Komentarze do wpisu 'Wikipedia as primary source for professional historical research? The case of on-line IPN catalogue' http://historiaimedia.org/2007/09/26/wikipedia-as-primary-source-for-professional-historical-research-the-case-of-on-line-ipn-catalogue/ Digitalizacja historii. Historia obecna w mediach. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:52:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 Przez: Mark Stoneman http://historiaimedia.org/2007/09/26/wikipedia-as-primary-source-for-professional-historical-research-the-case-of-on-line-ipn-catalogue/#comment-22 Mark Stoneman Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:46:35 +0000 http://historiaimedia.org/2007/09/26/wikipedia-as-primary-source-for-professional-historical-research-the-case-of-on-line-ipn-catalogue/#comment-22 Tiffany Sanders (aka MadameX at BlogCatalog), who has a degree in law, pointed out a similarly disturbing trend among some lawyers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/technology/29wikipedia.html?_r=1&ex=1188446400&en=366f0f5ddfac3046&ei=5070&oref=slogin I encourage my undergraduate students in an introductory course to use it for basic background reading, but I also preach the principle of verifiability. The idea that this stuff would make its way into scholarship is scary. Tiffany Sanders (aka MadameX at BlogCatalog), who has a degree in law, pointed out a similarly disturbing trend among some lawyers: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/technology/29wikipedia.html?_r=1&ex=1188446400&en=366f0f5ddfac3046&ei=5070&oref=slogin

I encourage my undergraduate students in an introductory course to use it for basic background reading, but I also preach the principle of verifiability. The idea that this stuff would make its way into scholarship is scary.

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