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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
