[lit-ideas] Re: Wikipedia
- From: "Peter D. Junger" <junger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:13:38 -0400
JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx writes:
: In recent weeks I note you academicians out there have been citing Wik.
: pretty frequently. I haven't visited the site for months (perhaps it's chan
: ged?)
: and initially I liked the theoretical idea behind it, but the more I read,
: the more I thought, "you know, Jo Shmo could be editing or writing this
: article out of the pure fantasy of his head....". It seemed more to me like
: gossip
: than scholarship. Someone want to set me straight?
I doubt that many cite it for critical points, but it is a very
useful source for background material, especially on subjects
involving computers, if one knows enough about the subject
to be certain that the cited material is not completely off base.
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Peter D. Junger--Case Western Reserve University Law School--Cleveland, OH
EMAIL: junger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx URL: http://samsara.law.cwru.edu
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