I never accepted
> ONE reference on a topic. Even the Britanica has bad articles, but the
> chance of finding an article that has been messed with is greater with
> Wikipedia.
>
> I am not the only professor who encourages use of Wikipedia as ONE of
> MANY resources.
>
> David Teague
> Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
> Western Carolina University

I have attended numerous community colleges and four universities and I
have /never/ had a college professor allow me to use wikipedia as a source.

YMMV.


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