On 12/5/05, Bram Dov Abramson <bda@bazu.org> wrote:

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I have informed my students that they may no longer use Wikipedia as a reference or source on papers in my courses. I urge you to consider a similar statement. While Wikipedia may be a useful first step in seeking information, I no longer accept it as a credible source. Therefore, I advise students to look further when a project requires a reliable source.

Wikipedia should be treated no differently than any encyclopedia in this respect - you can't use it as a source. That's been true for me ever since junior high school. As someone who has been involved with the project for many years, I still tell my students - don't cite it as a source, or you'll be marked down.

Recently I've been discovering Wikipedia, and my thoughts had run in a different direction. Has anyone integrated Wikipedia into their courses, not as a source, but as a destination? Are there courses out there where students are being asked to *update* Wikipedia?

I've been doing so for the last few years: http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/08/03/wikipedia/ For a complete list see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:School_and_University_projects -Andrew Lih University of Hong Kong