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Academics Warn Wikipedia Not A Primary Source

Inside Higher Education: A Stand Against Wikipedia: “As Wikipedia has become more and more popular with students, some professors have become increasingly concerned about the online, reader-produced encyclopedia. While plenty of professors have complained about the lack of accuracy or completeness of entries, and some have from using it, the history department at Middlebury College is trying to take a stronger, collective stand. It voted this month to bar students from citing the Web site as a source in papers or other academic work…the objection of the department to Wikipedia wasn’t its online nature, but its unedited nature…and [that] students need to be taught to go for quality information, not just convenience…”

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