This week you are assigned to read four articles that discuss some of the pros and many of the cons of Wikipedia as a source. Clearly, it is a very popular source for information, but it has many problems. For the discussion this week, please comment on some of the issues raised in these articles.
- Schiff, S. (2006, July 31). Know it all; Annals of information. The New Yorker, 82(23), 36-46.
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- How Does Wikipedia Measure Up?. (2008). The Quill, 96(9), 16-19.
NECB eLibrary (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. - Head, A. J. & Eisenberg, M. B. (2010, March 1). How today’s college students use Wikipedia for course-related research. First Monday,15(3). Retrieved from http://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2830/2476
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Download PDF - Waters, N. (2007, September). Why you can’t cite Wikipedia in my class. Communications of the ACM, 50(9), 15-17.
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If you choose articles that are not on the list or just write off of the top of your head you will earn a zero for the content of the initial post. I expect to see a reference section at the bottom of your initial post which includes any or all of the assigned articles. If you haven’t included a reference section – go back and edit your work. Without direct reference to the articles, I cannot determine if you read them.
